I have been using Facebook for quite awhile rather passively but more recently due to I have been making greater use of the groups. Summer and Winter Baseball Clubs and a local gamers club I had joined. The local buy swap sells and more recently during the isolation the Bin Isolation Outing Group where participantsContinue reading “The Facebook- Thing 8”
Author: Infamous El Guapo
Pretty Bird? Twitter- Thing 7
I have always seen twitter as a personal press release tool and as one that does not advertise myself have only ever used it passively reading tweets from those I chose to follow. I have since left the platform as it could get quite toxic. My Social Media activity in my dotage is concentrated mainlyContinue reading “Pretty Bird? Twitter- Thing 7”
Accessibility Now- Thing 6
During a Tech Help session I assisted a user accessing the Bolinda Borrow Box service on her laptop. The user was blind and navigated the page with the aid of a screen reader. Throughout the process It was eveident to me that this could be done better. The website was setup to branch off accessingContinue reading “Accessibility Now- Thing 6”
Assumption makes an Ass out of U and Me
Emoji… well… I never assumed the original emoji colour was some sort of generic basis of White Anglo Saxon tradition nor as any other tradition. I was aware of its origin in Japan and put no weight to it other than as a limited avatar for human communication. How things change well here is myContinue reading “Assumption makes an Ass out of U and Me”
Permission Granted Thing 4
Well unless on the very rare occurrence I only add apps from the legitimate app store and permissions granted are nothing out of the ordinary. The only one that has ever surprised me is the covid safe app and even then it is understandable the out of the ordinary request it has made in theseContinue reading “Permission Granted Thing 4”
My Digital Footprint
Well I avoided google as I am too enmeshed so used duck duck goose and found that there is a museum curator in the UK who like me has an interest in TE Lawrence. The closest hit in relation to myself is my uncle Pvt Peter Raymond Gillson who I am named after who wasContinue reading “My Digital Footprint”
Undertaking 23 Things
During the Lockdown I have decided to undertake the 23 Things hosted by Uni of Edinburgh. I work for Yarra Plenty Regional Library in the State of Victoria in Australia. My branch Library is the wonderful Eltham Library. Back in the day I completed the web 2.0 and original 23 things programs and look forwardContinue reading “Undertaking 23 Things”