Phillip Michael Ryan

I began this blog nine weeks ago with the observation that change will eventually take place in any area of life whether or not someone is prepared. Adapting to that change is crucial for survival and longevity. Currently, our society responds to channels that allow individuals to broadcast themselves. Blogs

As times change, the way we educate and grow changes. At least, it should change. I’ve spoken many times in this blog about the dangers of becoming stagnant and refusing to change. With the introduction of technology into society, major concerns have been raised over its affect on children

If the rise of new media has done one thing, it’s created massive amounts of communication channels. Technology allows us to receive messages, news, advertisements literally every moment of the day. Our desire to be entertained and for our attention to be constantly fed is a reality. Products, voices,

Thanks to the Internet, we don’t consume content like we used to. If you’ve kept up with this blog at all in the past two months, you will notice that as a recurring theme in my posts. The Internet has literally changed how our society lives, behaves, interacts,

One of our basic human desires is to be heard. Whether we want that to be over a microphone in front of a crowd of people or simply just a single friend, we want someone to hear and listen to our voice. We want to share thoughts, opinions, feelings that

Imagine, for a moment, a world without Facebook. I know it may be difficult to remember what social interactions were like pre-2006 (the year Facebook released to the public) when we were basically still sending messages by pigeons and smoke columns. The social networking site has so fully infiltrated our

Apple’s “reinvention” of the phone has proven to change more than how we talk on the phone; it changed the way we connect with people, conduct business, use the internet, and simply go throughout our day.

My generation quite frankly is a conglomeration of digital multitasking masterminds. We live double lives (between physical and digital space) that, if described with any amount of exaggeration, would sound like the plot outline for an 80’s sci-fi story.