You need to remember what you’ve done.
You need to remember where you’ve been on the internet. And you need to remember difficult computer steps. You could use a paper notebook – easy to lose. You could use your browser’s history – too hard to re-find.
Best to use an online notebook like Evernote. 
Evernote is best because: Continue reading YIL008 Internet diary saves the farm
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How to Get People Who Hate the Internet Using It
Two people who hate the internet stand out in my memory. One was a hobby farmer in Beverley, West Australia. He was an ex-orchardist and had lots of lovely stories to tell. But when the subject turned to computers, he said “I want to get through my life without ever touching a computer”.
The other is my mate Michael who is Continue reading YIL005 Social Media – how to get people who hate the internet using it
Passion
It’s time for me to inject a bit of passion into these proceedings. My shame, but the part of the internet I use most is surfing. Surfing turns your internet into an online magazine.
Surfing is random, or mildly directed browsing wherever you get taken. The most important web site for this is StumbleUpon. Continue reading YIL003 Your Online Magazine
Internet lessons in this Web 2.0 world are easy. You can learn all you need by watching videos, and attending webinars. The least you need is to be able to open and read emails, and click on an link.
However newbies don’t even know how to do this. Newbies pester geeks to show them how to use the internet. Geeks need to be strong and only teach newbies to be able to open and read emails, and click on an link. After that they can Continue reading YIL002 Catch 22 – Geeks, how to get the news to newbies
Nearly a year ago my mate Silvana said “I should learn about computers”. When I asked her what she wanted to do with computers she was a bit unclear, but said she wanted to do desktop publishing. My point is she thought that people mainly used computers for desktop publishing these days.
She was about ten years out! Since then I have talked to lots of computer newbies and they aren’t really sure what computers are used for, just that lots of people are using them, so they want to. So here I am talking about what computers are used for. Put it another way, what you would learn if you took internet lessons. Continue reading YIL001 Have You Ever Said “I must take internet lessons”?
