I have finally learned how to add tags to a published post. I had tried several times with no results. Even read the wordpress how-to but still couldn’t seem to grasp it. So thought maybe I needed to do it on the laptop instead of IPad. Well, after playing around with it awhile, I succeeded! I think (hope) I will remember how and will be able to do it from my IPad too. (Note-No luck with the IPad).
I have also learned that the ‘Preview’ button takes me to a page where the post I am working on is displayed as you, the viewers, see it. When I found that, I was like “DUH”. Sometimes I feel really stupid. But at least now I know. And it is amazing because even though I proofread the pages I’m typing on, I usually find mistakes on the View page. Sometimes I see a comma needs to be inserted. Other times, I read it over and decide it doesn’t need one. Often, while reading I think of another way to say what I want, or another word that would better convey what I want to say. Kind of like getting feedback from someone else. Sometimes, I come up with something to add. I now switch back and forth from typing to viewing, correcting and rewriting as I go. After some trial and error, I have found I do best correcting as I go, paragraph by paragraph. If I try to read it all, I tend to forget what needs corrected and have to go back over. Then, when I have finally finished editing, I reread the whole post, checking for total content flow. I’m so glad I finally noticed the Preview button and was curious enough to see what it did. For being such a simple concept, I find it an invaluable tool!
When I think of technology my first thought is usually computers. We first got a computer in the 80’s, mostly because one of the teachers recommended it for my son. Ir was a Comodore 128. The latest model. It had drives for both the larger old (floppy) floppy disks as well as the newer solid smaller disks. It was amazing! We weren’t on the web, of course. The teacher told us something about broadband, but that was too advanced for me. We were just thrilled at all it could do. And of course we loved the games. We subscribed to a computer magazine which listed programs that we could type in and run. I never had much time for that by my oldest son did. I worked with it when I had time and was able to created a spreadsheet to do my books, which saved so much time!
I became one of the few parents who had any computer skills. Everyone thought I knew so much. I just kept telling them they shouldn’t be afraid to try it. If you make a mistake, you can learn something. I’ve learned at lot from some of my stupid mistakes-and not just with computers!
My son learned to program computers and is doing that today. He kept up and advanced with technology. I did too a bit until around the turn of the century. Then I had other things going and technology wasn’t that important. But it resurfaced, briefly later. I applied and was offered a job that needed someone with computer skills. I was amazed (appalled really) that offices and the people working in them still wasn’t up to date on computers. But I was able to use my computer experience plus my love of learning and teaching in that job.
Since then, however, I just haven’t had the inclination to keep up with technology. When I purchased my laptop, I wasn’t up to date and had to research to find what I wanted. But I do like it. A pretty dark blue Toshiba. We call it ‘my blue cpu’. I still find the mouse pad very sensitive. I am always touching it and the page goes crazy. But I am learning.
Another technology I haven’t kept up with is the smart phones. My grandson is always telling me about the latest and what it can do. He also tells me about my phone (Iph 3) and all it could do that I’m not using it for. I tell him I just want a phone. Then he reminds me that I used to think texting was silly, didn’t ever think I would use it. Now I use it 95 percent of the time! So I have to smile and tell him ‘I know’. I do enjoy the camera on it. I am finding more and more uses for it. In my last art lesson, my teacher showed me how to take a screen picture. That’s cool!
Most of the time when my family tries to show me something technological I have to have them slow down. I need to be showed, not just told. And ideally it would be better if I could read about the subject too. That is how I learn. But don’t expect me to learn by looking at pictures without words! I hate it when the instructions to put something together comes only with pictures. I never can understand how to do it unless everything is shown. I don’t know why they can’t tell me how to do it and show the picture. My youngest son does best with just the pictures, but not me.
I have also learned how to post photos in FB. I just don’t do it often enough to remember how in between times. And I succeeded in finally figuring out how to change my profile pic. My grandkids say that Grandma is on FB but really doesn’t do it. And they are right. I am on it mostly to see friend and family photos. And of course now to advertise my blog!
According to my blog stats most visits are links from FB. I don’t understand enough about FB to know if it is from people who see my FB posts or from a search. I know a person can search FB, but don’t know exactly how that works. I often see business websites with “visit us on facebook’. I guess there is usually a link to click, but don’t think I’ve ever followed it.
Well my day beckons. Going to be another hot one here. So dry that the trees are dying. The brown grass crackles under my feel. I have bee watering in the early mornings some. I’ve heard it is better to water at evening, but it has still been so hot then. It seems to me the plants need the refreshing in the morning to make it through the day.
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