19 posts tagged “technophobe”
So, we're nearing the end... one last chance to impress. Are you up to it?! Once upon a time, there were few ways to get a message to a large number of people. The best you could manage 1000 years ago was standing on a rock and shouting. Later on, Guttenberg allowed the written word to spread far and wide, before cinema and finally the internet let anyone able to use a mouse dive into an ocean of information.
Why not make your voice heard, and spread your views on the E75's email capabilities far and wide? Grab a camera and post a video on your coach's site - you never know who might be watching!
The humble postcard: it carries on its front anything from a startling landscape, to a crudely rendered cartoon crab; on its back a heartfelt homesick ballad, or a list of what the weather was like over the last seven days.
These days, however, you don't need a postcard to let others know where you are and what you are up to. Email your coach a photo of yourself- and even a link to a map- showing them where you are. Maybe somewhere that will make them smile... remember, you're trying to outdo your fellow technophobes, so keep focus (with this, as much as with the photo).
Sadly, I will be completing the third challenge on Monday, a full two days behind schedule. The DHL guy took his sweet time today coming by to deliver the challenge, and so I missed out on receiving it before I left for Portland. It's a shame, really, but what should I expect anyways... DHL doesn't even officially recognize a deliver center in Eugene. (I just looked it up... perhaps I am able to pick up undelivered packages myself and avoid a similar mishap next go-around?)
Sadly, I managed to miss the arrival of DHL this afternoon. It seems I was in-class at the time the deliery courier stopped by, meaning I shall be receiving the package (hopefully) tomorrow. This is quite a shame really, since I was quite looking forward to having this challenge tucked away neatly before heading home for the weekend. Now there's the possibility that this challenge might not even reach me before Monday, especially if another badly-timed delivery occurs.
At any rate, my technophobe appears to be growing restless, as he sent me the picture seen at the head of this post. If I had the third challenge to give to him, I'm sure he would have accomplished it by now. Sadly though I haven't, so it looks like he's going to have to entertain himself somehow. (I suggested he install and play around with Fring a bit, but I don't think he's very interested in that.)
At any rate, I'm hoping to capture some interesting pictures this weekend, and maybe even compose a video blog post while thundering southward on I-5 when I return on Monday. For now, I have no news to report other than I won a battle with an iPhone user simply by asking them how many megapixels their phone has. (It's a been-there-done-that sort of thing, that's why I'll spare you the details.)
(Post composed on the Peek "Classic".)
Pigeons may be the bane of anyone who's ever tried to eat a sandwich in a public park, but cut them some slack. Has any bird ever carried so many messages?
Just like this pigeons used to carry messages back and forth, email is a two way process. Why not take a photo on your device and email it across to your coach to see what he/she thinks?
It could be funny, it could be poignant, it could be dull (don't make it dull), but the goal is to elicit and interesting response to be creative.
Received the second challenge today! The instructions were for my technophobe to send an email with a picture attachment... this is admittedly quite easy in concept, but a deal bit more complicated in practice on a cell phone. (I myself hadn't even attempted this task until I realized I was expecting my technophobe Eddy to do it himself. Once again, Eddy's confidence ran high and he completed the task with ease. He composed the message while on the go, and saved it to his outbox. He then sent it via WiFi network when he was home. Here's what he sent me!
My technophobe Eddy has completed the first challenge! Here's the email I got from him about noon today right after my class had finished:
Well done Eddy! Now we're ready to take on the next challenge! Which, I'm actually kind of hoping, might have to deal with OVI chat. I think that could be a lot of fun for some reason. Anyways, I responded to Eddy's email (from my E75) to let him know that I had received his message. He has yet to respond... probably hasn't setup automatic synchronizing yet. Still, not bad for having set things up (mostly) himself without me looking over his shoulder to make sure he did things right!
As you are well aware, Teach the Technophobe Challenge 1 landed today. I sent a text message to my Technophobe and he told me no sweat, he could figure out how to configure his email. I made sure to walk him through the very simple process, and told him how he could change his access point defaults to WLAN once he had configured an inbox. That's all I've heard from him today, and hopefully he managed to connect. I'll ask him tomorrow morning while at the gym how it went. I'm betting he ran into a few snags if he tried to use the UOregon.edu email account I'm predicting he tried to register. If he used his works-out-of-the-box hotmail account, then I'll ask him to send me a test email to see how things went.
