Technology, Society and 2012


We are now two months in the year 2012, it is an election year and we have collective fought off PIPA and SOPA, in many ways there may be a feeling of we won the war. Not so fast we won the fight not the war or battle. We have to be on constant guard because it has not ended and they will not give up without a fight, a mother of a fight.

We are battling a group that wants to control everything in our society from the way we you think to who you love and marry, to what you can and cannot view across the Web. Having access to information is very important, it may mean the difference between making a good decision or a bad one, the bottom line is that it is important to understand what technology is what it can do for you, and how to use technology to your advantage.

This doesn’t mean you have to know technology down to the byte but, you have to understand how to use it so that you can get exactly what you want when you want it.

This blogger of technology has been away from her desk to observe, read, and listening to the national debate on advantage and use of technology, the attempt to severely limit the reach of technology and the change the is occurring right before our very eyes involving technology and society.

Have you ask yourselves the question, “How is technology affect me in my life?” Do you own an” iPhone”, an” iPad”, an “Android”? Do you use a “dropbox” an automatic backup system that places you information into the cloud? What type of camera do you use? Using a video camera? Are you a citizen journalist or looking to become? It doesn’t take much. How many of us use Twitter, Facebook, Tumbler, googleplus, do you text?

When the last time you attended classes and how did you register for them? It doesn’t matter if you were in a Community College of University. Who is tracking all of this information? Of those of you who are in school how many times did you have to go to YouTube to get a better understanding of the subject matter you were studying?

My point is that technology is all around us, maybe you knew that, interesting times.

This blog is in existence because I wanted to help you understand better the technology that is out there and being used by you the consumer. But it is also here to educate you on some of the pitfalls technology can cause as a result of using the technology.

Technology and security is not a new subject, but it is more important than before. If you do not own a computer with internet access where do you go to get it? How do I setup a wireless network and how do I secure it? What is the difference between 3G and 4G or what is VOIP? What about my privacy while on the web? How far can the government go when it comes to my privacy? What were SOPA and PIPA all about? How in the world can I start a business using technology?

Many questions can be asked and we will take the time to answer these questions in my upcoming blogs.

My sabbatical is over and it is time to get back to work.