THINK TWICE IF YOU WHATSAPP

Communication on phone started a long time ago, but with the current development in technology; phones have become of great importance and also a source of worry since it is being abused. What is whatsapp messenger? The first time I heard the name whatsapp, I asked myself,”what is this new software”. Then the unexpected happened when students started to rush in for whatsapp phones. It seems they always want to try something new. People no longer want the phones with television and application to browse, but a combination with a lot of applications that can satisfy their appetite for more.  

The whatsapp Messenger is a cross-platform mobile messaging application which allows you to exchange messages without having to pay for sms. When students press their phones as if they are behind a computer, get closer and you will see that messages are being sent to friends. In addition to basic messaging, whatsapp users can create groups, send each other unlimited images, video and audio media messages. For those who don’t use iPhones, BlackBerry, android, windows phones and some specific nokia phones, perhaps they may be missing out on a way to save credits.  

Those on the whatsapp messanger have also started missing out on something very important, and that is time. A communication student at the Ghana Institute of journalism Patrice Amegadzie says,” the whatsapp messenger enables me to get in touch to friends as soon as possible and also makes it easy to send tracks, pictures and audio messages at a lesser cost. I use whatsapp when the time is convenient for me”.

For some communication students, the situation is different since the application can be installed on a computer or a laptop with the help of the blue stack software. Another student, Nii Boye Manasseh who has installed whatsapp messenger on his laptop said,” I can decide to use two hours on whatsapp messenger. It is good to get information but is bad when you are too much into it, because it takes much of your productive time”. Manasseh revealed that, he has spent four hours on whatsapp messenger before. If a student like Manasseh can spend four hours whatsapping with friends on his laptop, then you can imagine the number of hours he will spend if he has a whatsapp phone.

Elizabeth Amoatey uses a whatsapp phone and had this to say when she was contacted,” people I met ask me if I am on whatsapp messenger, so I decided to get a whatsapp phone. It waste time and I can’t calculate the time I spend on whatsapp”. She revealed that she is addicted to whatsapp since she uses it every day.

My dear reader, technology is to make us effective and productive. The software will make or unmake you. Please use it wisely. You can share your thoughts on the subject and also follow the blog at sambarly.blogspot.com

THE LIGHTS GO OFF.

Public transport is a service we pay for since everybody cannot afford to buy a car. The problems associated to this kind of transportation in Ghana are of major concern to the public. The use of light is for a better view or vision.  

The driver of the vehicle whose service I had purchased turned off the light when I needed it so much to read a document. To my surprise, nobody complained. It seemed the rest of the passengers were comfortable with the lights off. I was then curious and started to observe things around me. On my way, I did observe that, all the drivers had their inner lights switched off. What hit me like an atomic bomb was when a passenger respectfully asked the driver to turn off the lights.

So I tried to find answers to the questions that have flooded my mind from one the passengers. Diana Odoi, a student of Ghana Telecom University said,” I don’t know why the drivers put off the light, but I know they put it on when a passenger will alight to prevent him or her from falling”. The second person who didn’t give his name had this to say,” the drivers put off the light to prevent thieves from stealing in the bus”. He also reiterated that, the lights generate heat and therefore there is the need to put it off. Reasonable as it may sound, he added that the lights are put off to avoid eye contact.

If the reasons given are true, then what about this reason from an anonymous person,” the lights go off so that drivers will see the readings and know how fast they are going. Share your thoughts with me and lets all get a clearer understanding of why the lights must or should go off in the public transport, when students can read a book before alighting at their destination.