Good News and Bad News  

The good news for this week's book study is that I have a great excuse to play at my computer all day. I get to explore and experiment with different types of online content and apps. 

The bad news is that I would really rather have someone walk me through the best examples and platforms, and demonstrate all that the platform can do (you know, the bells and whistles that make it the best). 

I can explore, but what if I find a platform lacking based only on my technological illiteracy? I mean, I was born on the cusp of this evolution, and learned to type not on a type writer or in a typing class, but in online chat rooms running dozens of conversations between many groups of friends (and sometimes, strangers). I got my first e-mail account when I was 12 years old, and my first cell-phone at 15, only to have it taken away one month later due to overage charges. I remember inserting hyperlinks into word documents when I was 12 years old to make a facile of a webpage for my little sister to explore. So I've grown up with computers, internet, websites, etc. 

But this, this is frustrating. 

(Borrowed Stock Image from I don't know where. Please dont' send me to jail!)

There are so many options. The Google store, the App store, and even this text (Crafting Digital Writing by Troy Hicks) and its accompaning wiki page list digital platforms a mile long, and don't explain any of them to a degree that is helpful. 

So, I will be very busy. Hopefully my husband and family will not judge me for being glued to my computer, and I will figure out some websites, or blogs, or wikis and everything else.