I love the interwebs and my computer machine.

[silverweb]

That is all.

:)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Those two inventions have literally changed my life...

And, I suspect, many lives...

:hi:

[MrModerate]

2. Every dollar I've made since approximately 1985 I've made with my keyboard.

I'd guess you'd say I'm sold on the concept.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Good for you!

[silverweb]

17. Nice.

Self employed?

I didn't start working on line until about '98, but it changed everything for me.

[MrModerate]

22. Nope. I work in a big company as a communications manager.

So a lot of my work is face-to-face and networking internally and externally. But my hammer and anvil are my mouse and keyboard.

[silverweb]

24. That's great.

Computer technology really has enhanced and expanded our interactivity both in person and from a distance.

[Capitalocracy]

37. If your big company needs transcription or translation services,

let me know. I've been trying to hammer out a living on this here keyboard myself.

[MrModerate]

43. We may be doing some work in Argentina later this year or early 2012

I'll put your contact details in my vendors list.

[Capitalocracy]

44. Thanks

And just to make it clear, I'm a native English speaker from the U.S., so I can do English-language projects as well. I'm in Argentina because I met a girl online from here and moved here and married her.

[silverweb]

4. Absolute truth.

And all for the better. Not a day passes that I don't appreciate the many ways.

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Isn't that it?

I would not be where I am in my life if we didn't have the internet, and especially DU!

:hi:

[silverweb]

13. I'd be in a rubber room by now without DU.

As for the internet itself, it has enabled me to enjoy a much simpler life, even while it has opened windows on new areas of interest I'd probably never have discovered otherwise.

[tavalon]

15. Yes, yes, and yes

The other day, someone tried to interest me in their unused phone books. Needless to say, I was uninterested. I can find anything on the web.

[tavalon]

14. As we are finally converting to computer charting at work,

my years increasing my mad typing skills will finally pay off at work. I can type faster than I can write. Couldn't before the interwebs and my incessant need to have a say in, well, everything.

[silverweb]

16. Charting.

Health care provider?

[tavalon]

23. Yes

and my hospital is being dragged, kicking and screaming, into the 20th century. I kid, actually, it's actually a good place, but they aren't very computer literate.

[silverweb]

26. They will be.

I'm a medical transcriptionist, and have watched many of our clients come on line hesitantly and reluctantly. Once people get used to it, though, they never want to go back.

[tavalon]

29. I work on a unit that is staffed with a number of people

who need constant tutorials on right click, left click, double click, etc. It will be especially painful for them, though since I'm volunteering to be a super user, I believe I will be sharing their pain. We'll get through it, though, we have to.

[silverweb]

30. It'll be worth it.

Even those needing constant tutorials will eventually catch on. I read once that it takes the average person 8 repetitions of something new to really "get it." Once they're over that hump, it gets easier and later becomes ingrained.

I'd bet that by midsummer, even your most reluctant people will be comfortable with the new methods.

[tavalon]

32. I think you're right

I hope you're right.

[silverweb]

33. Good luck!

And here's a 4-leaf clover for you!

[tavalon]

34. Aw, thanks!

:hi:

[elias49]

3. Wouldn't it be great if they loved you back? nt

[silverweb]

7. In a way, they do.

I ask much of them and they always come through, and they enable me to communicate with absent human loved ones in ways that were never possible before.

For non-sentient functionaries, that's about as close to love as it gets.

[BeFree]

8. Cripes !!

The day this electric machine starts humping my leg may be my last.

Having said that, this is some cool stuff. Hey yall!

[emilyg]

10. LOL

[silverweb]

12. Too funny!

:D

[saras]

38. It's an option

Leg-humping is an optional extra at this point. But then, sound was once an optional extra in computers, as was color.

Ya oughta use Firefox - I'm sure they'll have an anti-leg-humping extension soon enough.

[Edweird]

18. I get lots of free porn. I'd say we're even.

[krispos42]

21. I understand they have USB-compliant accessories for that n/t

[Gregorian]

9. A friend of mine just started a blog that uses the Googles and science and computers.

I think you might like it. It is why the internet is so great.

http://nverbs.blogspot.com/

[silverweb]

11. Very cool!

I'm supposed to be working right now, but I've bookmarked it and will check it out. Thanks!

[iamtechus]

19. I was much happier before I realized how ignorant I was.

Sometimes I wish I could go back! :silly:

[silverweb]

28. Go back?!?

Never!!

They'll have to pry my keyboard from my cold, dead hands!

[Enthusiast]

39. They have a contingency plan for that.

I'm just saying.

[silverweb]

40. Nooooooooo

Not the dreaded "They" !!

My computer and I will have to come up with our own contingency plan.

[Tripod]

36. I second that. n/t

[silverweb]

41. No, no, no.

As you acquire knowledge, it can give you insights about the past but you are drawn forward, not back. No regrets!

Love your kitteh, Jet. :)

On edit: And I see you're a relative newbie, so welcome to DU! :hi:

[MilesColtrane]

20. I remember sitting around drinking beer with some friends 23 years ago and...

the subject of settling drunken bets came up.

We thought to ourselves, "Wouldn't it be great if there was a 24 hour, toll free hotline that could accurately answer any question you put to it?".

Lo and behold, the intertubes and Wiki fulfills our dream.

The LOLcats, naked women, and DU are just bonuses.

[tavalon]

25. The LOLcats, naked women, and DU are just bonuses.

Hilarious.

[silverweb]

27. There ya go!

I'm with you on the Wiki, LOLcats, and DU, anyway. Don't forget The Google! :D

[silverweb]

31. This is great!

And to think it was my panic that the dough wasn't rising for my first-ever attempt at making bread that started it.

I typed my question into Google and found causes and solutions on the web almost instantly. It was in that moment of giddy relief that I started this thread and it struck a nerve with you, too.

You guys are the greatest -- and I'd never have known you without the internet and DU. That's my "attitude of gratitude" right now.



PS - The dough is rising perfectly now!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

35. I'm glad your dough is rising well!

We do loves our internet......yes we do!

:silly:

[lunatica]

42. Almost 100% of my work is done on the computer in UC Berkeley