Hello world!
Ok I guess this is a good title for my first post because this is a exactly how I feel. Like many others I feel really uninformed when it comes to technology. I have three teenagers and a very computer literate husband so I hear all this jargon about blogs, twitters, face book, bebo and lots of other stuff but I have no idea of what it all means.
However as a firm believer of increasing ones knowledge I attended the Motel Association Of New Zealand annual conference in 2007 and listened to Lawrence Smith from Cabbage Tree creations talk about this thing called blogging. All though I took some of it in most of it was straight over the top of my head. Then last year I also attended a realestate.co.nz presentation by Alistair Helm in which he was basically singing from the same book and I began to think maybe this was something I needed to do.
The thinking was there but the making of a blog went in to the too hard basket until i attended the MANZ annual conference again this year in late July and as Lawrence spoke this time it all started to fall in to place as far as the logic went. A social network where I could share my knowledge and learn from others. Great!! Sort of like one big conversation that never has to end. That sounded like me as I do like to talk.
Okay next step was to actually set up a blog which is what led me to the voices site. The start was pretty shaky. When you have to e-mail them to ask where the button is that you need to click to register for a blog it is not a good start. They were great though and Kerry Kissane very patiently provided me with the information neccessary to get started and pointed me to her blog www.www.unconditional.co.nz/helping-hand which was, as it says a, very good helping hand.
Anyway the end result is “Hello world” here I am. My other comment would be that if I can get this far with a blog then any one else should be able to as well. So if you are thinking of creating a blog it is not as scary as you think.Just do it.
I am now looking forward to learning more about technology and getting better at writing posts which will hopefully benefit us all.
Kathie Shepard Motel Broker.
August 04 2008 05:13 pm | Changes in Motel Trends
Deon Swiggs on 05 Aug 2008 at 9:42 pm #
Your on your way Kathie. You have made the biggest step. But just try and keep the momentum up. This way you get more out of it. Like everything the more you put in the more you get out.
We as a country are new to blogging. But if your in on the movement then your in the eye of your consumer.
It is a great way to learn and to help others learn.
I hope you enjoy your time here. If you do have any issues I think you have all the technical support you will ever need at home. All you need is an imagination to write and your away laughing.
Again welcome, I wish you all the best.
Stewart Haynes on 08 Aug 2008 at 8:49 pm #
Hi Kathie – Good to see you in digital print. Like you it has taken me a while to take on what Lawrence has been telling us for over a year.
Checkout our blogs:
http://motella.blogspot.com
and
http://nzscooter.blogspot.com
(I don’t have to be as politically correct as you do!)