Learn continually – there is always “one more thing” to learn. Steve Jobs
Okay, so maybe setting out to blog the way through our trip was a lofty goal, when I have never really blogged before nor used blogging software! I am pretty adept at figuring things out though and I had the beautiful gift of this website name already chosen for me – so why not? I am never at a loss for something to say!
MANY years ago I took a Word Press course however how it has changed in the last decade! Yikes! Good that it has become more plug and play our I would be lost at this moment. After setting up the website (thank goodness I still can do that!) and playing around a tiny bit when at home, I have to thank Lisa Hislop @thshrtstryedtr for her patience and tour of Word Press when I got discombobulated! Now I know where the Dashboard is and how to post and I was off with my first and second posts until I met….
Satellite Internet on the Nieuw Statendam! Despite upgrading to a faster speed (the “regular service we got free through our booking package”) so that I could stream and do all these WONDERFUL things could I upload a picture and have it take less than 30 minutes? Nope! I am even having issues sending e-mails on a regular basis from my phone….
Frustration then set in. I had typed up many a post but my pictures were holding me back….
Then good old Andrew (well he is good but not that old) and showed me the setting in Photo Editor where I can change the setting to reduce the size of my pictures! So instead of leaving my computer running all night *hoping* my pictures would upload to the webpage (they did not) I can now upload them in a few minutes!
I have gotten a few other settings under control too with regards to blog posts showing up out of order – yes – what date I create them vs. what date I post them counts and FINALLY now that we have been at sea for 5 days I am up and running I think…. you never know when technology is involved!
Talk to you soon!