Daniel Gutstein: Computers and Society Blog #1: Introduction

My name is Daniel Gutstein.  I am a junior at Northeastern Illinois University and am majoring in Economics and Communications.  I am taking Computers and Society 100 because it is a General Education requirement.  Outside of school, I like to spend time with my family, exercise with my dad, volunteer for my local synagogue, teach gym for a local Jewish high school, and coach my little brother's basketball team.  I would say that I know a little bit about computers, but as my friend Yoni Gabel likes to tell me, I am a little bit TC, technologically challenged.  I do not even own my own computer, I usually just borrow my brother's laptop. Despite the fact I do not even own my own computer, I realize with each passing day how I am becoming more and more dependent on computers to function in my everyday life.