This is the first post on this blog, which I hope to be more active than previous blog attempts. the stimulus for doing so came from a visiting friend from Argentina, who provided an informal tutorial on the use of Google resources when we met yesterday. This was entirely fortuitous, as we certainly hadn't intended to spend an hour of our reunion/catch up playing around with Google, which just goes to show how such get togethers can have unexpectedly useful outcomes. Now the challenge is to make use of these facilities -- and to blog -- midst all the other things which demand attention.
My first reaction to using Google's various facilities is the feeling of being slightly deskilled, and discovering that some things just don't work as seamlessly as anticipated. For instance, importing my mac. address list is proving to be a challenge too far. Sound familiar? And I expect that there will be other challenges to persistence in being able to use Google as a tool rather than as an impediment.
Anyway, here goes. It's, as they say, early days yet!
