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When Working with the World Wide Web, Cooperation is Key


 * We all love computers because they have given us the ability to access the internet and information from all over the world, taught us to type faster, write something that is actually legible and comprehendible (thanks to Spell Check), and also given us the ability to express ourselves and reconnect with those from our past. However, for those of us, like myself, who are not exactly computer savvy, we pride ourselves on being able to type faster and access information with more ease than our parents. Yet, just because we are quicker to pick things up than our parents, does not necessarily mean that we can use computers to their fullest capacities. People like myself understand the basics, but when it comes to getting truly technological, we rely on the computer geniuses of the world to provide templates for us and communication networks that we can simply type into in plain English.


 * As an English major I can work with words and find enjoyment in doing so, yet when I recently discovered computer commands existed upon starting my internship with The Logical Soul, I looked at the English language in a whole new light. I had videos sent to me that told me how to create my own blog from scratch, and I was embarrassed that I could not even find my way to the starting point that the narrator of the video was trying to guide me from. Typing computer commands into SSH ( a program with an acronym I cannot even decode) left me with a feeling of confusion worse than when I read Shakespeare for the first time, took Calculus for the first and last time, or looked at my friend’s Chinese homework for five seconds as rush of anxiety came over me.


 * I did everything I could to make sense of these seemingly nonsensical computer commands, even stare blankly at them for prolonged amounts of time. Then I called my school’s help desk and when they had no idea what I was talking about or how to help me, I felt slightly doomed. However, my intern employers found a way out and thought this wiki would be the best solution to my problems. After realizing I am semi-capable of working this site, I absolutely agree. Of course I will encounter my fair share of computer problems along the way, but at least I have reached a starting point and somewhere I can take off from.



Rmilite1 21:28, 24 May 2012 (UTC)