Well, I never thought I'd ever say this, but welcome to my Blog.
My name is Brian Onorato. I'm a 21 year old transfer student to Rutgers University this fall. I'm from northern Bergen County NJ and am pretty excited to be here. As you can see from the background on this webpage I am a die hard Dallas Cowboys fan but please don't talk to me about it today; last night was one of our toughest losses in a few years. I'm a fan of all sports though and still play some semi-competitively.
I never thought that I would ever have a blog. For years I sat at my computer as my peers made blogs and laughed to myself. I would say things like "No one cares about your stance on economic policy" or "Are you kidding me? Wait until a future employer sees this!!". I guess I never understood why someone would feel the need to share their personal opinion with the world. This is why I am not a big fan of social networking sites; I feel that they create more evil than good. I use my facebook to keep up with a minimum number of people from my old school.
That being said, the process for making this blog was pretty simple; navigate to a webpage, sign in via google accounts, pick a url and type away. Any computer literate person can have a blog up and running within 5 minutes and this is what I feel is the blog's biggest downfall... ANYONE can make a blog. I understand freedom of speech and I fully believe in our constitution. I don't believe in blogs.
Maybe these next few weeks will change my mind about blogging. Maybe not. I am open to try new things. This is something completely different so bare with me. I think it will definitely be an interesting way to learn from each other though. Until next time,
Brian O.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Tech. Log Reaction
Tech. Log Reaction
After logging my technology usage hours for 3 days or so I was not surprised with the results I found. I don't use social networking sites as much as I predicted; over the course of the three days I spent 15 minutes on facebook. However, I am on the internet for 4-5 hours per day and almost all of it is non-school related; checking fantasy football scores, reading email, and reading news and current events combine for the majority of my logged internet time. As school progesses I expect to use the internet for more productive things but my daily routine, especially friday and saturday since I have no classes, consists of alot of time using the internet for non-school purposes.
A second gigantic use of technology is television. I spend 3-4 hours per day with the T.V. on. On a side note; It's a good thing this log didn't count for sunday because I watched football from 12 PM to 1 AM. That being said, the T.V. is usually on when I am home, even if it's just as background noise while I'm surfing the web.
My third use of technology is my cell phone. Luckily I don't have internet access through my phone or else my technology usage would skyrocket. I am on my phone all of the time (which adds up to be about 1 hour per day) whether it's texting or making phone calls. Without my cell phone I feel disconnected, to an extent.
After completing the log I wasn't surprised with the numbers I uncovered. My love of information is shown through almost half of my day being spent online. These numbers are alittle too high for my liking and I know they will decrease as we progress into the school year; I need to find some time for homework and reading. It is very interesting though to see how much my life revolves around technology; without it I'd be sufficiently bored.
Brian O
After logging my technology usage hours for 3 days or so I was not surprised with the results I found. I don't use social networking sites as much as I predicted; over the course of the three days I spent 15 minutes on facebook. However, I am on the internet for 4-5 hours per day and almost all of it is non-school related; checking fantasy football scores, reading email, and reading news and current events combine for the majority of my logged internet time. As school progesses I expect to use the internet for more productive things but my daily routine, especially friday and saturday since I have no classes, consists of alot of time using the internet for non-school purposes.
A second gigantic use of technology is television. I spend 3-4 hours per day with the T.V. on. On a side note; It's a good thing this log didn't count for sunday because I watched football from 12 PM to 1 AM. That being said, the T.V. is usually on when I am home, even if it's just as background noise while I'm surfing the web.
My third use of technology is my cell phone. Luckily I don't have internet access through my phone or else my technology usage would skyrocket. I am on my phone all of the time (which adds up to be about 1 hour per day) whether it's texting or making phone calls. Without my cell phone I feel disconnected, to an extent.
After completing the log I wasn't surprised with the numbers I uncovered. My love of information is shown through almost half of my day being spent online. These numbers are alittle too high for my liking and I know they will decrease as we progress into the school year; I need to find some time for homework and reading. It is very interesting though to see how much my life revolves around technology; without it I'd be sufficiently bored.
Brian O
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