Contrary to popular belief the computer does not know what you are thinking. This is one reason you need to know a little bit about the computer before you log on. Another thing to remember in a small town library: we are not computer experts either. Nor is our job to type your resume, check your email, feed your Neopet, or help you find a date.
Somethings to remember:
**Google.com will not work if you do not spell the URL (or web thingy) correctly.
**www.yahoo does not pull up anything. You must remember the .com when typing a web address.
**It takes time to load pictures on the computer. If you are on a site (such as myspace) every comment, picture, song, etc...that is on a page is going to try to load. Be patient
**Just because it is a company or brand name does not mean that slapping .com at the end of it is the website of a company (and if it is it still might not be the intended website).
Last week my co-worker FrogN was entertained by women of extreme intelligence who did not believe in putting the whole web address in the address bar. I was later allowed to assist in the search as to why they couldn't get into their email. Apparently yahoo! or g-mail must have cancelled their accounts because the password was right because she wrote it down on something one day. They also tried searching the library catalog for their email addresses.
FrogN likes to address all computer questions to me if she can't answer them. I think she gets great delight in seeing me try to explain to people that know nothing about the computer how things work (or don't work).
Life does exist off of computers. The library is a place for research and, yes, we do like to have fun and surf the net but it is a lot more important for a child to research the history of the penny or an adult to type a resume than it is for anyone to pick up a date on a social network or stress about what Suzy's comment to Bill meant and why Jane didn't add me as a friend.
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