Today, technology plays a large part in all of our lives. If you do not identify with at-least one (or if you're like me, all) of the following circumstances, you are probably still living in the early 2000's.
Instead of waking up early to grab the morning newspaper from the drive-way, you head to the breakfast table and switch on your I-Pad. By the time you've finished your coffee and muesli, you've checked facebook, told twitter you're #eatingbreakfast and flicked through a dozen news websites telling you there was an overnight storm in Mexico, Syria is still in conflict and Mikayla was voted off Big Brother (yeah, you don't watch it - but you find out anyway).
Instead of waking up early to grab the morning newspaper from the drive-way, you head to the breakfast table and switch on your I-Pad. By the time you've finished your coffee and muesli, you've checked facebook, told twitter you're #eatingbreakfast and flicked through a dozen news websites telling you there was an overnight storm in Mexico, Syria is still in conflict and Mikayla was voted off Big Brother (yeah, you don't watch it - but you find out anyway).
Before heading out the door, you don't worry too much about where you are going because you can look it up on your smart phone, GPS or just ask Siri. What is a directory again? Oh yeah, that chunky book thing that sits under the passenger seat.
You arrive at your lunch destination, and they offer you a menu. 'Uh, no thanks' you say, before telling your friend you 'looked it up online'. Who needs a menu when you can pre-emt what you feel like eating whilst looking at their online menu from home?
You're just about to leave lunch, and realise you don't have any cash on you. No need to worry! You've got a smart-phone app for that. $20 transferred from your savings to your debit card in one easy click and you're set.
You're just about to leave lunch, and realise you don't have any cash on you. No need to worry! You've got a smart-phone app for that. $20 transferred from your savings to your debit card in one easy click and you're set.
Oh no! It's already 2pm, and you haven't studied like you said you would. 'Sigh', you better go and find some books ...online books that is. Why would you go to the library when you can open your laptop and find the book you're after, simply by typing in a few words to the internet?
After an afternoon of studying, you remember you need to purchase a dress for that party on the weekend. 30 minutes later, you've bought a dress (and shoes, and a top) from your new favourite online shopping destination, which will arrive on your doorstep in 3-5 days.
Now, you may have seen your friends at lunch, but you better find out what they're up to. They don't know that you just bought a dress, so you have to tell them.
Now, you may have seen your friends at lunch, but you better find out what they're up to. They don't know that you just bought a dress, so you have to tell them.
Phew, that was important. Imagine if they didn't know you bought a dress! If you told them the next day, that would be old news - right?
After a dinner of 'easy and quick quiche' made from a recipe you Google searched an hour prior, you're feeling content and full. Before bed, you check your emails and social networking platforms (even though you have been checking facebook every hour throughout the day, posting photos of your every meal on Instagram, and hash tagging #whatyou'reupto every 7.9 minutes on twitter), before texting your boyfriend 'Goodnight'.
What a busy day. Imagine how your day would be without any of these technologies. Would you survive?
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