Current job and use of different digital tools
I basically work with digital tools in my work every single day. It is my job.
My job includes software support and testing, lots of meetins via Teams and messages via Slack. I use also Dynamic Health (Health Care Service), Mehidoc (Healthcare Service), email and feedback system (Efecte).
I’m part of team that develops, tests and supports OmaMehiläinen app for customers. Our team develops and supports also Mehidoc and Mehidoc Mobile app that is a mobile version of the Mehiläinen healthcare service for professionals. One part of Mehidoc is the Digital Clinic.
In my work I use several different mobile phones, MacBook and headphones so I’m literally inside the digital world when I work. As a digital tools we use also Miro, Figma and Jira.
In my work I don’t use social media as a tool. I do use it in my freetime. I follow Instagran, read the news, read blogs and use Whatsapp.
Five new tools for me
Todoist is not familiar for me but it sounds really good. I could use it to organize my to-do list for weeks and days. I could also use it for these studies to keep up with the deadlines. I actually use Slack to remember myself about different tasks.
Twitter is one digital tool that I really don’t use every day or even every week. It could be an interesting platform to read about the news related to my work and the studies. I don’t think that I would share my own opinions or news.
LinkedIn is familiar to me but I’m not using it as much as I should. I should be more active and follow what happens in my own organization and my field of work.
Asana sounds good for project and task management. If Jira wasn’t used I could use Asana.
Mural sounds also good. It is a digital whiteboard that can be used to work together in real time or asynchronously.
Social media and digital tools
Our everyday life includes social media and I think that the world would not run without social media and digital tools anymore.
However we must be careful when using digital tools and/or social media and think carefully what we do and share in the digital world. For example passwords, health data or personal data must not be shared in the wrong digital channels.
Social media and other digital tools are a threat especially for those who are not so familiar with them. I have seen so many times when someone is sharing personal information on a social media platform that is really not suitable for it.
Social media and several digital tools are so good and basically easy to use, but we need to be careful and awake with those.
Self evaluation
This was a really interesting assignment and course. The assignment made me think about different digital tools and social media.
It was really hard to think five new digital tools!
It is really important to think also about the future and be familiar with digital tools, apps and programs.