Technology in my life today

It would have been much easier to post this if I would have done this before class, as I could have gone with the simple definition of an electrical device that replaces a manual task. After tonights discussion, however, it is easily apparent that almost everything in our lives is technology at work on some level.

For simplification purposes, lets look at technology from the computer/cell phone as a communication tool aspect as this is where most new developments seem to be occurring. This morning, I opened my laptop at home and used a web program called gotomypc to login to a computer at work where I can access my accounting software and manage my business from my home. I do also have a vpn set up, but I don't let the accounting software past the firewall for secruity reasons as well as potentially creating duplicate copies, so I use gotomypc. The cell phone, that is part of life. I text my wife. These tools allow me to run my business from wherever I am, and I could not imagine running it without them.

But that is not the full extent of it. Everything that I use is an example of technology. Some are still developing, yet others have stalled or maxed out in their development as far as their current use is concerned. Even this, however, is very much in the eye of the user. Take hammers, to most of our class a hammer is a hammer, but to a carpenter, there are many different hammers, made of different materials, all with specific uses, and there are "new" hammers that are produced each year, all with the idea of improving the work process in mind. That said, some of these "new hammers" work great, while others leave you saying "my old one was better." This is generally true for any technology.