Skype...

            Skype has been an application that has become really popular over that last couple of years, even though it has been in existence for about 8 years. This application is really similar to the Apple application that allows you to have a face-to-face conversation with another individuals through the Internet. Although Skype can be downloaded onto ones phone it is predominantly built for computer – PCs or Laptops. Some of the features that come included in this Skype application are features such as being able to place a call and video conference calls to other Skype users as well as being able to send instant messages and picture messaging. Additionally Skype also allows one to be able to place calls to land lines as well as cell phones at a low rate. Other giving individuals a chance to have a face to face conversation over the internet with someone that is mile is has replace the feeling of looking forward of seeing someone you haven’t seen in a while. Skype like many other applications does affect the way we feel – taking away emotion of being alone-- and the way we communicate with other.

From The Beginning...

            Technology is and has been constantly changing over time. Take for example this English class I am currently taking, its taking a different route from the traditional expectation we see in an English class. This class is bringing in technology. We are required to create a blog – a website where one can write about anything and bring one’s own thoughts and opinion into it – something completely different and unexpected from an English class. It is interesting to see how this world of technology has become a part of us, we as individuals, but have you ever wonder how this all came about?

            As mentioned earlier, Technology has been around for many years. The history of technology is mainly made up of the inventions and techniques made to assist people. Technology goes back to ancient civilization, the middle age, the renaissance, the age of exploration, the industrial revolution to more recent the 19^th, 20^th, and 21^st century. Technology began with simple machines such as: the ramp to aid construction process, the water wheel and evolved into machines such as: the automaton [robot], wash stand, central heating, mechanical clocks, windmills, chronometer, furnace, steam engine, light bulb, radio, radar, computing, telephone, fax, solar cells, etc. Some of the equipment mentioned have been made to help us as individuals manage around the different things that surrounds us, other have just been made for our pleasure. It is interesting to see how all these different forms of technology have made this world what it is today.

             Today when we talk about technology we don't really think about all the little basic things like, a light bulb, a heater, a clock, we usually think about technological equipment such as: computers, laptops, iPod, iPad, tablets, TVs, phones, the Internet, websites, etc. not because the other items are not part of technology but because they have become a part of our daily lives unlike these newer forms of technology that are becoming more progressed by being made better and faster as years past.

          I hope to have given you a time frame of when technology first began but before closing this blog post I ask you, when where you first introduced to technology and what kind of affect has it had on you? Have you wonder the affect it has had on you as and individual and how it has and is changing the world?