Michelle Shannon
Michelle is the founder of this blog.
Jaklumen
I started my computing experience in the early 1980’s, oh, say 1983 or so, with an Apple II, just before the advent of the Macintosh computer. Computing was an underground hobby for me; I quietly read issues of COMPUTE! magazine and experimented with a little BASIC programming for starters. Over 25 years later, I’m starting to piece together what I remember reading to today’s trends. I call myself either a hack or a very dedicated amateur, for my formal schooling was little and I have no professional training. My family did not support my interest in this regard.
For a more complete introduction.
I’m more or less the sole contributor to this blog, now, but I’m hoping that will change soon.
TechsWrite: The Helpful Techie 
“Google Chrome didn’t shut down correctly. To reopen the pages you had open, click Restore.”
Yes, I am one of the many unfortunates who have had this INFURIATING thing befall. Chrome opens only into the “semi-open” config. and tells me that EVERY TIME. I’ve browsed for hours and hours, and none one of the suggested fixes has worked. Do you know anything of this, jaklumen?
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I don’t, sorry– I’d have to look it up. I know all the tech people I know are so in love with Chrome, but I really do prefer Firefox.
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I find Firefox’s bookmark system ghastly.
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To each their own– my main reason for using Firefox is that they use a drop down menu for search engines, and that’s important to me.
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And Firefox doesn’t translate: I use this function constantly.
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Google’s inherent translator is indeed a nice function, especially when it’s needed on the fly. I used it more when I was corresponding with a French blogger at VOX– when VOX closed, she went to TypePad.
I don’t use translation services as often. There’s a nice client that can do this for me– I don’t have it downloaded from my repositories right now.
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I have been lucky to have been around a while and working intellcom for 27 years giving a wide range of skills. I luv what you said in your bio as i can relate no formal training all hands on . My exspirances with computers is mostly Pc based But it comes to grafics, art work, music I prefer Os2, even my daughter in school during the 80s used a Mac more than a Pc. Thank you luv your blog
Stewart
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Thanks again, Stew.
I did have a little bit of formal training, mostly in programming. But I found after 20 years trying off and on to learn how to code and to script– I just don’t have the mindset for it. When coders tell me “But debugging is so much fun!” I say, “Not for me.”
I’ve got a link saved here that I’m trying to figure out how to break down and explain- I haven’t figured out just yet. It’s about changing computing practices and using add-ons and software- not just for security in general, but to act against the mass surveillance that’s happening in world government, especially the U.S. I’ll tweet it to you & would love your thoughts.
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