Using retro technology.
written by Julie R. Neidlinger 0 comments link this post
After guitar lessons, Cathy had me sit down and explain Facebook to her.
I am, of course, a Facebook monster at this point. I invite just about everyone to be on it; if I have your email and you're not a stranger, I probably sent you an invite. I have old high school friends, church camp friends, church youth I worked with, blogging friends...
...with the idea of keeping your friends close and your enemies closer.
I won't tell you much more about that categorization.
But Cathy* IS my friend and I invited her onto Facebook, and I said I'd help her. There we were, using a cell phone as the internet connection, me realizing the blessing that is the high-speed DSL I've become used to.
"Wow. This is slow," I said.
And we waited.
Some more.
And more.
Yet.
Finally, since it was getting late and I didn't think Facebook would ever load, I asked for a pen. There was a napkin sitting on the table next to the laptop, left from supper, and I told Cathy I'd sketch out the Facebook page for her and try to tell her how to use it that way.
I find that hilarious, sketching a website out on a napkin to explain how it works.
"Then you'd click here," I said, drawing with the pen, "to see all of your friends. Here is where you'd type in what you are doing, and it's called your 'status'."
Eventually, for a few minutes, Facebook did load and we had some actual live click time, but the napkin was much more stable than the cell phone connection.
*No, you are not too old. Anyone who says that is too young to understand the concept of anything.
Labels: clippings, facebook, friends, technology
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 5/09/2008 02:49:00 PM
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