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Almost all you need to read to be a geeky granny
Most of my best friends are geeks. Some of the geekiest of my friends are women who are the smartest, most tech-minded, early-adopting geek goddesses ever. Honey, we've been doing this for a quarter of a century. So, let's get something straight:
Women can and do get technology. It's just that we view it, learn about it, understand it and use it differently than men do.
That's the premise of the book that I'm recommending in this, the second installment of "5 Reading Month books for grandparents."
2. How to be a Geek Goddess: Practical Advice for Using Computers With Smarts and Style, by Christina Tynan-Wood
Christina Tynan-Wood, a veteran on the technology beat, makes the topic of technology easy to understand and fun. There's no talking down, no sighs, no rolling of the eyes going on between the lines. Whether you're a novice when it comes to computers, the Internet, and social networking or whether you're totally wired and have 999 Facebook friends and get lots of Tweets, there's something in this book for you... even if you're a guy.
Tynan-Wood covers a broad range of topics starting with what you need to know to purchase the right equipment and how to handle salespeople. Then it's on to all the neat tech gear available and where you can go on the Web to find it and other people.
Speaking of people, pay attention to the sections that address protecting kids online, finding old friends (or new ones) and dating. Even if you don't do any of that stuff, someone you love might. You may be able to help them be more successful or avoid problems. That's what grandmas do.
Christina -- yes, you can call her Christina, because by the time you finish this book you'll feel part of a larger community of geek girlfriends who hang out at her blog, www.geek girlfriends.com -- moves you gently and enjoyably through a world that may once have seemed far too time consuming and overwhelming to do much else than let someone else handle it for you.
This is a great book for women (and men) of any age, but especially for Grandparents who want to stay comfortably connected online with family, friends and communities of people and interests. (Translation: Please buy the book or I'm going to buy it for you so you don't have to call me.)
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