Tuesday, March 4, 2008

blogging my mind

It's mind boggling.

I have just signed up for adsense to use on my (future) website, and Google has already sent me a message saying, why haven't you used it yet - we can help!

I find it amazing that I have allowed this much access to my computer with no thought or control.

Monday, March 3, 2008

Just Bloggin along

So I've been checking out other blogging options, specifically Wordpress. Simple, perhaps, but also somewhat frustrating. I started a blog on the annoyance of html in this digital age, especially for those of us with dislexia.

I decided to add a link to my blog, and lo and behold, I had to add it in html. I tried it, and it didn't work. I tried again, reading very carefully the set of letters and symbols required. Writing them down on a separate piece of paper and duly inserting them where required. I took me four tries. And I'm not stupid. And I do get html, I just haven't the patience.

My husband's digital gallery website, a really basic single page but with lightboxes, was constructed on BlueVoda so that I wouldn't have the annoyance of html.

Now I'm looking to set up another website for my father, who is an often overlooked Canadian master (he never had time for self promotion).

I think I'm going to have to succumb, even in this age of drag and drop, to carefully reviewing each and every keystroke to ensure I don't have to deal with this aggravation.