Friday, January 28, 2011

Technology, you confuse me

I don't get technology.
So much so that I don't even pretend.
When trying to ask a question or explain something to my computer genius hubby, I frequently use words/phrases such as:
thingy, you know the thing that you, I want this thing to do this/etc.
He has grown to understand my deficiency and has such patience.

Normally to learn how to do pretty much anything computer related I have to watch it be done, write down exact directions and then do it myself.
I am not kidding you when I tell you how deficient I am.
It took me ages to be able to upload pictures from my camera to the computer.

The thing that has forced me to become more comfortable with technology is my blog.
I love this thing.
To make it all that I hope for it to be forces me out of my comfort zone.
Yes there is a lot more that I wish that I could do to it, but for now I am going to have to be happy with where it's at.

Now, I am not being hard on myself.
Truly I am not.
It is just that technology/internet/etc just speaks a different language than I do.
I often feel like I am visiting a foreign country and I don't understand the language at all.

So, I will share something embarrassing.
I just don't get Twitter.
I don't understand it.
I have a basic idea as to how it works, but other than that, not so much.

Whew, I feel so much better getting that off of my chest.
Now, you can imagine my intimidation with my new iphone.
Yikes!

11 comments:

  1. We all have different gifts! You may be wonderful at something the nearest techno-geek has no clue about.

    It did make me laugh that you have an I-Phone...which is like techno-geek nirvana. : )

    Think of it this way, if your husband it techno handy then you have another item on your list of reasons to love him. : )

    Have a super weekend!

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  2. Danna,

    I have been thinking about putting together a little class to share what I know about social media with friends of mine who don't know as much, but would like to learn. If you could get a small group together I'd love to sit down, have some coffee and have a discussion.

    Technology, like anything new, requires folks to learn a new language. It is beyond scary. I don't understand it all, but I get the basics which can carry a person a long way. lol.

    marclimon

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  3. I am quite similar to you on this one. My one piece of advice is to always, always save a copy of your blog before you make any changes at all. I have messed up the html code on my blog no less than four times TODAY. I am learning. slowly.

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  4. I am the SAME way! LOL. As a matter of fact, whenever we get something new like a camera or computer... I refuse to use it for a while because I HATE learning something new.
    But I am an avid twitterer. I LOVE it so much but am not the best at it =p

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  5. I wish I understood twitter as well. The whole #randomcommentsstrugtogetherwithnospaces thing has me confused! I am ok with technology...but getting my self from point a to point b in a car...completely different story!

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  6. lol I wondered about twitter for a long time, just didn't get what the big deal was! :)

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  7. Haha - technology can definitely be confusing! I think that because I've used it for so long, it has just become 'normal' now - something that I just understand without thinking about it too much..although I have to admit that I'm new to twitter and although it wasn't THAT hard for me to catch on to..there are still definitely things that I don't really GET about it or get how to do yet..but because I've played around with blogs/internet stuff for a decade now (holy COW - how did THAT happen?!) ..but now that I've been playing with twitter for a few weeks..I'm getting hooked..to the point where I'm like..Erin..close the window, turn off the phone..step away! LOL!

    I'm not SUPER great with technology or twitter, but I get by..so don't ever think about hesitating to ask me a question or shoot me an email..I promise I'll help if I can..and if not I'll admit that I'm just as clueless as you..haha! :)

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  8. Haha - technology can definitely be confusing! I think that because I've used it for so long, it has just become 'normal' now - something that I just understand without thinking about it too much..although I have to admit that I'm new to twitter and although it wasn't THAT hard for me to catch on to..there are still definitely things that I don't really GET about it or get how to do yet..but because I've played around with blogs/internet stuff for a decade now (holy COW - how did THAT happen?!) ..but now that I've been playing with twitter for a few weeks..I'm getting hooked..to the point where I'm like..Erin..close the window, turn off the phone..step away! LOL!

    I'm not SUPER great with technology or twitter, but I get by..so don't ever think about hesitating to ask me a question or shoot me an email..I promise I'll help if I can..and if not I'll admit that I'm just as clueless as you..haha! :)

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  9. I wish I understood twitter as well. The whole #randomcommentsstrugtogetherwithnospaces thing has me confused! I am ok with technology...but getting my self from point a to point b in a car...completely different story!

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  10. Danna,

    I have been thinking about putting together a little class to share what I know about social media with friends of mine who don't know as much, but would like to learn. If you could get a small group together I'd love to sit down, have some coffee and have a discussion.

    Technology, like anything new, requires folks to learn a new language. It is beyond scary. I don't understand it all, but I get the basics which can carry a person a long way. lol.

    marclimon

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  11. We all have different gifts! You may be wonderful at something the nearest techno-geek has no clue about.

    It did make me laugh that you have an I-Phone...which is like techno-geek nirvana. : )

    Think of it this way, if your husband it techno handy then you have another item on your list of reasons to love him. : )

    Have a super weekend!

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