Life Would be Perfect if I Lived In That House Etc.
Reading is like riding a bicycle isn't it? I mean after not doing it for a long time... posting regular book reviews that is. I haven't set foot in the library in weeks and my reading pile is more mole than mountain.
My guilty pleasure is HGTV especially House Hunters and I'm no stranger to open houses locally or while on vacation. Meghan Daum, in her saucy (perfectly titled) memoir: Life Would be Perfect if I Lived In That House. I immediately related to the quest for perfect real estate, the difference between houses and homes, the endless moves except I didn't up and move from a coveted New York apartment to a farm in Nebraska and on to L.A. on a whim but Ms. Daum did. All in a quest to make sense of her life and find wholeness. I won't tell you if she found it, but you can find out more at her website Meghan Daum one of the more interesting writer websites.
The publicist for Wiley Book sent me a few new how-to books for baby boomers. I'm a baby boomer and I was curious to see how my techno-dodo brain comprehended material like The Facebook Guide For People Over 50 by veteran tech writer Paul McFedries or iPad For The Older and Wiser by Sean McManus. Considering I spend an obscene amount of time on Facebook, there is much I don't know.
For a person new to Facebook, this book lays it out like picnic lunch, all neat and organized. He writes clearly and a fearful 50-someone wading into Facebook waters for the first time will do swimmingly. But I had a question for Paul and he invited me to friend him (that's what he said in the book) so I did. I posted my question on his book page (with a whopping 20 fans/friends) and the question disappeared. Only posts by him appeared. Oops, I must still need some education re: FB. Maybe you'll have better luck with Paul The Facebook Guide For People Over 50. Let me know if you do. I fared better with iPad For the Older and Wiser.
While tech savvy in some areas, I'm not an early adopter of technology. I have resisted e-readers, tablets or iPads (aren't tablets something to ingest, like Xanax?) until now. After skimming through the heavily illustrated iPad For The Older and Wiser I changed my mind. Thoughts like I can do this, this is interesting, oh oh, this is getting complicated, okay I'm sold but not today. One of these days, I will get a tablet and it will be an iPad and I will be happy to have this book. If you're ready now, be wise and buy a copy at Amazon
My guilty pleasure is HGTV especially House Hunters and I'm no stranger to open houses locally or while on vacation. Meghan Daum, in her saucy (perfectly titled) memoir: Life Would be Perfect if I Lived In That House. I immediately related to the quest for perfect real estate, the difference between houses and homes, the endless moves except I didn't up and move from a coveted New York apartment to a farm in Nebraska and on to L.A. on a whim but Ms. Daum did. All in a quest to make sense of her life and find wholeness. I won't tell you if she found it, but you can find out more at her website Meghan Daum one of the more interesting writer websites.
The publicist for Wiley Book sent me a few new how-to books for baby boomers. I'm a baby boomer and I was curious to see how my techno-dodo brain comprehended material like The Facebook Guide For People Over 50 by veteran tech writer Paul McFedries or iPad For The Older and Wiser by Sean McManus. Considering I spend an obscene amount of time on Facebook, there is much I don't know.
For a person new to Facebook, this book lays it out like picnic lunch, all neat and organized. He writes clearly and a fearful 50-someone wading into Facebook waters for the first time will do swimmingly. But I had a question for Paul and he invited me to friend him (that's what he said in the book) so I did. I posted my question on his book page (with a whopping 20 fans/friends) and the question disappeared. Only posts by him appeared. Oops, I must still need some education re: FB. Maybe you'll have better luck with Paul The Facebook Guide For People Over 50. Let me know if you do. I fared better with iPad For the Older and Wiser.
While tech savvy in some areas, I'm not an early adopter of technology. I have resisted e-readers, tablets or iPads (aren't tablets something to ingest, like Xanax?) until now. After skimming through the heavily illustrated iPad For The Older and Wiser I changed my mind. Thoughts like I can do this, this is interesting, oh oh, this is getting complicated, okay I'm sold but not today. One of these days, I will get a tablet and it will be an iPad and I will be happy to have this book. If you're ready now, be wise and buy a copy at Amazon
Posted by Layla Morgan Wilde at 1/15/2012 12:00 AM 
Categories: Technology, Baby Boomers, Shopping, What I'm Reading This Week
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Categories: Technology, Baby Boomers, Shopping, What I'm Reading This Week
Tags: lifre would be perfect if i lived in that house-book-review book review-ipad for the older and wiser meghandaum.com facebook guide for people over 50-book review Using facebook-baby boomers- Paul McFedries
I don't know why it always amuses me to see all these "how to" books about new technology. At least the FB guide admits it's geared at the over 50 crowd. I would be willing to bet that the younger generation does not need these books. I really think they're born pre-wired for all this new technology.
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Ingrid, yes they seem hard-wired from birth these days
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