It's a start...

Somewhere, after e-mail but before smartphones and Twitter, I lost my technological way.  It wasn't a big deal at first - so what if I didn't have a blog - but now, like Rip van Winkle, I'm waking up to find that everything has changed. Some tipping point has been passed. People (other people) no longer "go online," but live online, and carry it with them everywhere.


I'm not sure how far I'll go to join them, but unlike my 86-year-old father, who is happily ignoring the computer age, I do need to understand what they're all experiencing.  I'm not a technophobe; heck, I used to explain Gophers at library Internet trainings, and still remember the awe I felt at an early demonstration of Netscape. I'm glad to have those memories, but it's time to move on.


In three weeks of classes at the SUNY IDT (Information Design and Technology) master's bootcamp program, I've learnt more than I thought possible.  This blog is here to chronicle that journey, both in school and the rest of my life, and maybe to practice some new tricks.  As I scolded my elderly PC (512 MB of memory, thankyouverymuch) as it struggled with the Prezi website for an IDT project, "If I can do it, so can you!"  Well, it couldn't do it, and I moved to my husband's laptop instead. But I won't take that as an omen, and hope this journey will be a cheerful one.