I love the way everyone wants to keep up with the latest technology, regardless of their age. I can’t really blame them because technology is amazing, when you know how to use. It has unlimited uses and is constantly changing. I’m an undercover geek so I like to stay ahead of the news so I know what gadgets are new to the market as well as what they do, which apps to download and so on. I may not have the latest iPhone or Blackberry but I have an Android phone which could keep me entertained 24/7. I think it’s the reason why I become anti-social. It’s mainly the reason why I stay up late every night because me and my phone are best friends. Where I go, my phone goes too. I hate my phone being left unattended. I never want it to feel neglected. Social networking websites are the bane of my life. I use Facebook for friends only whereas Twitter is not as personal where I’ve met some amazing people. That’s another story by itself.
My love of technology was amazing until my mum asked me to teach her how to use the laptop and how to surf the internet properly. Yeah, I said it. MY MUM is on the internet *shakes head* I quite enjoyed teaching her about the internet and the amazing fun you can have once you start searching for things. I love the way she was fascinated with Google maps. It’s pretty funny how there are millions of things to look at on Google maps, but everyone looks at their house first. Why do you need to look at your house on the internet? You live in that bloody house, you see it EVERY DAY. Anyways, different strokes for different folks. If it keeps my mum out my hair, then let her Google Map the house to her heart’s content. Recently, my mother is feeling very adventurous on the Internet and is constantly telling me about new websites that she has found. I’ve known about them since I was sixteen years old but be patient with her, she’s a newbie. Cool. So I sit there and listen to her stories, because I’m a good daughter *acts like an angel*
All fun and games so far until she asked me to create her a Facebook and Twitter account. WHAT?! WHY?! Mothers and social networking sites should be illegal, right? Well illegal is a bit far fetched, but you get the point. Obviously, like any child, I asked her why she needed an account and she replied “so we can be friends”. Why do I want to be friends with you online? I LIVE with you. Isn’t that enough? Well apparently, no it’s not, according to my mother. To be honest I preferred it when my mother was an Internet virgin. I’m sure she does it to be nosy. I don’t actually have anything to hide (thank God) but I still don’t want to accept a friend request from her on Facebook. It wouldn’t feel right. How do I convince her that the further away from Facebook she is, the better my life will be? That sounds really harsh but it’s true. I explained the ‘poke’ to which she was disgusted. YES!!!! That made my day but this was just the start of my problems.
To make things worse, why does she want to be on Twitter? I’ve been using it for about 6 months and I’m baffled by it. I personally think it’s a bit too advanced for my mother and would prefer it if she stayed away from it. I can’t imagine explaining how the @ aspect works let alone the hashtags. It does my head in just thinking about it. I dread to think who she’d follow or harass. I think she got confused when I explained the 140 character limit tweet. She was like “I don’t know what one character is, let alone 140”. I let out the biggest sigh of relief and replied back saying “see mum, it’s really confusing and it’s not worth the hassle”. I managed to get out of that one. Let’s see what ‘brilliant’ ideas she has next week.