Here's Ruby with Pink Cow- nothing to do w/Thing 6! Communicating on the Interwebs- that's what it's really all about, isn't it? I have mulitple e-mail accounts- work and personal, even one for my website. I use g mail and hotmail, which helps me assist patrons who frequently use one of the free providers. I have used IM and texting for years. I'm not a huge fan of IM just because I'm usually trying to do something and it seems like an intrusion. My teenage daughter uses it all the time and it doesn't bother her at all when someone "dings" in. I do find texting handy because the message is just there when you have time to get to it.
I did a webinar through Novelist a few months ago. I started out poorly as I had major technical issues. This was mainly my fault because I didn't log on until about a minute before it was supposed to start and then when I had problems with my audio I missed out on some of the information because I was dealing with my technical problems. It was also kind of a pain initially because I had to download the software they were using and since we don't have download permissions on our computers I had to get IS to allow me to download. Fortunately I actually read the instructions in my e-mail prior to the day of the webinar, so I had the program downloaded, but I still had some issues. So I think I need to try another one because that was not the best experience I've ever had.
