I had a very interesting question the other day. It started with someone asking if he could type something up. That was fairly straightforward. He seemed a little unsure with some of the computer skills, and I went ahead and asked about printing and saving. He had brought in some pages to type, and I left him to type.
When he was ready to save I stepped him through that part of the process.
When I asked if he then wanted to email it to himself, he said that he wanted to put it out there for the world. He suggested that he might want to put it on YouTube, but I convinced him that he might actually want a blog. He had convinced me that he didn't want a Facebook page -- he really wanted to post to the entire planet.
I stepped him through the process of signing up for email (Gmail, in this case) and then adding a blog. Then I showed him how to add what he typed as a first posting. After it was done, he was fairly excited, and he even liked the idea that he could post more stuff over time.
He was the first patron to convince me that he really wanted to set up a blog. I was surprised, and he seemed quite happy.
Also, if you're interested, there's been one more idea added to the pile on the nature of the Big Bang and the origin of the universe. I can't give you the inside details, though. I didn't read his whole post.
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