Back to the world of technology...

At one time, I was pretty tech-literate. I was in college just as e-mail came onto campus, and in library school in the early days of the Internet as we know it (remember Mosaic?). I went on to be a tech mentor in my school and was a network administrator. I could read Novell rights with the best of them.

And then life changed a little. My title changed from School Library Media Specialist to Stay-at-Home-Mom, and I'm happy to be here with my four little ones. I kept up with technology . . . or at least I thought I did.

Then I started hearing about wikis. And Flickr. And RSS. And some Delicious thing that had a lot of strange spaces in its spelling. I realized that technology was passing me by.

I did (barely) manage to keep my head above water. I've had a nice little blog for quite a while now. (Shameless plug for Travels with Children) I figured out RSS feeds, and just as soon figured out that I didn't really have time to read all the feeds I set up. I have online photo accounts, some public, some private, and I've tried to make an effort at "keeping up." Really, I have.

Perhaps my impetus for doing the 23Things project is a little different than that of others. I'm not doing this for my work. Or am I? I need to stay one step ahead of these little people I'm raising, because although this world of technology has so much to offer, from a mom's perspective, it's pretty scary to know the potentially harmful things that are out there. So I'm doing 23Things to keep up with technology so I can keep up with my kids.

And I hope to learn a few things for myself as well, at the ripe old age of 35. Perhaps you can teach an old-ish dog a few new tricks. Thanks for the opportunity!