I was born in the 70s and everyone understand that the whole world was very different then. We had a phone, but calling was through the center. We got a TV in the late 70’s and especially during the sports competitions, the neighbors came to watch us TV.
I bought my first mobile phone, or car phone, as they were called, in the 90s. It was very expensive and very big. And calling was expensive too.
I started my career in the early 2000s in a construction company in a supervisory position. At that time, we already had computers and cellphones, but also faxes and landlines. I remember older employees cursing computers. Around this time, building design began to take place mainly digitally. Today all plans are BIM and they are presented with VR glasses or cave. A building information model is also used on site with the help of various viewing programs.
A big change in working life took place in 2020, when Coronavirus forced remote work. It has brought a lot of good, efficiency and the use of digital tools, but also a lot of unnecessary Teams meeting, social isolation and multitasking. I believe that in the future, even more work will be done regardless of time and place. This requires better communication and flow of information without traditional meetings.
In my opinion, there is still a lot of untapped potential in the construction sector through digitalization. BIM is well utilized in design, calculation and site installation work, but not yet much in site planning or scheduling. The building information model is hardly utilized in the maintenance or operation of buildings, where it would certainly have a lot of potential.
I like an open digital society. I’m very active in using Google and often wonder where information was searched before Google. I like that all the necessary information and means of communication are transferred on the cellphone. I understand that this also involves a lot of risks. And I mistakenly imagine that I’m in no way interested, or that my data could not be exploited.
The GDPR didn’t have a significant impact on my work or life when it came. The terms and conditions for the processing of personal data were attached to the contracts. But with GDPR, we’ve started to talk a lot more about security and privacy issues and that’s a good thing. This discussion and familiarization has also opened my own eyes and made me think about security issues in a new and more serious way.
Today, data security and data protection requirements play a significant role in various procurements in my work. The related operating methods and processes should be developed so that procurements can proceed on schedule and so that the necessary issues are taken into account.
This was my first blog post in English. Other students’ blog posts were really interesting to read. In the videos, the visions of the future were funny. Especially the 2020 vision from nine years ago, which hasn’t quite come true. Kenneth Cukier’s video illustrated the amount and meaning of information and big data. I would have a lot of room for improvement in my own digital security and data management.
Hi,
I can relate well to your experience of how studying has changed turing the years. I started studying again after 12 years of graduation. Nowadays Teams and Zoom is used in teaching. Sometimes my classmates are making fun of me when I use pen and paper to make notes, maybe I am little bit old fashioned..? But I honestly think that studying with the new methods is way more interesting and better 🙂
Hi Titta,
Thanks for the post, it was nice to read about! I was born in 1995 and lived the times before the internet and smart phones. Nowadays you can see babies using ipads to watch programs. Agree that is was quite funny to watch the video about how we would be living in 2020, reminded me more about IronMan movies 😀
Hi Titta! It was great to read your blog about Digi Society. I can relate to your post. COVID has changed our way to work. You told that you have been working in a supervisory position. Is it hard to built connection with your workers when communication is not anymore face-to-face? I usually see Teams meetings where no one shows their faces and keeps microphone closed all the time. There is no real communication anymore, that makes me kind of sad. Like you said social isolation occurs.
And i share your opinion that there is still a lot of untapped potential in the construction sector, but in health care too. I just wonder what kind of possibilities digitalizations impact reveals in the future.
Hi Taija, Yes, it’s quite difficult to establish contact and maintain cooperation when you no longer see face-to-face on in Teams. Especially when I currently work in a cooperative project (alliance).
Hi Titta,
Thank you for your first blog in English. It was interesting to read your text. I also remember a very different digital age from my own childhood, and I also approached assignment from a childhood perspective.
COVID brought a lot of changes to our workplace as well, and as you also state in your blog, in the future, probably even more information will pass without traditional meetings.
It’s great to hear that the assignment material also illustrated for you how to improve information security and what kind of threats a digitalized society creates.
Hi Titta, thanks for the post.
I can completely relate to the idea that all information can be found on Google – where did you search for information before Google?
Ok, now there is open artificial intelligence to assist when information is searched for and structured, but you also have to be an expert in that to distinguish between what is real information and what is just signs in a row.
I also agree with the 2020 vision, the world has become very different from what was thought in 2010, we are not nearly there yet, but maybe 2030?
Have a great summer!
Kaisu
Hah, actually it’s hard to remember where I looked for information before Google.. It was difficult, you had to ask people or look in encyclopedias 😀
Hi Titta,
Thank you for sharing such experiences. It is an interesting way to express how digitalization has changed our life through time. I was born a bit later than you, but it is still unexpected that our experience with digitalization can be really various.
However, I totally agree and feel the same with your opinion after the pandemic time. My working life changed quite a lot, but adapting is a crucial thing in such a rapid developing world.
Br,
Ha Anh