technospeak and googledocs

     Those two words in the title of this posting remnd me of other words, such as psychobabble and friending. They are made up to fit what is needed to communicate ideas in our current world. I'm sure many other terms will be thought up as quickly as new concepts come about. This is what is so fascinating about language and its evolution! I think that every generation has its own idioms and that to keep up with the times, the older generation has to learn what the new lingo is. (tee-hee) This is to prevent feeling lost and detached, even left behind!
     I think it is a better idea to straddle both mindsets-to learn technology tools well enough for them to be matter-of-fact and a part of everyday life, and to be able to take time and patience with things. The one thing I will note is that it is frustrating how really difficult the mechanics can be of learning the technology.
    This brings me to the googledocs project. I thought it was a great idea to make up a document and learn how to use it. The only problem is that I had problems with it! In other words, my knowledge and use of the technology was inadequate in some ways. My son has a thorough understanding of and ease of using the cmoputer technology. I would love to aquire his skills. (especially before he graduates and gets a job and moves out!)
     One document copied and pasted into the doc with repeated sentences all through it. So I backspaced through each repeat before sharing and printing it. That was a maddening waste of time. Another document went into a rediculous format, with the text going down one skiinny little column. What a waste of paper! 
    So, to my way of thinking, I didn't have a totally successful time. My son Daniel had to teach me how to copy and paste. Then, when I was adding notes later on, he took the googledoc from Internet Explorer to Mozilla so that it would type better. When this document was in this terrible format, I didn't want to bug him again about revising the format.
    Now my brain is tired. Time to take a break before class. My last observation is this: to some, this class is a breeze. To me, it is challenging and I love it. But it is no walk in the park! :)