The last few months at work have been so busy I haven't had a chance to spend enough time with my family much less blog. This holiday I finally got the chance to play with a number of technologies / services that I have intended to check out since the late summer. I have been playing with GreaseMonkey scripts, numerous social networking sites applications, new FireFox extensions, etc. I haven't really had a chance to organize my thoughts, but I can say that I have been impressed by the new world we are living in. For those willing to explore and play around with new products services, there are numerous new expereinces available on the net that simply weren't around 6 months ago.
At the same time I am profoundly disappointed by how difficult computers and the internet are to use for the average person. I have spent numerous days recently providing "tech support" for my family around issues like wireless network setup, browser setting issues (text size), SPAM, anti virus issues, etc. Companies like McAfee who are trying to make things easier sometimes make things harder because they have too many settings / programs prompting people for information (Spam blocker, virus detector, privacy protector, etc., etc.).... can someone please fix this?
P.S. - I have written this post using a new FireFox plugin called "Performancing"... this extension has serious potential. It does a great job of integrating the blogging experience inside the browser. I am also interested to see if the technorati tags work.
Technorati Tags: techsupport, performancing,
Technorati Tags: techsupport, performancing,
At the same time I am profoundly disappointed by how difficult computers and the internet are to use for the average person. I have spent numerous days recently providing "tech support" for my family around issues like wireless network setup, browser setting issues (text size), SPAM, anti virus issues, etc. Companies like McAfee who are trying to make things easier sometimes make things harder because they have too many settings / programs prompting people for information (Spam blocker, virus detector, privacy protector, etc., etc.).... can someone please fix this?
P.S. - I have written this post using a new FireFox plugin called "Performancing"... this extension has serious potential. It does a great job of integrating the blogging experience inside the browser. I am also interested to see if the technorati tags work.
Technorati Tags: techsupport, performancing,
Technorati Tags: techsupport, performancing,
