Computers Are Everywhere
“Computers are almost everywhere, and they affect most walks of life-business, education, government, the military, hobbies, shopping, research, and so on. What aspects of your life can you think of that still seem relatively unaffected by computers and technology? Is this a good thing or a bad thing, and is it likely to last? What aspects of your life have been made the most conspicuously affected by technology? Has anything been made worse or harder in your life by the advance of computers? What about things that have been made better or easier?”
Please make sure to incorporate in your discussion the use of technology in various careers. How could you use computers and technology to advance your own career?
Computers have become a major role in every aspect of my daily life. I know I turn to my laptop, ipad, and phone for answers all day. As soon as I wake up I check the weather on my phone to decide on what wear and how to dress my son for school. My drive in the car involves streaming music through Pandora using my phone. If I drive to an area I am unfamiliar with I use my phone to navigate my way. I pay personal and work bills through online banking.
With the advancement in social media, yelp reviews have played a factor in how I manage my business. I read reviews customers post online about the salon and use the feedback as training points on things going well or things the salon may need to work on.
I manage a nail salon and I use the computer to do payroll. My parents are old fashion and still use a composition note book and ruler to do their payroll for the other salons in our family business. Their method has worked for them for over 30 years. Recently I have taught them how excel can make the payroll process much faster and easy to keep track of, but they are very hesitant on making changes to the advance technology. My parents have fear of files being lost or even hacked.
Fortunately, we are all able to further our education through the
Please make sure to incorporate in your discussion the use of technology in various careers. How could you use computers and technology to advance your own career?
Computers have become a major role in every aspect of my daily life. I know I turn to my laptop, ipad, and phone for answers all day. As soon as I wake up I check the weather on my phone to decide on what wear and how to dress my son for school. My drive in the car involves streaming music through Pandora using my phone. If I drive to an area I am unfamiliar with I use my phone to navigate my way. I pay personal and work bills through online banking.
With the advancement in social media, yelp reviews have played a factor in how I manage my business. I read reviews customers post online about the salon and use the feedback as training points on things going well or things the salon may need to work on.
I manage a nail salon and I use the computer to do payroll. My parents are old fashion and still use a composition note book and ruler to do their payroll for the other salons in our family business. Their method has worked for them for over 30 years. Recently I have taught them how excel can make the payroll process much faster and easy to keep track of, but they are very hesitant on making changes to the advance technology. My parents have fear of files being lost or even hacked.
Fortunately, we are all able to further our education through the