Technology

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Modern day technology provides us with practical, more effective means of communication. With the help of up-to-date technology, business partners can easily follow up, separated families can keep up, and and distanced friends can catch up. Countless stories of flourishing business and dreams coming true thanks to such new methods stand as candid examples for such an argument.

      Faris Al Turkey was a simple Saudi boy of humble origins, yet his dreams and aspirations were too big to tame. Faris was always passionate about cuisine, especially breakfast meals. He took advantage of Twitter, a website where people can share thoughts in the form of short sentences or pictures, and uploaded pictures of his chows. Slowly, his account began to gain popularity. Upon people’s suggestions and support, Faris opened his very own twenty-four by seven breakfast restaurant. Twitter served as a virtual platform for Al Turkey to explore his true talent and make use of it.

Another example is Michelle Phan; an American Vietnamese whose early life could not have been worse. Abandoned by her dad, Michelle, along with her mother and brother, lived a very underprivileged life. Her mother had to take two jobs and very tough shifts, barely seeing her children. Growing up, Michelle learned to express her feelings in sketches of simple makeup, what she considers optimum art. Later, Phan learned about YouTube, a website where users could upload videos that would be accessible to the world. Michelle uploaded a low quality short clip of her applying makeup, and it was all up the hill from there. Her video went viral, meaning it peaked into a million views in a day. Thanks to YouTube, Michelle is now an internationally acclaimed makeup artist with her very own premium quality makeup line; Em Cosmetics. Michelle Phan is also active in a few child 
abuse and hunger relief associations.

      Jenna Marbles, Tyler Oakley, Justin Bieber, and many others’ various talents were discovered on the virtual platforms offered by the modern day communicating technologies. Although the twenty-first century communication, just like everything else, has its defaults, its pros most certainly outweigh its cons. 


Aya Adel