Computer and the Society by Athena Louise C. Garcia

Computer is now an important thing for us people. It is now a part of our daily life. Not just because it is easy to use, It also makes our works easier and faster. Almost everything in our surrounding is controlled by computer. The traffic lights, fast food chains, the LRT and MRT and many more. This just show how strong is the computer related to the society. Many of us treat their computer as their best friend like in the picture shown above. Some, they treat it as one of their pleasures and some treat it like toy. Even though computers cannot talk, cannot walk, cannot eat like us, humans it also needs love and care. We must not abuse its capabilities. Even though it's a machine, it still needs rest. This is one way to show our love and care for computers. Please view this video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lvOfSrFZDc



We, the society are the ones who uses the computer. We cannot deny that we can get a huge benefit from our computers. Not just that they can control almost everything in our surrounding but also help us make our assignments, some paperwork, our projects and other things. As we use our computers, we must also be conscious to our health, too much use of computer can harm our health. To avoid this we must do some of these things:

• Position your terminal at right angles to the window if possible; avoid facing directly into bright light (coming at you from behind your computer screen).
• Install an anti-glare screen.
• Adjust the brightness controls on the screen until they are comfortable to your eyes.
• Adjust your chair or table height to have your elbow angle at 90-100 degrees.
• Position your keyboard so that you don't have to bend your hands uncomfortably upward to reach the keys; place a raised wrist rest on the table in front of the keyboard if necessary.
• Clinch your fists, hold for one second, then stretch your fingers out wide and hold for 5 seconds.
• Organize your workday, if possible, to intersperse other tasks with your computer work so that you're not sitting at the computer for several hours without a break. Variety is key
• Check your posture - sit up straight.
  
• The monitor screen surface should be approximately 18-24 inches away from your torso.
• Preferably chairs should be on wheels, have backrest tilt adjustment, and have arms.
• Be sure you have enough desktop space for work papers and other equipment.
• Look away from the screen periodically.
• Don't forget to blink - your eyes need the moisture. (http://www.ribbit.net/computers_health_hazard.html)
  

Now that you know these thing already, don't forget to apply this when using the computer. The society and the computers can do so many things orderly and presentable. This just shows that the society and the computers build harmonious relationship together through different and hard tasks each day. This is my blog about the "Computer and the Society." I hope you learn something from my blog:DD