Re:Changes
[email protected]
In a message dated 7/5/2005 6:41:16 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
But on the other hand, I have a new computer. I was used to my old one
(and
its father before it <g>). I was frustrated that it didn't have the same
"recent documents" feature, and that an add-on I had before (WorkStrip)
didn't
do what IT used to do. How would I ever find my files? And Sherlock,
even
SHERLOCK didn't do what it used to do. Oh, I was sad. Then I figured
out
that the regular old "find" feature that used to not find much will now find
ANYTHING and everything, no matter how badly named. <g> (Almost.)
*****Not all that many years ago, when I was first separated and money an
even bigger issue than usual (meaning, I didn't have a computer) I went to the
library and discovered they had replaced the card catalog with a computer
system. I was SO upset. The kind librarian was right there to walk people
through the steps, but I had never even done a mouse, so you can imagine how slow
and confused I was behaving right there for everyone to see. I found I was
whining and moaning and bemoaning the good old days with the card catalog.
Then I came home and thought about how many years I might have yet to live and
how much change there will be, even in areas I love, like the library.
Slowly, I learned to use the computer, got one of my own, and now don't know what
I'd do without it. The one thing you can count on is change, and why is it
such a difficult concept to incorporate???
Connie
www.homeschoolingreflections.com
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[email protected] writes:
But on the other hand, I have a new computer. I was used to my old one
(and
its father before it <g>). I was frustrated that it didn't have the same
"recent documents" feature, and that an add-on I had before (WorkStrip)
didn't
do what IT used to do. How would I ever find my files? And Sherlock,
even
SHERLOCK didn't do what it used to do. Oh, I was sad. Then I figured
out
that the regular old "find" feature that used to not find much will now find
ANYTHING and everything, no matter how badly named. <g> (Almost.)
*****Not all that many years ago, when I was first separated and money an
even bigger issue than usual (meaning, I didn't have a computer) I went to the
library and discovered they had replaced the card catalog with a computer
system. I was SO upset. The kind librarian was right there to walk people
through the steps, but I had never even done a mouse, so you can imagine how slow
and confused I was behaving right there for everyone to see. I found I was
whining and moaning and bemoaning the good old days with the card catalog.
Then I came home and thought about how many years I might have yet to live and
how much change there will be, even in areas I love, like the library.
Slowly, I learned to use the computer, got one of my own, and now don't know what
I'd do without it. The one thing you can count on is change, and why is it
such a difficult concept to incorporate???
Connie
www.homeschoolingreflections.com
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Pam Sorooshian
On Jul 5, 2005, at 7:00 AM, conniecolten@... wrote:
catalog back!! I MISS it!
-pam
> I went to the library and discovered they had replaced the cardSo, Connie, are you saying I should get OVER it? NEVER. I want my card
> catalog with a computer
> system. I was SO upset. ..snip.... The one thing you can count on is
> change, and why is it
> such a difficult concept to incorporate???
catalog back!! I MISS it!
-pam
arcarpenter2003
--- In [email protected], Pam Sorooshian
<pamsoroosh@e...> wrote:
==So, Connie, are you saying I should get OVER it? NEVER. I want my card
cubby/drawers holding the cards -- so many mysteries to be discovered.
But I didn't like the typeface they usually used on the cards. I
wanted to open those drawers and find lots of secret little notes and
pockets and envelopes, not a typeface that looked like the somber face
of one of those shushy types of librarians.
<g>
Peace,
Amy
<pamsoroosh@e...> wrote:
==So, Connie, are you saying I should get OVER it? NEVER. I want my card
> catalog back!! I MISS it!==Yes, those big solid-looking wood boxes with their hundreds of little
cubby/drawers holding the cards -- so many mysteries to be discovered.
But I didn't like the typeface they usually used on the cards. I
wanted to open those drawers and find lots of secret little notes and
pockets and envelopes, not a typeface that looked like the somber face
of one of those shushy types of librarians.
