The Rise of Technology

As a student of English Literature, I rely very heavy on a variety of different technologies. First, the most obvious to note is Microsoft Word. For the most part, all writing is required to be electronic or a hard electronic copy. This has changed the way everyone approaches the writing process. In the interest of time, most of my brainstorming is done in the word document. Word processing programs have made the physical act of writing almost obsolete. The benefit of typing my preliminary ideas is I can edit those ideas and formulate them into my final draft. I can have multiple word documents open, and I copy and paste ideas from my brainstorming page to the actual draft. The only negative of relying completely on word processing programs is that accidents and glitches in the system occur.
Another technology that I rely on is the internet. The internet in conjunction with colleges' online library systems cut research time in half. However, I have become entirely reliant on the information that they provide when there are other no-print resources and search mediums that pay also be helpful. Continued in next blog . . .