You've Got Mail

"You've Got Mail" the sound of America Online. When I hear this now i'm annoyed by it but I can remeber a time where I used to run home and sign on to AOL to check my mail or to see who was online. When I was younger I loved getting mail from people whether I knew them or not but when I was growing up I can't recall a time where I've gotten a random e-mail from someone that I didn't know and kept in contact with them. Over the years AOL has progressed and has added many features to entice us into using that e-mail system. While watching You've got Mail it made me think about all these systems we use to communicate with one another and how we have really become dependant on e-mail. At Westminster alone we use e-mail to cancel classes, to keep us updated with what's going on, to ask for help, to schedule appointments, and much more. I never realized how much we use e-mail, the internet, the web or whatever it is we use but it has become a part of our everyday life. I remember earlier in our class we talked about how people would rather chat or text than have a normal conversation. I have one question for myself and everyone else; Can we survive without this modern technology that we have become so dependant on? In the movie they each ran to some computer to check their e-mails. I have realized that I 'm the same way when it comes to checking myspace or facebook. I have recently found myself browsing the web a lot more and being really into the whole myspace thing. When I was watching the movie I thought about myspace because we recieve messages and request to be friends with people we don't know. I know for a fact that some people who use myspace go back and forth with messages so it's just like reciving mail through a regular e-mail company. It amazes me how technology has changed over the years and how it's continuing to grow. Not only that when You've Got Mail came out the whole internet thing was just starting to sky rocket but now internet dating and chatting is way different and a lot more safe. I'm still indifferent about it and not really sure how I feel.

Online Dating

In the article we read for class it basically talked about online dating. It talked about the ups and downs about it. I'm not really a big fan of online dating so it was something I never looked into but after reading the article I find online dating interesting. I think that online dating is dangerous because you never really know if the person on the other end is really telling you the truth or even being honest about everthing or Vice Versa. Online dating has many different aspects and can be looked at in many different ways. I personally feel that it depends on the type of person you are and what you like if you can handle a online relationship. Although I love facebook and Myspace, Online dating is not really an option for me. I'm the type of girl that loves to meet new people but I don't think I can ever develop a relationship through the internet. I know some people that have met online and it has been a success. This article has made me look at online dating completely different but it still hasn't persuaded me to believe that online dating is safe.

In the article I was more interested in online relationships when she started to express her feelings and when the guy stated that he didn't know what he wanted. Although this is taking place online it reminded me of a real relationship. When we have face to face relationships we sometimes don't understand things or know exactly what we want. I find it amazing to see how online dating has changed and become more popular over the years and more and more people are trying it out.