In which I (temporarily) turn into a technical nerd

So, you know I like to write. And I love to read thoughtful blogs. And encyclopedias. And Catholic information. Ok, I like to read. What you may not know, is that once upon a time I really adored computers. Back in the dark ages (over a DECADE ago) I had a job where people actually came to me as someone who "probably knew how to do whatever on the computer". In fact, I met my husband on the internet and all my friends were, like, "Ohmygosh you can actually send emails outside our office?!?".

Anyway. Something happened after I became a mom. My brain got mushy. I became easily frustrated with the computer. My husband threw me a curve ball and bought a Mac shortly after the birth of our first child. And, I pretty much threw up my hands at trying to "keep up".

I only *just* got a smart phone. Before that I used a prepaid. And, to be honest, I still forget to charge and/or turn on my cell phone about 50% of the time.

Yes, I email. And I have facebook. Just last week I actually joined twitter again after a gigantic failure at understanding it the first time (why? why did I need Twitter AND Facebook?). I didn't understand that facebook was super useful for keeping in touch with my IRL friends scattered throughout the world (You've caught on that I'm a military wife, right?) and that Twitter is really useful for tracking information and networking with people with similar interests. I don't need to worry about privacy settings on twitter. I don't consider it a very private place. Neither is facebook, so we are finding out, but that is another story for a more hip and technical blogger.

This is a very long introduction to two very cool tools I've just uncovered on the web. Now, you probably already knew about these. But, as far as I've been able to keep up, no one has told me about them yet. And, just in case you are as technically unsavvy as me these day,s I thought you might like to hear about them!

The first is called feedly. The first time I read the name my mind immediately jumped to Seymour and the giant carnivorous plant. I realized quickly that it wasn't a bad metaphor for how insatiable my hunger for reading good blogs can be. Still, I don't think the site developers had that in mind. Here is a picture of my main Diget Feedly Page