How To Get Started with Skype

Okay  - so, I'm a comfort-zone-person.  I find something I like, something that fits my needs to a "T",  and I'll probably stay with it forever.

I started using Yahoo Messenger almost 6 years ago - with dial-up connection- yes! (And don't ask me how I got started.  I'm not gonna tell.)  I got into the YM thing so much I sometimes wake up to someone else's snoring at the other end. (I'm still not going to tell.)

Years later, everybody seems to have switched to Skype. I kept hanging on to my YM. I have the latest version, anyway. (Excuses! Excuses!) Except there's no one to YM with.  Not anymore.  Even the kids in my family are using Skype. When they see me using the YM, they think I'm from another world.

It's time to learn something different.  (I was about to say 'new'.  Which is absolutely not true since Skype is on it's nth version already!) I've been staring far too long at the 'offline status' of friends in my YM. 

Finally, I have reached the letting-go stage.  Well, partly. Am keeping my YM.  I just can't bring myself to delete it from my system.  But I have downloaded Skype, spent some time getting familiar with it and came up with this tutorial.  I'm not even sure someone will still be interested to go through this quick lesson.  It's so basic I'm almost embarrassed to share it.

Here it is, anyway - for those who are in the process of finding something new.  It's not necessarily something better.  But you might have better chances of getting connected as more people are using Skype nowadays.  As for me, the kids will stop looking at me with dismay.  And I will stop feeling, well, ancient.  Don't you feel ever feel outdated when you refuse to go out of a comfort zone?

And here's something that I like about Skype - I can monitor my Facebook Newsfeed while logged-in to Skype.  I don't think i can do that with YM.  So, it seems,  it's goodbye YM, hello Skype! (Click here for video version)

How to Get Started With Skype by Jo de Ramos

I've Always Wanted to be a 'Gimper'

This post was not a post.  Originally.  I got carried away writing about myself and this is how my  'About Me' looked like...

It would be embarrassing to have a mile-long description of myself on that page!  If I were you, I wouldn't even bother to read it.   But I hope you would continue reading this one. So you can get to know more about me-

I'M IN TRAINING.  But I'll avoid speaking in public- if i can. I love the design portion though. I get so fired-up with nothing but the topic to start with. I have prepared thousands of slides.  But what I love doing most are the integrations - those closing summaries you deliver at the end of a workshop or training to wrap it all together.  It's challenging to be able to put a 1-day, 2-day session into a 15-minute presentation. And these are prepared right where the action is - while sessions are going on.  I usually get these reactions...

(One of my HyperBonding, HyperLearning Sessions)

I HAVE NO FORMAL TRAINING IN DECORATING. But i do that well.  Not according to me. But judged by the people who visit my place of residence.  Give me an empty space and I'll convert that into a homey, comfy, budget-friendly place.  I love organizing - at work and at home.

 I DON'T LIKE CROWDS. But I love organizing events. End to end. From conceptualizing to the actual implementation.  My aim? An event to remember.  Participants to this 3-day Summer Camp (with 500 pax) couldn't stop talking about it.

 

I'M A WHIRLWIND. I walk fast.  I talk fast. I work fast. I want results fast. But i take it slow when I'm starting a project.  I believe in "first things first". The key is in the planning.

(Planning Sessions with an NGO and the biggest retail company in the country)

I'M NOT TOO KEEN ON TRADITION - THINGS THAT ARE CONVENTIONAL.  But I can do policies & procedures - for any industry! I've prepared lots of manuals.  And I wouldn't stop with the manuals.  I can convert them into orientation programs. 

So, I think in so many ways, God has answered my prayer.  I've always wanted to be a gimper.  And I'm getting to be a real one.  I guess, in the VA world, I can be a Concierge.  I will bend over backwards so I can do just about anything.  NOT because I'm good.  But because I have a passion, a fire that cannot be put out - because it's inspired by GOD.