Hi folks. This is my initial posting on this blog. I have to admit this is not the first blog I have created, nor is it even the first I have created as part of my library work. Once I created a blog specifically for other staff, hoping to inspire some to investigate Web 2.0 technologies. Instead, access to that blog service was disabled and none of the staff ever got to hear about it.
*sigh*
Anyway, hopefully, since I can currently access Blogger from work, maybe we will all get another shot at it. It should be mentioned that only certain elements of Blogger work through the City's filter so I'm not quite sure how this blog looks at the moment! If it changes soon, it's because I've accessed the blog from home!
The blog title? I live and work in Gosnells, a suburb often (justly) accused of being the hoon capital of WA, though some residents of Rockingham might object, but, to make a living, I introduce seniors to, play with, repair and often swear incoherently at PC's and other technology.
Don't get me wrong - I somewhat identify with 'hoon' culture (hmmm, is that an oxymoron?). I drive a Holden ute with personalised number plates, I wear trackies and flanno shirts when I'm not working and, much to my horror, seem to have picked up a discarded beer gut from somewhere and it keeps preceding me wherever I go!
But I do love Gosnells, with all it's faults, and you can often find my wife and I toiling away in our oversize back yard, hoping to coax veggies to edible size, listening to idiots destroying their tyres, doing burnouts and 'donuts', a sound my wife calls 'The Gosnells Symphony.'
Me? I save my car racing for Barbagello or Kwinana on Wednesday or Friday nights at the drags, though my wife is pushing hard for me to take up rallying.
In the meantime I'll either be up to my elbows in car or up to my elbows in computers, loving every minute of both things.
I'm acting as pioneer for the City ofGosnells
Really looking forward to the journey, even if I'm not doing it in my ute :-)
*sigh*
Anyway, hopefully, since I can currently access Blogger from work, maybe we will all get another shot at it. It should be mentioned that only certain elements of Blogger work through the City's filter so I'm not quite sure how this blog looks at the moment! If it changes soon, it's because I've accessed the blog from home!
The blog title? I live and work in Gosnells, a suburb often (justly) accused of being the hoon capital of WA, though some residents of Rockingham might object, but, to make a living, I introduce seniors to, play with, repair and often swear incoherently at PC's and other technology.
Don't get me wrong - I somewhat identify with 'hoon' culture (hmmm, is that an oxymoron?). I drive a Holden ute with personalised number plates, I wear trackies and flanno shirts when I'm not working and, much to my horror, seem to have picked up a discarded beer gut from somewhere and it keeps preceding me wherever I go!
But I do love Gosnells, with all it's faults, and you can often find my wife and I toiling away in our oversize back yard, hoping to coax veggies to edible size, listening to idiots destroying their tyres, doing burnouts and 'donuts', a sound my wife calls 'The Gosnells Symphony.'
Me? I save my car racing for Barbagello or Kwinana on Wednesday or Friday nights at the drags, though my wife is pushing hard for me to take up rallying.
In the meantime I'll either be up to my elbows in car or up to my elbows in computers, loving every minute of both things.
I'm acting as pioneer for the City of
Really looking forward to the journey, even if I'm not doing it in my ute :-)
Good post - i know how you feel about pushing new tech to some of the more reluctant members. Curious to see how everyone deals with it all.
ReplyDeleteA Gozzie Boy huh, no shock to read that you drive a Holden ute :-). You really bring the character of your suburb to life - looking forward to reading your next post.
ReplyDeleteAs soon as I saw the title of this blog on the Web 2.0 training page, I knew it had to be you! :)
ReplyDeleteI like your first post, you clever thing!
I am looking forward to reading more and thinking about what I might write about in a blog ...