Technology: The Procrastinator Enabler or The Productive Assistant?

To many when we think about technology (smart phones, computers, the internet, apps, etc.) - we associated it with being the enabler for procrastinators everywhere. Apps fight for the top spot in the productivity category in the Apple App Store - "We can help you!" "Organize your life!" and "Say bye to procrastination, say hello to getting stuff done!" These flash across our screens, not enabling us but telling us that we aren't productive enough. While the latter may be true, we are humans - our ability to function at 100% is limited... hence the creation and definition of technology:

I can't help but think that we take it for granted, perhaps we even got it wrong. We go and abuse a luxury, which then turns into the bane of our existence.

I came across an interesting article about how a school teacher, John Cisna, went a strict McDonald's only diet, as a part in his Science class' project. He ate Mcdonald's for breakfast, lunch and dinner. His students picked out his daily meals based on the nutritional info offered, and he was to stay within the 2,000 calorie limit. Cisna, who didn't work out at all prior to the experiment incorporated 45 minute walks every day. At the end, he lost 37 pounds. "It's our choices that make us fat. Not McDonald's," finishes Cisna.

The same can be applied to technology. It's our choices that make us procrastinate, behind on deadlines, distracted, and addicted to the internet - not technology itself.

Do you enable procrastination through technology or is it your productive assistant? 
Personally, is both my friend and foe.

Categories: Computer Science, Technology