{"id":2326,"date":"2010-03-22T23:30:48","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T03:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=2326"},"modified":"2010-03-22T23:30:48","modified_gmt":"2010-03-23T03:30:48","slug":"technology-changes-and-so-do-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=2326","title":{"rendered":"Technology Changes and So Do I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If someone told me ten months ago I would be spending my free time using technology more throughout my day I would have thought the person was crazy.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0I work with technology all day long.\u00c2\u00a0 How would it be possible to use it even more?<\/p>\n<p>In July 2009 I signed up for Twitter.\u00c2\u00a0 I was very resistant to the idea.\u00c2\u00a0 After all, what would I have to say in 140 characters that people would\u00c2\u00a0 want to read?\u00c2\u00a0 And what could they say that would keep me interested?<\/p>\n<p>In August 2009 I signed up for Facebook.\u00c2\u00a0 And my free time has not been the same.\u00c2\u00a0 (One reason why I never went back to playing EverQuest was the time suck.)\u00c2\u00a0 I spent that\u00c2\u00a0rediscovered time writing and reading instead.\u00c2\u00a0 I am limiting my time on it, believe it or not.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2009 I sent my first text message from my prepaid cell phone.\u00c2\u00a0 This particular Nokia model was in my possession for over 2 years before I sent one.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In February 2010 I was gifted an iPhone.\u00c2\u00a0 Twitterific is my favorite part.\u00c2\u00a0 It is so convenient to catch up on what&#8217;s going on in my neighborhood throughout the day.\u00c2\u00a0 But I also like Toodledo and Flight Control.<\/p>\n<p>This month\u00c2\u00a0I began using Google Reader.\u00c2\u00a0 That&#8217;s right.\u00c2\u00a0 I have a handful of sites in my Google Reader now.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m horrible about bookmarking sites and unless it&#8217;s one I can remember easily it can be months before I return.\u00c2\u00a0 I really like Google Reader.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s my next step?\u00c2\u00a0 Who knows&#8230; maybe I&#8217;ll look into feedburner next so others can easily follow my blog too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If someone told me ten months ago I would be spending my free time using technology more throughout my day I would have thought the person was crazy.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0I work with technology all day long.\u00c2\u00a0 How would it be possible to use it even more? In July 2009 I signed up for Twitter.\u00c2\u00a0 I was very&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=2326\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Technology Changes and So Do I<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-2326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-technology","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2326"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2332,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326\/revisions\/2332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}