I REALLY wish I could understand how to use this dumb thing. I am soooooo technilogically challenged that I could scream. Seriously whoever made this website and TWITTER should be shot for lack of making it easier for people like me. #1. I’d like to know how to dress up this friggin website like Brandy’s with the Twitter thing-e on the side. I’ve been ALL OVER both sites trying to figure this dumb thing out. I got nuthin. #2. I’d like to know on TWITTER what the heck the difference is between a regular “update”, @ replies, and direct messages? Seriously isn’t it all the same friggin thing??? #3. Isn’t it supposed to beep or ding or chime or SOMETHING when I have a reply on these websites?!? There’s got to be an easier way to keep track of the responses on these two sites.
This all just makes me feel like an idiot. Seriously. I took several different computer classes in highschool. I USED to know what I was doing. There’s something about getting older that has me thinking I’m getting dumber each year when it comes to technology. Grr. I’m annoyed. Any tips? Crash course? Info for dummies? Pass on the knowledge, someone, please.
UPDATE: I think I got the TWITTER thing working on my page. But meanwhile I discovered another annoyance. Why is it that this is my most recent blog today yet it shows up on my page as being the first one today? First it was “I’m sad today..”, then it was “Time to dig..”, then it was “For the love of blogging..”. So what gives? Does this happen all the time? Is it something I’m doing wrong or is it yet another glitch in the matrix? Please, enlighten me.
Okay, YOU did better than me with putting twitter on your page. I had my “techie” friend do it by giving him my passwords.
HAHA! So, there’s my secret! HA!!
And twitter….okay…
updates: you update what you’re doing or whatever you want to say.
@replies: when you are replying to someone else’s update or something they have said to someone else. Like, if I updated “kids are driving me nuts today!” you would click on the arrow at the right end of my update and it would automatically add the @brandolynicole and you could reply to me “yeah so is mine!”
direct messages: when you want to say something to someone on twitter that you don’t want the rest of twitter to see. So, if I wanted to give you my email address or mailing address or phone number but I wanted it to stay private (just between us) I would send you a direct message.
And there is no dinging or chiming. You just have to keep refreshing the page. That part sucks.
Don’t feel stupid. I got a crash course when I first started twitter from my tech friend….and we did it over the phone. And as far as the blogging goes….that took awhile too. And many many hours sitting in front of the computer puttering around.