Helpful Tech

         No one can dispute the countless benefits technology has brought us. It has undoubtedly allowed us to connect, perform, improve and leverage our resources beyond what was once imaginable. We all make daily use of a wide variety of different tools and devices to make life easier and more comfortable. How many tools and apps are you currently using to optimize your time? Time management is a skill you can use in all areas of life: school work, social life, hobbies, career, family, work and even everyday chores and appointments. Time management is a broad category that includes prioritization, scheduling, goal setting, and other techniques to help you be productive and motivated, and to make sure you have time for everything that is important to you.

            The computer, tablet, or smartphone you’re using to read this very blog post can also provide you with access to some effective tools for time management and can also be a means of making the most of your time. An online calendar can help you keep track of your own appointments and can also help you schedule and coordinate meetings with others. An added benefit: whether you’re checking your appointments from your desktop computer, your smartphone, or your tablet, you’ll be able to track your schedule anytime, anywhere.

            Consider using web-based applications to share documents and collaborate on projects. Each member of your project team can see the changes and comments made by others. You can also be sure you’re all seeing the same document, without the hassle of sending multiple copies of the same document via e-mail.

            Have a smartphone? This technology tool provides e-mail, messaging capabilities, reminder lists, and a calendar (and, of course, a telephone!) all in one handy tool. Your smartphone comes with many of these capabilities, but you can download additional apps to boost your productivity and help you save and manage your time.

Final Blog

         Excel would be the most beneficial for me to utilize in the future considering I am entering into the business profession. I am thinking about minoring in Finance as well so I am sure I will utilize excel for that subject as well. I will need to make spreadsheets for the business profession I enter and create diagrams on how the corporation is doing overall. If I decide to start my own business venture, then I will utilize excel to do my own finances and accounting. I will also use excel to see the performance of the firm as a whole and competing firms. Reading and interpreting numbers for my business would be important and easier for me now since I have strengthened my knowledge of excel.

I will probably need to utilize PowerPoint presentations as well to elaborate more on profits and upcoming products the firm needs to advertise more or less. PowerPoint will also come in handy when I am traveling in International Business and need to conduct a focus group or survey, which also related to Google drives. I can utilize PowerPoint to change the language of the slides as well to fit into the culture of the firms’ country I am visiting. Google drive was useful as well to create surveys and forums for the class to see. I can utilize it when I need to do a case study and find out what demographics like the products my job is trying to sell.

Armageddon is not by Aliens or Global Warming....But Robots!

     Technology is becoming one of the most influential components of the market sector. Computers continue to shrink and hold a great deal of information. Robots have been developed into businesses and have taken on small jobs of manufacturing goods to the American people. There is a growing uncertainty though as to when a computer or a human should do the job. In Max Nisen’s article, “Robot Economy Could Cause Up To 75 Percent Unemployment,” it addresses the issues of allowing robots to undertake the miniscule jobs people do not think about.

     Nisen writes that there is a chance of a 50 to 75 percent unemployment jump because of the risk that technology plays in. An example could be a job where a human would be behind a wheel could be at risk of getting taken over by an android. People would lose an approximate 4 million jobs. Once people develop even smarter computers, those mid-paying jobs that involve a routine: data entry, number crunching, operations, and so on, will be replaced as well by robots. This affects the approximately 7 million business and financial operations jobs that exist in the United States. I find this piece of information to be the most alarming since I am entering the business and finance field. The last thing I would think of is my position being replaced by a laptop.

      Software entrepreneur Martin Ford thinks there is to be up to a 75 percent unemployment spike since the vast majority of jobs done is routine work. There is also the suggestion of furthering the gap of income inequality. Andrew McAfee and Eric Brynjolffson argue that there are not enough of the former jobs, no matter how we're educating people. Our new industries simply aren't labor-intensive. Lower end jobs are low paying, and may also end up being replaced as robots get better at specialized tasks, So income inequality will rise as unemployment increases, further slowing growth.

3-D Printing

    3-D printing might pave the way for exploring new methods of creative and developing in different fields of interest. I think 3-D printing might have a large effect on the medical field by exploring new methods of constructing limbs and organs. The fact that a doctor could simply print out a patients damaging kidney and give them a false one is fascinating. Also, the fact that people can make clothes out of printing is super cool, but I personally would not do it. I think the uses for medical, governmental, and corporation wise is pretty handy. I would not put the printer computer in my house or utilize it for convenience purposes. I rather see what other people can do with it and than utilize the system or method of designing myself. I think it is better for industrial uses and should stay that way. I think the industrial use being 95% is smart and it should stay for a while being a 5% consumer use. I rather see what the government can do with the concept and mess around with it, before I get involved. I would love to see what the medical field can do with this technology further and watch them incorporate it into their field. Watching people develop new ways to build and create new inventions would honestly be very interesting to me then using it for my own recreational purposes.

Too Much At One Time!

     Multi-Tasking is an art or a talent that comes from practice. I know the newer generations are upcoming multi-taskers because of the new digital era that has swept upon us. I was given the title of multi-tasker by the Pop Studio quiz. I received a 76 multi-tasking score, which did just meet the standard. I am not surprised since I have always been able to do a bunch of projects, homework, or interactions all at the same time. I usually am juggling my job as a Peer Mentor, running a club, hanging out with friends, and homework all at the same time.

     Our generation is going to be upcoming multi-taskers because of how kids do their homework around TV’s or some type of music. Also, kids are beginning to get used to texting, calling, talking, watching television, and typing on the computer all at the same time. Focusing has been a big problem noticed as well in kids. Their minds are constantly bouncing around and all over the place. As a babysitter, I have noticed the lack of concentration and easy boredom of a child. I could play with my Barbie dolls for hours and be perfectly content. The newer generations play with their video game, dolls, or each other and become bored in a matter of minutes. The health hazard of kids developing ADD has been the upcoming question. I feel that kids need to learn to focus and muti-task at the same time. I am a calm multi-tasker and it takes a good amount of work to make me feel overwhelmed. I think maybe if kids did have a period of time in the day where they slowed down with all the digital technology and read a book, they might be a tad bit calmer.

Wearable Technology

     Wearable technology has become an upcoming trend in the 21^st century. People are starting to invest in products that represent the future technological advantages, especially in the workplace. Inventions like the Apple watch, FitBit wristbands, and Google glasses are starting to be integrated into work life. Companies are creating new ways to communicate with their employees by utilizing the new wave of technology. It creates a better and stronger community based corporation and helps build morale with employees. The downside with utilizing the new tech is that the older generations will fall behind. The more “tech-savvy” corporations like Google, will have an advantage over older firms, since they hire a younger and more informative staff. Older generation billionaires have no idea how to work holograms or even something simple like a SMART board. They are also not that open to hiring younger people into high-ranking positions because they lack the experience and work ethic they built their company on.

     I personally am intrigued by the push of technology in the workplace, but only the workplace. I would never use Google glasses or an Apple Watch outside of it. I would also opt out of planting a microchip inside of my hand in order to get into the building of the firm I was working for. I’m not big on microchips especially inside my own skin and I feel it is pushing the limit too far. I think technology utilized in a bio perspective is incredibly smart. I heard of using holograms for Biology majors, so they can get a “hands-on” approach to finding causes of heart attacks, strokes, and blood clots. Also, the smart shirt is an invention for improving posture, which is better then using a corset that most women are starting to resort back to, even though it is used for more of a slimmer look. I am open to using technology only in the workplace and in the medical felid. Outside of that, I rather talk to my family than have a hologram in my face.