No longer confined by cords and wires!
Ah, the wide world of technology!
In recent weeks, I’ve moved from my office overlooking the pond and taken “the show on the road,” so to speak, with the addition of a new laptop. What great possibility this has opened up for me as I am now able to work on stories virtually anywhere. In fact, as I write this, just for fun, I’m sitting in my side yard under a shade tree with a latte and taking advantage of one of the nicest days yet this summer.
Last week, I wrote stories at a local school, in the Brew Ha and shared the website with a friend while we had a lime shake-up at Kernel Colada’s. I can write stories in my kitchen, on a blanket in my yard, maybe in a park? The possibilities are wonderfully endless. I can’t believe I didn’t get one sooner!
I can now go downtown and write stories while things are happening around me. This is kind of unique if you think about it. In college communication courses, I remember my professors talking about how the internet wasn’t necessarily a social place – that it causes you to withdraw from society. So, with the advent of the laptop and wireless internet which is now widely available (The Brew Ha and Kernel Colada’s to name a few), you can now be social while being unsocial…if that makes any sense?
Another great thing made possible by the laptop and wireless internet is that I can now even more instantly report on what is going on around me. I can download photos while an event is happening and if wireless is available where I am, I can upload to the website at that time too.
When I ordered the computer, I had this magic idea that I'd be writing on my pier overlooking the lake. While this has happened only once so far, I think it could happen more frequently later this summer...I'm going to have a little more free time!
I would be remiss in not thanking my advertisers for making the new laptop possible. Because of you, I will not be able to hopefully accomplish even more with the website. Thank you!