Chapter 8

Ch. 8 #2 How has the move to digital information affected the communication tools important to both the business world and life outside of work? It has brought a lot of new opportunities and new styles of work ethic in the work world. Although the change might have been hard on some companies due to the new age of technology I’m sure it has made keeping data a lot easier and neater. It also helps working from home a lot easier and more convenient, since information can now be shared a lot easier and faster. This makes copyrighting a lot easier to do though. I feel digital information has make a very good impact to the business world. How has the “digital age” affected you in your life? The digital age has made my life a lot easier and more interesting. I remember buying a big cd player and tape player to take on school trips with me. Where now all my music is on a little iPod that can fit in my pocket. I love how mow I can plug my iPod into the car and take all my music with me to listen to, instead of making music CD’s all the time. It’s also made taking my daughter to run erring’s a lot easier too. She can watch movies and play games on my phone while I’m doing things or talking to people. Explain at least 2 changes that have brought us a digital lifestyle. One change that has brought us to a digital lifestyle is that we now rely on GPS on our phone or a GPS system to go places, you rarely see people with maps anymore. Another change is that we now rely on computers for almost everything. When you go to a doctor’s office most of them use handheld laptops to take notes on your charts or to update your file of your health. We also rely on cell phones we use our cell phones daily, whereas now a lot of people don’t even have a house phone, the number they use is to their cell phone so they can always be reached. We’ve changed our lifestyle a lot thanks to the new technology that has been introduced to us, even down to the way we order food.