Blog One

"How do you use the internet?  How does your internet use compare to some other person in your family?"

My internet usage is best divided categorically by intent: for pleasure/leisure or for work/school.  Although the nature of my usage varies by intent and motivation, the frequency and amount of my usage is equally divided between pleasure and work.  I would certainly describe myself as a heavy internet user, as I generally spend at least 5 hours online each day.  My internet usage for pleasure is primarily consumptive, yet my internet usage for work involves more production.

Compared to other members of my family, I am one of—if not the—heaviest user.  Interestingly enough, my mother possess more advanced and more abundant technology than I, but her usage is more restricted to e-mail, social media, and viewing/uploading personal photos and videos.  My mother is more technologically advanced than many professionals her age, as her profession requires her to interact with technological advances as they apply to students with special needs.  (For example, I neither own nor have ever used an iPad, yet my mother owns one and uses it in a professional capacity to help autistic children communicate.)

Ultimately, although I spend a greater amount of time online, there are some aspects in which my mother is more adept and advanced than I in terms of internet usage.