I do hope that I learn more in the future. At my current job, I learn new digital technologies every day. The biggest platform I have learned since beginning at my new job is the open-source operating system Linux. Linux, for me, was basically sink or swim. Because I was using it every day, I had to learn Linux extremely quickly. The first day on the job I was seated at a Linux terminal with no previous experience. I had to learn how the interface and commands differed from my usual Windows environment; this approach especially helped me learn through hands-on experience. I think that this can apply to everyone attempting to learn a new technology, diving right in, and practicing it as much as you can.
I’d like to learn more web-development techniques, as that is where I would like to find a career; developing web applications either independently or for a company. To do this I need to learn more server-side languages like PHP and JSP. HTML, CSS, and Javascript are also important tools of the web developer. Apart from learning more about web development, general knowledge of hardware is important for any computer user. The ability to fix your computer should something go wrong could save you time, money, and frustration in the future. Simply knowing how components interact with each other helps immensely.
Every day I learn something new, I spend at least a few minutes of every day trying to understand something about technology or the digital world. Social networking, Operating Systems, programming languages, it doesn’t matter. Each day I give a conscious effort to acquire more digital knowledge. In this way, I increase my digital literacy.
Technology is increasing at an impressive rate, Gordon Moore, the founder of Intel, stated in 1965 that the number of transistors on a computer chip will double every two years. His statement has so far been proven correct, and is now known as Moore’s Law.
The industry uses Moore’s law as a guideline for the development process of new hardware. Soon however, Moore’s law will not be sustainable, as we are fast approaching transistors of atomic size; it will not be possible to make them any smaller.
The computer is a huge part of my life; I use multiple computers every day at home, at school, and at work. I love using computers and overcoming the challenges they sometimes provide. I attended a high school specializing in Information Technology; having access to the computers there has certainly shaped who I am today. I’m able to do the things I can with technology because of what I learned at my high school. I became interested in computers sometime around the eighth grade and have loved them ever since. I learn everything I can about digital technology, especially computer science. Technology runs everything today, from creating film to ordering food at a restaurant. Technology and Computers have changed the way things are done.
