This old dog doesn't see herself using this! I found it very cumbersome and the only thing it did was make me want CHOCOLATE! Why wouldn't I want to just go to Google ? If I can't remember that exact web name then Google will serve the purpose. I'm all for less clicking and typing. Not to mention trying to keep all the names and passwords straight. Come on, I'm just trying to remember if I've put on my deodorant this morning!
The articles I tagged that interested me made this exercise worthwhile. Understanding teens and their MySpace preoccupation. If they spent less time online and more time doing things the old fashioned way. One example is the kids that come in for library cards that don't know how to address an envelope! Not to mention that they don't know their address either!
The privacy issue article was also interesting in this age of stolen identities and fraud. The internet is a great tool but we all know it's darkside. I do not like to do business online. It's either my ineptness or bad luck that my order doesn't get to me. I prefer to actually talk to a human being.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Friday, October 26, 2007
Dazed and confused
O.K...................
I've already dated myself with the title of this BLOG!? My 17 year old daughter will be amazed that her gadget-free mother is participating in this program. She is always disgusted when I ask for computer help. She has been using computers and all those electronic gadgets for her entire existence whereas I have been trying to avoid them.
A young and talented co-worker talked me into doing this so we will see if this old dog can learn some new tricks!
My first job was at the Poulsbo library back in my high school days. This was prior to computers and the typewriter was one of my tools. I typed thousands of overdue letters by the time I left the library to see the world. So things have changed and so must I.
Libraries are wonderful places and could never be replaced. Books are like the air I breathe and a basic staple in my life. What excitement when a favorite author releases a new book.
With all the information available online, I still feel libraries are a very valuable resource to our communities. I would much rather talk to a person face to face then instant message or email. I know that self checkout might please some but there will hopefully always be people like me that want to interact with a human being not a machine.
I've already dated myself with the title of this BLOG!? My 17 year old daughter will be amazed that her gadget-free mother is participating in this program. She is always disgusted when I ask for computer help. She has been using computers and all those electronic gadgets for her entire existence whereas I have been trying to avoid them.
A young and talented co-worker talked me into doing this so we will see if this old dog can learn some new tricks!
My first job was at the Poulsbo library back in my high school days. This was prior to computers and the typewriter was one of my tools. I typed thousands of overdue letters by the time I left the library to see the world. So things have changed and so must I.
Libraries are wonderful places and could never be replaced. Books are like the air I breathe and a basic staple in my life. What excitement when a favorite author releases a new book.
With all the information available online, I still feel libraries are a very valuable resource to our communities. I would much rather talk to a person face to face then instant message or email. I know that self checkout might please some but there will hopefully always be people like me that want to interact with a human being not a machine.
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