After blogging each week, I've started to really appreciate technology in a whole different light. Before this APOC Program, technology was simply a resource for me that I grew up and depended on to get through a crazy, busy lifestyle. I guess you could say that I took it for granted.
Now, it's a way of life. There are so many avenues to explore that I never knew existed. I learned, "Why make life difficult?" If you want something, technology can help you get there quickly, efficiently, and cheaply.
With blogging alone, inputting picture URLs and "bolding" words incorporated HTML. When I tried experimenting with the different options, I had no idea what the miscellaneous characters meant and decided to just delete them altogether.
I am a huge fan of the Google RSS Reader, and particularly my subscription to TechCrunch. It allows me to find exactly the types of articles I'm interested. And I must hand it to TechCrunch, their stories are simple, easy to follow, and very interesting. Although this is a general and relative statement, the articles adequately retain the readers' interest.
Even if you're not a big tech geek, this site is still useful for keeping up-to-date with current, social events in the technology world. We're all living in it, and every facet of life relates to technology in some way. So why not embrace it?
I'm a TC reader too but here's one reason to just enjoy and stop short of "embracing":
ReplyDeletehttp://venturebeat.com/2010/02/08/techcrunch-payola/
"TechCrunch isn’t a newspaper, so its staff aren’t bound by the well-established and very strict boundaries given to print news writers. Things are different at the papers. I challenge you to try to buy dinner for a New York Times reporter."