Journal #1
Yorick (Yongqi Xu)
Smartphone
can be considered as a well-developed cell phone that it can not only used for
communication, but also has the function of acquiring information and filling
up the spare time. That is also the way how I use my phone. I usually use my
phone to make a call or send messages as a way of communication. Except for
communication, I’d like to kill my time with my phone when I feel boring. Browsing
news, playing games, and reading stories are the most common ways for me to
spend time with my phone. But my phone also caused a problem, which is that sometimes
I can’t help playing it. When I feel bored on class, the first thing comes to
my mind is grabbing my phone, although it is a waste of time. I use my phone
every day, and I’m sure that I have met the average time for using a smartphone,
which is 3 hours a day. I do realize that I shouldn’t spend that much of time
on my phone, but I will still reach for my phone almost every time when I am
bored. Maybe I should try to looking for my friends for a chat instead of
reaching for my phone. I think the smartphone is designed not only for
communication and filling up the boring time, it also brings convenience to the
society. With various kinds of apps, a smartphone can be used as many tools. For
example, it can be used as a map when we get lost in a megacity, and it can be
considered as a dictionary as well. I believe that the multi-function of
smartphone can be a main reason why people can’t get rid of it in our daily
life.
I think that, since the creation of smartphones (or any personal electronic device, for that matter), we have all struggled with wanting to reach for it immediately instead of doing something more constructive. Articles like these do make us think about using smartphones less, though. I think you have a good resolution started about having a conversation with friends instead of reaching for your smartphone whenever boredom settles in--a good challenge!
ReplyDeleteI think the most important thing is not how to use our phones, it should be how to use our phones better. We can do many things rather than chat, browse or play games. I have used an app whose objective is to gather the ideas and to share with other people. I can find a lot of interesting and brilliant ideas there. You can have a try.
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