I love technology. Sometimes I can’t wait to see what’s awaiting me on my Blackberry, on Twitter, or on Chaoticfat.com. It’s all so exciting; it really blows my mind when I think that I can have my voice be heard anywhere in the world whenever I want. I can control my message, I am the brander, I matter, I can say whatever the hell I want even while sitting on the toilet. I can find out what’s going on anywhere in the world and I don’t have to depend on filtered down news from the MSM anymore. I can go to where the news is happening. I prime example is the election in Iran; MSM got their asses kicked by Twitter and bloggers, it was awesome.

Here is an article from the New York Times:

Breakfast Can Wait. The Day’s First Stop Is Online.

Jim Wilson/The New York Times

Liz Steyer after breakfast with three of her four children, ages 5 to 16. Laptops and cellphones are banned during meals.

By BRAD STONE

Published: August 9, 2009

Karl and Dorsey Gude of East Lansing, Mich., can remember simpler mornings, not too long ago. They sat together and chatted as they ate breakfast. They read the newspaper and competed only with the television for the attention of their two teenage sons.

Jim Wilson/The New York Times

Jim Steyer, on the phone with his BlackBerry in reach, and his wife, Liz, have struggled to make their mornings more low tech.

That was so last century. Today, Mr. Gude wakes at around 6 a.m. to check his work e-mail and his Facebook and Twitter accounts. The two boys, Cole and Erik, start each morning with text messages, video games and Facebook.

The new routine quickly became a source of conflict in the family, with Ms. Gude complaining that technology was eating into family time. But ultimately even she partially succumbed, cracking open her laptop after breakfast.

“Things that I thought were unacceptable a few years ago are now commonplace in my house,” she said, “like all four of us starting the day on four computers in four separate rooms.”

Technology has shaken up plenty of life’s routines, but for many people it has completely altered the once predictable rituals at the start of the day.

This is morning in America in the Internet age. After six to eight hours of network deprivation — also known as sleep — people are increasingly waking up and lunging for cellphones and laptops, sometimes even before swinging their legs to the floor and tending to more biologically urgent activities.

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