Thing #2

I have not had much experience with blogs in the past, either with reading or writing.  I would dabble but never commit to reading more than one or two posts from a blog linked to Facebook when I had free time or something caught my eye.  So, creating this blog as a means to chronicle my journey across learning new technology is both helpful and symbolic.

Not wanting to take too much time to set up the blog (and reminding myself that things can always be changed later) I went with defaults for my name and the blog’s.  As I stated in my last post, Google really made it simple to set up.  Particularly, the ability to move things around in layout was really cool, and I think it adds a really personal touch to what could otherwise be a basic standard layout but, you don’t need a Ph. D. in programming to do it.

Speaking of simple, the process behind creating an avatar was also really easy and fun.  The hardest thing for me was that there were so many options I got a little lost in the choosing and it took a lot more time than I expected (but it was time I enjoyed wasting, so that’s ok).  I think the finished product came out a lot like me and my personality.  It’s simple, professional and (I think) she looks eager to jump into new experiences. So, hopefully she and I will be ready to face the rest of the semester and learning, and neither of us will lose that passion for learning which brought us here in the first place.