When I acquired my (sort of) new tablet, I spent quite a while getting familiar with its various bits and bobs. This isn’t easy
for someone whose memory is about as strong and seamless as a lace curtain, so I’ve been
able to “discover” things more than once.
That is great!
The
downside to that is that very often I can’t “discover” something I’m looking
for and even more sadly, I can’t remember if I’ve looked for it before.
Trying not to be downhearted about my lack of techsavviness, earlier, I
opened the reading thingy, and found it bookmarked at a book I didn't want to be
reading today. Nor did I want any of the
various books whose covers were colourfully arranged across the screen. The three different ways I have of moving
around on the tablet turned up no books at all.
Evil Tablet |
In my usual petulant (and sometimes dangerous) fashion, I pretended I was going to throw the tablet at the
window, and lo! there was my list of library books, just sitting miraculously, yet somehow smirkily, on the screen. Taking advantage of my good luck, I chose and
read the book I wanted, and felt quite confident when it was time to check my
email, and lordy, I was right---I touched the little envelope place on the screen and
there was my email! But when I’d finished with it, I couldn’t find my library
books again, only the page that shows the last 5 books I’ve opened, which of
course could have taken me to the book I'd been searching for, but I still wouldn’t know how to get to
the library on my own.
Smartypants Julia |
I know that
one phone call to Julia would take care of it, and I will do that, but I keep
thinking that I should be able to crawl my way to the things I want to
look at, given that Julia can simultaneously manage 6 apps with a neat combination of
fingers and stylus --- with her eyes shut, while still following a TV show.
I wish I could find a way to tell her that I
was one of the first people in my Department to use a Blackberry, that I used
to be able to sign in ASL, that I can multiply large numbers in my head. However, to get any pleasure from that would require my being able to make those sound like accomplishments.
To see my little grands find their way thru Mindcraft on their tablets makes me dizzy.
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