Hello World

Hello world! My name is Patrick W and I am from Marietta, Georgia, which is a suburb of metro Atlanta. I am majoring in Mechanical Engineering and hope to stick with it these next four or five years. I am currently a pledge at the FIJI chapter house and plan on joining the club ice hockey team here as well. To try something new while here at Tech, I am looking to become involved with GT Motosports so that I may be better acquainted with my major.

I have used Facebook many a time in my life. I enjoy frequently cyber stalking those who walk by me during the day on the Georgia Tech campus! Watch out! Seriously…social networking sites are great tools in keeping up with any friend, whether they live half way around the world or nearby. They are also great for social groups in that they offer a domain for members to offer input and conference on various topics within the group. For instance, in high school I was heavily involved in the Student Government Association. People are always logging in to chat with friends and see what’s going on, so what better way to keep a club running than to infuse it with their social lives?

This being said, no one enjoys corporate websites going behind their customer’s backs and selling out their information to the rest of the world. Most people would feel that these networking sites need good lesson in business ethics, but in all honesty, who cares? If you feel like you are being abused by the moguls of the online business world, just relax and think of the millions of others that are in your same position…and remember that I invented the Internet.