Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Good and Bad Effects of Internet

Web is like a beautiful object placed in bright sunlight. It has the darkest shadow. In general web has both good as well as bad effects. Good because it brings the entire world onto our fingertips right from politics to games to movies to as small as our exam grades. Bad because there is every chance of people getting easily carried away from reality into their online avatars, chat sessions or shopping or browsing pornography.

My personal experience says that web has had a lot of good effect on me. On a scale of 10, I can give it an 8.3 to good effects and the rest 1.7 are its bad effects. My general knowledge improved, I am a better cook now, I maintain my online accounts using GYaaTi perfectly. I do online banking which makes my life simple. I use a lot of other sites to help me with my assignments, projects and research. The rest 1.7 will be my unceasing hours of chatting, being literally stuck to the laptop screen for hours together. There were days when all I did was being online and never speaking a word to my roommate sitting right beside me. Web at times make me feel that I am becoming more mechanic.

Internet in my daily life

My day starts with minermail in the browser. The next tab has blackboard in it. The next has gmail, orkut, facebook and then youtube and CNN. In YouTube I play some devotional song which slowly transform into rock, pop, jazz, hiphop and finally relaxing melodious music into the night. I check my mail every hour. I use net to play games, get recipes to cook new kind of food for my roommates. I use Google maps find my way whenever I am lost. I use online gift shipping to send gifts to my parents and friends on special occasions. I use web for almost everything. I love Google. You name it, Google has it. I am also a big fan of CNN and the webpage interface. Its a cool news site. I am also a Blogger. I record all the interesting things on my blog. I fight for the environmental cause using my Blog as the medium. I use social networking sites to be in touch with my school pals. I share my pictures and videos with them. Internet gave me the flexibility and ability to be myself.