Digital Day Project
Perpetual Publishing
Waking up to this M&M clock since 2nd grade
I suppose my use of technology begins with my alarm clock. I've had this clock since Christmas in the second grade. It has put in work for ten years and is still doing work. I have no intention of upgrading; at least until this thing stops working. Although I set it to wake me up early enough to get ready, I still find myself hitting the snooze button up to four times, thus allowing me to sleep for another thirty minutes total.
The day initially gets rolling with my phone
My phone is substantially the biggest part of technology in my life. There's not many places I will go without my phone. Thinking back to the AOW pertaining to internet addiction, I'm pretty sure I'm addicted to my cell phone. I'm definitely going to take advantage of communicating with everybody if I can at all times, whether it be texting or social media.
Texting
Texting is actually not where I spend the most of my time on my phone. Obviously, I text each day, at least two hundred a day. Typically when I text, it consists of random, useless information because I like to clown around. However, though scarce, some of my texts pertain to school work, such as the ones I'm sending right now to Daniel Kahre about this project. The most useful reason for my texting is to make plans; I'm constently trying to make plans with my friends because I hate not chilling with my friends when I know I should be.
Social Media
Twittter
I easily use Twitter more often than any other functinon that my phone can offer; even texting. I prefer Twitter more than the other applications also; I enjoy getting lost in scrolling and thus losing time to do productive work. I'd say I spend approximately two hours on Twitter each day.
I find myself using Instagram a little less often than I used to, however it still is among my most used apps on my phone. Like Twitter, I'll find myself sometimes spending twenty minutes scrolling on Instagram. That being said, I think Instagram is literally something I could go without for a while.
Snapchat
I don't use Snapchat nearly as often as most others, but I must address it because I do use it just about each day. However the snaps sent between my friends and myself are utterly pointless. I use this app simply to amuse myself because certain people are just unpredictable in what they send.
Lap top
The use of my lap top and texting, mainly my lap top, are the two most useful pieces of technology in my life. Unlike the social media and apps I find myself spending so much time on, my lap top is what I use to get at least fifty percent of my homework done. I believe lap tops are very recourceful to seniors and without it, I feel as though I would be at a disadvantage to complete work efficiently. I use my lap top about three or four times each day at school.
Music
I listen to music quite often during each day. Whether that be my car radio, or Pandora on my phone, or in my friends cars. Music is something I experience very often in my life; it's relaxing and helps me complete work. I listen to music approximately two or three hours every day. It builds up quick because I listen to music every time I drive and I listen to Pandora when I'm working, and when I'm trying to relax before going to bed each night.
Xbox
Honestly, I play my Xbox significantly less than what I used to. Even with GTAV, which I havn't even played in like three days, I still find myself playing less often than my earlier days; freshman, sophomore, and junior year. I always want to play, but then, once I realize I've done everything on GTA, theres not much I'd like to do. Yeah, Yeah, the multiplayer is there, however I have to fix my online account first (if anybody honestly cares). Having said all that, when I get caught up on a great game, *cough cough Dark Souls, or GTAV when I first got it, I will literally sit down and play up to twelve consecutive hours; that's if I have twelve hours to play.
Putting it all together
My life- like every other teenagers' lives- is utterly dominated by technology and social media. According to Elias Aboujaoude, from the article "Is the Web Driving us Mad;" "There's just something about the medium that's addictive." I believe this statement to be true, and I think that the public has literally become addicted to the technology given to us. The one thing I find people doing- more than anything else in this world- is checking their phones, whether it be to text, or use Twitter, or whatever their poison. I can say the same for myself. I find myself giving up productive work, academic strive, and other important tasks so that I can text or scroll through Twitter or Instagram. The convenience of having a cell phone is probably the most significant part of my life. Although the cons are apparent- losing time for homework/studying, deprivation of sleep, and paying less attention to people- the pros are visible too. With convenient technology and media, I have access to communicate, make plans, relay information- usually unimportant- and check out what's happening via Twitter. It's apparent to me that within the next few years, Twitter will become what Facebook is now, and a new and improved website will be created. It's a never-ending, vicious cycle of viewing everyone's everday life. The only silence I hear in my life is when I take some time to go outside during the night, so that I may gaze upon the stars- if they are there- and gather up all of my thoughts. I do this maybe twice a week on average. What I produce each day through technology is: humor, knowledge, ignorance, connections, laughs, distractions, and arrangements.