My iPhone Dilemma

Yesterday my iPhone decided that it was not going to cooperate with my needs, so I was left with no other option but to place my SIM card into my old blackberry. I didn't realize what a problem this would impose on my day to day activities, until I was inconvenienced by the fact that I had to use multiple mediums of technology to go about my day. I wanted to check my email in the morning, so instead of rolling over out of my bed and reaching for my iPhone, I had to actually get up and turn on my laptop. Then as I was getting dressed for class, I wanted to know what the weather was like outside, I usually go to my iPhone and hit the weather application. Of course, my blackberry did not give me that option, so once again I had to go to my laptop and find a website that would give me the forecast for the day. When I was finished with my classes for the day, it was time to visit the gym, and naturally I grab a pair of headphones, stick them in my iPhone, and I'm ready to listen to some tunes. Instead, I had to search endlessly for my Ipod, and the worst part was that I had to bring two electronic devices with me to the gym (yeah that's right, I had to carry two things, ugh). I never really realized what a huge convenience my iPhone was until it broke, all my my media needs are met with much convenience. Luckily, I managed to make it to the AT&T store the next morning to get it fixed, thank god. One thing I learned about myself after writing this blog entry is that I am extremely lazy, and I don't have to blame myself, I can place all the blame on the advances in technology!

The Foolish Behavoirs of Kayne

While watching the Video Music Awards (VMA's) last Sunday night, I witnessed the incident involving Kayne West and my girl, Taylor Swift. After receiving an award for best female music video, Taylor took the stage to give her acceptance speech. As she began her words, Kayne West and his over-sized ego approached the stage and interrupted the speech shouting "Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time". I, myself, thought this was very rude, he interrupted her moment to shine and to thank everyone involved who helped her to make it where she is today. Anyways, as I was watching I had my facebook and twitter account open and I proceeded to tweet about my feelings on the subject only to find out that the website was down due to high traffic volume of users. Once the website let me log on again (about 5 minutes later), my entire home page was filled with nothing but responses on the incident. The same goes for my facebook home page, everyone I'm friends with had updated there status in response to what had happened. This was interesting to me and I decided to blog about it because it made me think that I was not only watching the VMA's with my roommates and interacting/responding with them, but I was also watching and interacting with an entire community of users. New media has allowed us to instantly share our feelings with an enitre community of people, and I think that this has effected the way in which we experience any media in general.