My name is Tyler and I have always had something negative to say about blogs, blogging, and bloggers but now I have been struck down by sweet irony. I am a second year communications student at Capilano U and am looking forward to another productive year here. I was born and raised in Victoria but made the great journey accross the drink to be here today. So lets get started.I've decided to base my blog around the obviously popular hand held gadget known as the cellular phone. I feel that it has become so irrigated into everyday must have life like a wallet or house keys that it is worth exploring its function within society. I assume that almost everyone in this class, college/university (whatever it is), city and probably country either owns a cell phone or at least knows what they are and rely heavily on them. I plan to touch on issues such as ownership and marketing of the device to simple phone etiquette and ever changing styles and functions. This will hopefully allow me to explain the technological phenomenon that started with Zack Morris's shoe box of a phone in the early 90's to today's models offering a plethora of functions such as GPS, interent, and data storage and even the nearly obsolete art of talking to one another with words and possibly emotion...