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I'm with you there! Maybe it takes an Italian to be good with gestures!
Dave, W7OQ
At 01:23 PM 3/2/2015, you wrote:
>I don't know, I';ve hhad mine for a couple years and can do very little
>with it. Jestures just don't come natural to me. I am seriously
>considering taking my judge, a five shot gun that will shoot 45s or
>410s, and blowing the thing away. Good luck.
>73
>Butch
>WA0VJR
>Node 3148
>Wallace, ks.
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>On Sun, 1 Mar 2015, howard
>kaufman wrote:
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> > I just acquired my wife's i-pod 5.
> >
> > Now what do I do?
> >
> > I am concerned that I know so little, and the learning curve is so steep;
> > that I will get discouraged before mastering it.
> >
> > Do I thrash around?
> >
> > Do I find a bunch of podcasts?
> >
> > Do I download or buy books?
> >
> > I remember absolutely failing when I was sent to learn word perfect.
> >
> > I had no context for what I was doing.
> >
> > When I bought my first computer, started at the command line, and then
> > learned word perfect, I mastered it.
> >
> > I can't travel a route until I understand the entire area and then create a
> > route with in the area.
> >
> > That's my learning style.
> >
> > I am 61, so I didn't grow up with video games or computers.
> >
> > I notice that I don't have the same exploritory intuition as younger
> > generations do.
> >
> > Its kind of like computing is a second language to me.
> >
> > I think that helps me be a good teacher, because I get why its hard for
> > other people.
> >
> > I notice how 60, 40, and 20 year olds interact differently with technology.
> >
> > You wouldn't think it makes a difference, but it usually does.
> >
> > I wonder if there is a parallel to what age people are expozed to CW?
> >
> > I have never met a fast braille reader who learned braille after puberty.
> >
> > I have always wondered about that one.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Howard Kaufman MSW LCSW
> >
> >
> >
> >
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