Jessica's CSIT 155 - Spring 2023 Class Blog

      Social media has made it extremely simple to communicate with businesses and get the answers that you are searching for. For example, in the textbook, a situation was described where someone did not get the answer that they were looking for with a business, so they went on social media and posted about it. The business then saw it and responded. Whether they actually solved the customer's problem or not, now they are seen in the public eye as a company that is willing to help. Before social media, I imagine it was a lot tougher to get in contact with a business. Even before email, how would someone get a problem solved? Was calling or going in person the only way?      I went on Yelp to read the reviews of my favorite breakfast spot in Carlsbad, Cafe Elysa. They have over 400 reviews and 4 stars, which is not bad at all. It seems like majority of customers are saying that the atmosphere and service are really good, but the food is nothing to write hom...

 This week, I commented on Denise's post, Benjamin's post, and Citlaly's post. 

     My thoughts on social media vary greatly. In some ways, social media has the ability to connect people from all over the world and allow people to learn new things. In other ways, I believe social media can be a heavily toxic place for people, definitely including myself. Not only can social media be an extreme time-waster, but it can also make people compare themselves to others. A lot of people on social media, especially places like Instagram, post the best versions of themselves and no less. A lot of people even then edit those photos to make themselves look even better. That is why I believe it can be a very toxic place, especially for younger audiences who are more impressionable.     I just learned about how social media, technology specifically, is a paradox of progress. In terms of this, it basically means that the more technology comes out, the more society as a whole might become less and less happy, or productive, etc. Even though most technolog...

             I actually had somewhat of a difficult time choosing what my blog theme would be. I tried my best to make it as "aesthetic" as possible since this is something that we will be using a lot throughout the whole semester and I want to be proud of it. I ended up starting with a template that I found pretty and that I thought flowed pretty well. Then, I chose a new font, color, and picture to go with it.       For my picture, I chose a picture of Carlsbad, specifically the flower fields (although I am not actually sure if you can see them with the way it positioned it). Growing up in Virginia, Carlsbad was always my family's go to vacation spot. My parents lived there before they had my brother and I so they wanted to go back ASAP. I fell in love with it too since we traveled there so often so I definitely wanted to live there as well. In October of 2021, my dad got a job offer in Carlsbad that he could not turn down, s...