What is the earliest experience with a computer that you can remember?
I was living in San Diego, and my dad had a desktop computer on his desk, by the door in his room. My first experience with a computer that I remember is in the middle of my kindergarten year. I would use the computer to play with my Hooked On Phonics cd-rom (it really works!) it was definitely one of my favorite things to do. –Layni
Playing a monster truck driving game with a connectable-steering wheel. –Taylor
- I remember being quite small watching my dad type into a black screen with green letters- something I later learned was DOS. It was on an old boxy family computer that took floppy disks. I remember my dad saving work files to these things . –Matt
What was the first computer that you owned? Did you purchase it or your parents? Did you have to ask for it, or was it just given to you.
My first computer is this piece of crap I’m using right now (and I say that in the most loving manner possible, though if it dies on me one more time, I will launch it off the top of Doak Campbell). I got this laptop as a gift for my 17th birthday. My parents and grandparents chipped in for it. It was my senior year, and I needed on for college, not to mention the desktop that my parents had let me use for schoolwork would take about 30 mins to start up and was the slowest thing in existence. –Layni
Dell desktop, that my parents purchased for the family. –Taylor
I think I was 13 when I got my first computer. It was my birthday and my parents have bought me an HP desktop. It looked really nice but didn’t actually run very well. I had a little corner in the den with my dad where I felt pretty grown up using it. –Matt
Describe a specific instance in which a computer has been a positive impact in your life.
Summer after my junior year, I had a 4,000 word essay I had to write as part of the requirements to graduate with an I.B. Diploma. I.B. was definitely one of the most rigorous courses I’d ever been involved in (obviously) and it helped me not only get accepted to college, but it gave me college credits so I could skip the basic core classes that everyone has to take and start off focusing on my milestone classes for my major. I had to use a computer to not only research, but type, revise, and edit this paper. –Layni
The first time I got to edit a video on my computer, I realized this is something I'd like to make a career out of. –Taylor
Those late nights where I have the ability to research almost anything that comes to mind, and I spend literally hours searching and reading to my heart’s content. Computers allow me to indulge in this almost weekly habit, and at the end of the night, I feel like I’ve almost accomplished something. – Matt
Describe a specific instance in which a computer has had a negative impact on your life.
The only negative impact of a computer that I can think of is the easy access it has to facebook. I have wasted hours of my life that I will never get back creeping on facebook. I used to leave my hw until midnight because I would be goofing off until the time I got home, to the time I started my hw. It’s caused many sleepless nights and definitely poor quality work. – Layni
I waste a LOT of time on the internet looking up random crap, distracting me from what I really need to accomplish. –Taylor
As mentioned above, the computer allows me to get easily distracted. Sometimes when I should be writing- writing intensely, only focusing on what I’m doing- I give into temptation, and ultimately don’t get much done. –Matt
List as many parts of the computer that you can think of
Screen, keyboard, RAM, memory, dvd/cd slot, motherboard, fan, case, hard drive –Layni
CPU, Motherboard, Monitor, Keyboard, USB –Taylor
CPU, processor, RAM, hard drive, graphics card, sound card, motherboard –Matt
Do you have a data back-up solution? If so describe it.
My father made me sign up in my senior year for an online back-up site called drop box. There is an icon at the bottom right of screen with which I can drag files, whether they be documents, pictures, power points, etc. It is automatically updated every time I drag a file in it. There is an app on my phone for it, so I can access it anywhere, including on other computers if I go to the website. –Layni
I have an external USB hard-drive that I CC the majority of my files too. –Taylor
I don’t actually have a data backup plan (though I know I should). Most of the important stuff I have hard copies of. I also send most of my big documents to my email. –Matt
Do you do any activities on the computer besides word-processing/gaming that does not involve the internet?
I create playlists and make c.d.s as well as paint pictures and edit photos –Layni
I edit video as well as photos, store important dates on my calendar, prepare power points and presentations, etc.. –Taylor
Powerpoints, Rosetta Stone –Matt
List as many sites/networks with which you have an account as you can.
Facebook, myspace, livejournal, blogger, google, stumbleupn, twitter, windows live (fsu-email), both my banks, black board, rentpayment.com, skype, oovoo, youtube, NEOPETS!!!!! –Layni
Facebook, G-mail, Suntrust, National Collegiate Volleyball Federation, USA Volleyball, Men’s Warehouse, Brooks Brothers, Earthlink, FSU-Blackboard, 8tracks.com, Stumbleupon.com, WEPO Blog, Tenant, portal(townhouse), Theta Chi’s website, FsuFilm, Seminoles.com, Youtube –Taylor
facebook, google (you tube), Suntrust, Amazon, WOW (back in the day), Itunes facebook, google (you tube), Suntrust, Amazon, WOW (back in the day), Itunes –Matt
Do you store any data in the cloud? With what service?
Yes? I use drop box –Layni
I put videos on Youtube. –Taylor
I file most of my documents in my email, I have pictures on facebook –Matt
What websites (besides FB/email) do you frequent? What is your distraction rotation? What media/news/entertainment websites/blogs/tumblrs do you visit daily?
I frequent rage-comics.net, twitter, neopets, stumbleupon, youtube, video2mp3, and wikipedia the most. My distraction rotation basically goes like this: I decide its time to do hw, so the first hour-without fail-I goof off and do everything completely unrelated to whatever task I have at hand. Usually I’ll check fb first, followed by my e-mail. Then, if there’s a song I want to add to my itunes, I’ll look it up on youtube and then convert it (illegally muahahaha) to an mp3 file. Once I’m done with that, or if I didn’t need to update my itunes, I would then freely browse rage-comics for a good laugh and Wikipedia whatever odd questions I have popping up in my head. –Layni
Stumbleupon.com, TED.com, CNN.com, Youtube, 8tracks.com, vevo.com, vimeo.com, clothing websites, etc… -Taylor
I frequent facebook, Google, Wikipedia. My distraction rotation often begins with Wikipedia and ends with downloading music, or reading part of a book posted online, or checking Amazon to see how much the book would be to buy. For news I turn to CNN, MSN, Time, for entertainment I’ll go on the Onion or read a webcomic (most often Hark! A Vagrant) –Matt
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