My present line of work gives me the opportunity to teach people technology,

which is new to them, and often comes with a learning curve. I remember growing up struggling really hard with math, particularly multiplication tables. It’s a practical example of learning something new like technology, the more you practice the more it just makes sense. As I’m working with individuals there can be moments of frustration. They think they are stupid or my favorite “computer illiterate” (thats always been a silly term to me). I often find myself wanting to encourage so I’ll ask the question “We you perfect at riding a bike the first time you tried?” Often I get a smile and I sense them going a little easier on themselves.

Its an important concept to embrace though, with anything new. If you want speak a new language, master a new skill, or just even try something new, in order to get better at something you have to be ok with messing up, make a few mistakes, and commit to lots of practice.
 

Here’s to starting somewhere,

I recently had the urge to start writing, and a friend of mine recently told me if you want to start something you have to start somewhere.

So here’s to a start, a blog, a dialog, a conversation. Topics? Not sure yet.

This blog is built on WordPress using Standard theme the twist? I’m challenging myself to write any markup manually, probably mostly in iA Writer. I know it’s not an incredible feat but if you desire to become fluent in a language you need to practice.

UPDATE: I’ve chosen to use an image from the noun project for each post, this will provide a constraint and consistency.