First Entry!

Hey All!  My Name is Brian Shemesh and this is my first Blog for Technology & Culture in America.  To begin, here is a log of my computer activity over the last three days.

Tuesday- 8:00- 9:00 am- Wake up and Browse internet.

• Facebook
• MyRutgers
• Various Websites

3:00pm - 4:30 - Homework done using basic internet research sites such as 

• Wikipedia
• Dictionary.com

9:00 - 10:00 pm - Facebook "Stalking"

Wed- 

 10:00 am - 11:00 am  - Internet browsing, facebook MyRutgers, InsideLacrosse.com, ESPN.com, NFL.com

11:00 pm- 12:30 am- Internet browsing, Facebook, Addicting games.com, Twitter

Thurs

9:00 am - 12:00 pm- Internet browsing/Homework

• Facebook
• Sakai - Find syllabus and review/Find hw assignments
• Email sent.
• Blogger.com Blog started 

When I first looked at these statistics of my computer/internet usage I was surprised to see how little it really was because I feel like I am connected to the internet all day.  However, then I thought about it and I realized that my BlackBerry device keeps me connected all day.  No matter where I am I am constantly checking my E-mails, facebook, and various websites that interest me.  As a big sports fan, I have numerous applications to keep me updated with news and scores from sports teams as well as other applications to keep me in touch with my friends.  I will be honest, I know I already spend WAY TOO much time using social networking devices including facebook and twitter.  However, I also realize that I feel "disconnected" when I am not checking these sites.  

I have always been fairly computer literate, and setting up the Blogger.com Blog was easy.  As someone who has never blogged before I was not entirely sure how to approach my first entry so I figured I would just dive right in.  I still have to play with all the settings and customize my page to my liking but for now  it seems like blogger.com has created an extremely easy tool for anyone to use to express their feelings on anything to anyone in the world.  I believe that is the best part of the internet: that anyone can say anything to anyone.  People from distant corners of the globe can communicate in ways never before thought possible.  Communication is instant now and it has certainly changed the world we live in.

As for me, like I said my name is Brian Shemesh.  I am a senior here at Rutgers and I play lacrosse for the university.  I am currently majoring in History and English and have hopes of attending law school after graduation.