The Beginning of Adamma’s Notions

After 10+ years out of school I decided to go back.  I started a bachelor’s degree at the age of 29.  When I first started classes I only wanted to take an English course to help me improve my writing and thinking skills.  After I was done with English Composition 101 I was hooked.  I decided to stay in school.  My track of attending evening school full-time in the evening and working a full-time job during the day started.  I had this schedule for almost three years.

Going back to school felt liberating; I was on the path to improving myself and investing for my future.  During the last semester of my bachelor’s degree, I took a course on web development.  Our professor told us that we were going to learn to build a website, nothing complex something very easy to follow.

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August 22, 2010 @ 7:18PM

As I am sitting in my office one awesome evening, my niece walked in (I have an open door policy here) to ask me a question.  She saw that I had Tweet Deck opened and ask me "are you about to twitter" I say "yes", she says "I don't get it" I said "what do you mean you do not get it?"

I came to find out that my niece does not like twitter because she cannot understand it.  I asked her what she did not understand about twitter; she said does not comprehend the "hash tags #" "#follow" or any other lingo that is spoken amongst twitterville.  I told her now she knows how I feel when I walk into a Starbucks.  All I want is a regular coffee with whole milk and sugar.  At Starbucks coffee shop these people a whole different language.  I feel like I was transported from earth to planet Coffee.

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