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Apple Mac (the computer the editor recommends)
Asterisk (used to replace missing letters in a word.
e.g. this task the editor has given me is cr*p.)
Appointments. (Make them in your online Calendar)
The @ sign. (…@bigpond.com.au)
Associations. A.I.M.I.A (Australian Interactive Media Industry Association)
Association that Groovy Grandmas belongs to.
B. b.
Bookmark Groovy Grandmas page.
Banking on line.
Business networking.
Browsers.
Baby Boomers
Blog.
C. c.
Contacts
Connect to your family
Chat via Skpe.
Chat via S.M.S.
Cascading Windows (I’ve just learned how to do this! But I cannot explain how)
D. d.
Downloading.
Dating on line (e.Harmony)
Digitally diverse.
.Docs. (How we send our info).
Delete key (Don’t want you to use this now!)
E. e.
Excel experts.
e Bay (60% Groovy Grandmas shop online here)
Editorial (new stories every month)
Edit. (Using the delete key!)
Emails. (Send us more-according to G.G.’s survey
over 98% of our members use email frequently)
Edgelets (if you don’t know what they are - you soon will!)
F f.
Facebook – become a Groovy Grandma on this.
Find friends on Facebook too.
Frequently 98% of the Groovy Grandmas use
The internet.
Flash Drive. (Sounds like a dance! – But Bryony and Virginia and Beth all use them)
G g.
Google Groovy grandmas.
Gigabytes … what the F**K – it sound big
www.groovygrandmas.com.au
H. h.
Home page – make Groovy Grandmas your
Home page.
Hosting – Like having a party on line. -(You need a good host!)
Help when you need it.
Happiness when you read our magazine.
I. I
Internet Savvy.
I Pod idiot (that’s me)
I.B.M. (good company)
In – box.
Impressions
Impress your friends with your
Internet skills.
J. j
j peg. (great for attaching pics)
Junk e-mails. (not so great)
Java (I’ve got this- thought at first it was an Orange)
Just Joking with Jess. Just for fun.
K. k
Keywords- Groovy Grandmas
(Over 40, fun, fabulous women!)
Key in to our web –site.
L. l
Landing page.
Linked in
Land on Loving Life.
Live it up on line.
M. m
Mobile phones
Memory sticks- (otherwise known in the world of
Groovy Grandmas as –the wee stick..the message stick. -That wee flash thingy!)
Megabytes (not as big as a Gigabyte)
N. n
Newsletters. G.G’s comes out every month
New Editions G.G’s every month.
Never say never even on –line.
Norton Security.
O. o
On – line –(all the time)
Out –box – (send those emails all the time)
Overseas and Interstate
Open up a whole new world.
P. p
Password. (Keep it to yourself)
Photoshop- great for editing pictures.
Pod Casting – sounds like fishing –
Phishing- now that’s scary
Power Point presentations – amazing things.
Postcards – a GG favourite segment
Q q
Quick – become a member of Groovy Grandmas Now!
www.groovygrandmas.com.au
Question everything about life – all the answers are on- line.
R r
Receive e-mails (I love receiving those jokes)
Research – it’s easy on line
RSS – Well this means the following-
Really Simple Syndication – Hello?! What the …?
S s
Social Networking
Skype – love making the calls overseas
Send e- mails – especially funny ones
Surveys – Check out the G.G.’s survey now
Smiley faces.
T t
Technology – we have it covered?!
Texting – I can do that
Twitter – not about birds
Talk is cheap on Skype –really!
Take time out and smell the roses.
U u
User friendly – that’s the G.G.’s web –site.
(It’s important to Us)
Unbelievable what you can learn on the web.
Understanding it is sometimes something else!
V v
Virtual
Video
Variety – (G.G.’s spice of life)
Viral – spread the Groovy bug!
W w
World Wide Web
Wikipedia. (Incredible!)
Wisdom on line
Widget – What..****?
Web.2- What?-(find out on – line!)
X x
eXcel (you know spreadsheets like?
X marks the spot for the G.G.”s web – site.
Xtraordinary as it is!
Y y
Youtube – like a mini video on your computer.
You are important to us
Your brief is – Become a member of the
Groovygrandmas online magazine. Yeah!
Z z
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz going sleepies night night
By Jess Walker
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