As the first entry in this blog, I want to give credit to the guy who helped me get it started. Kusacchi is one of the skaters in my group and works for Mac here in Tokyo, and definitely knows his way around a パソコン. Last weekend he came over and we worked together to make me a blog. Since his English is only a little better than my Japanese, it was a bit challenging, but very interesting and fun. Here he is working away...
かわいいですね
Trouble is, even with all the translation help now available, it was impossible for me to negotiate the dark tunnels beneath the site alone. Though I am studying 日本語 like a maniac, I'm still pretty下手、and it doesn't really make sense for me to use a service with the instructions in Japanese. (I think he tried to tell me this, but at that time I hadn't found an English version of what I thought I wanted so I wouldn't hear it.) On my own, I spent several hours trying to upload a photo and other easy stuff, not understanding the dialog boxes I was getting, etc. Presumably there's an interface issue between my English Operating System computer and the Japanese remote server. In any case, I learned A LOT from my pal, and used that new wisdom to find "Typepad" which might work out okay. In a future post I'll outline my goals for the blog.
My learning curve is very steep right now,
so we'll see where this takes us.
どこに行きたいですか。 上に。
Pamela
Nice BLOG Honey!
Posted by: Martin | July 01, 2005 at 07:01 AM
I shouldn't say that I'm amazed at what you've done. But I am, You've always been able to learn and do anything. I think your website is great, I look forward to seeing it grow. Good Job - Big Sis!
Posted by: Nichole Jorgensen | July 12, 2005 at 09:31 PM