response to last week's discussion

last week in class e were talking about how technology often causes more harm than good and also the idea that technology is causing the natural types of verbal and face to face interaction to be phased out by texts at twittering our lives to the world. I have agreed with this for a long time until a couple of days ago i saw the new iPhone advert (don't get to watch much TV so its probably been out for a while but i just didn't know). The advert is basically about how the new phones are allowing more 'facetime'. The concept of this is trying to integrate technology with what i refer to as natural forms of communication. I know that msn and computers have been with cameras for a while but msn was poor quality and we still primarily focused on writing and reading messages and computers you cant exactly pull out your pocket and take into a scan or run around the house with it (like in the iPhone ad). I like this advert because it shows that although many of the times we abuse technology to make our lives easier, that sometimes we do get it right and sometimes technology can be used to bring joy without negative implications. I can also relate to it because my fiance works away from home and it does get difficult and you miss 'facetime' together. I got a link to the iPhone4 advert if anyone hasn't seen it. it really makes your heart warm and if the iPhone didn't confuse me so much i would buy one.