<g>
Peace,
Amy
[email protected]
In a message dated 7/5/05 1:42:07 PM, arcarpenter@... writes:
They matched the furniture, in the older days.
I liked them, though. I liked the accidental discoveries of things next to
what I was looking for.
Sandra
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> IAnd the cards were often tannish, either manila card stock or aging to brown.
> wanted to open those drawers and find lots of secret little notes and
> pockets and envelopes, not a typeface that looked like the somber face
> of one of those shushy types of librarians.
>
They matched the furniture, in the older days.
I liked them, though. I liked the accidental discoveries of things next to
what I was looking for.
Sandra
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[email protected]
In a message dated 7/6/05 12:24:10 PM, ecsamhill@... writes:
what made it easier for new typists who did NOT play piano to become fast and
accurate, while the piano players had to teach their old fingers new tricks.
My fingers were fast and could cross over and knew RIGHT WHERE the black keys
were. None of that helped on the typewriter, I was NOT accustomed to
reaching down. I had no muscles or coordination for that. And with
typewriters you never "cross over" in any way.
Last week I messed with Garage Band, a program that's on the new iMacs.
Because I don't have a MIDI for this yet (have one for my IIsi, but no swift
modern UBS-port thing), I was using the keyboard to play music. ut
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> Already knowing something seems to make it harder, sometimes, to learn newThere's a term for that principle and I can't think of it, but it points to
> things.
>
what made it easier for new typists who did NOT play piano to become fast and
accurate, while the piano players had to teach their old fingers new tricks.
My fingers were fast and could cross over and knew RIGHT WHERE the black keys
were. None of that helped on the typewriter, I was NOT accustomed to
reaching down. I had no muscles or coordination for that. And with
typewriters you never "cross over" in any way.
Last week I messed with Garage Band, a program that's on the new iMacs.
Because I don't have a MIDI for this yet (have one for my IIsi, but no swift
modern UBS-port thing), I was using the keyboard to play music. ut
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Elizabeth Hill
**
I found I was
whining and moaning and bemoaning the good old days with the card catalog. **
It's painful to find out that our prior knowledge is wrong or useless.
Already knowing something seems to make it harder, sometimes, to learn new things.
Kids seem to adapt to new technologies faster than adults. My son can do all kind of tricks with our satellite and Tivo that I don't think I'd have ever figured out (without him to lead me). I suppose that our expectations, that come from older experiences, somehow trip us up.
Betsy
I found I was
whining and moaning and bemoaning the good old days with the card catalog. **
It's painful to find out that our prior knowledge is wrong or useless.
Already knowing something seems to make it harder, sometimes, to learn new things.
Kids seem to adapt to new technologies faster than adults. My son can do all kind of tricks with our satellite and Tivo that I don't think I'd have ever figured out (without him to lead me). I suppose that our expectations, that come from older experiences, somehow trip us up.
Betsy
[email protected]
SORRY, sent too soon.
So I was using the keyboard and there was a little chart there to say which
letters (middle row) were which notes, and which third-row letters were which
"black keys," and all was fine, and I was doing okay EXCEPT when the g or h
keys were to be played. Then I got screwed up.
It was really interesting, because I "type right" (formal typing-class
which-finger-where stuff), and I would ordinarily have used thumbs on the piano, but
my thumbs are trained (like dogs not allowed on the couch) NOT to touch
anything but the space bar.
Negative something.
The term is "negative" something, I think. You have to unlearn what you
knew before.
Sandra
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So I was using the keyboard and there was a little chart there to say which
letters (middle row) were which notes, and which third-row letters were which
"black keys," and all was fine, and I was doing okay EXCEPT when the g or h
keys were to be played. Then I got screwed up.
It was really interesting, because I "type right" (formal typing-class
which-finger-where stuff), and I would ordinarily have used thumbs on the piano, but
my thumbs are trained (like dogs not allowed on the couch) NOT to touch
anything but the space bar.
Negative something.
The term is "negative" something, I think. You have to unlearn what you
knew before.
Sandra
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