From discussions in the last class I attended, I heard silverstripe was a good site to use when setting up a website for the first time. In my limited scope of IT I imagined something immediate and quick. Having just battled disappearing passwords, unfinished blogs, and websites that continuously asked for something other than what I had to offer, and fighting the grip of rising panic, I welcomed the idea of an easy way to obtain what I wanted- setting up a website with silverstripe's easy steps. I found myself reading an internet magazine on CEO of silverstripe, Brian Calhoun, I was inspired with his description of the free open source site. He describes using it as a "simple out-of-the-box experience" .I decided to give it a go! So here I am on a Sunday, at work, discovering that the "simple-out-of-the-box experience" requires downloads, connectors, instructions on making widgets- yes widgets, - little functions which you create and add to your website, or donate to silverstripe's library for the community to use. There is more..... I wade further into cybermania and wonder if I am in a matrix !

Session 1

I am stretching my mind to embrace more of the net and learn about our e-world.

Acquiring new knowledge is exciting and I cant wait to be able to Blog, Pod and sort SPAM.
The people in my group are passionate about their goals and interests on discovering the web's secrets and I find that very inspiring. Every bit of new information I learned I associated with the person giving it.
My goal on the course was to become more aware and proficient using the e-tools.
Reflecting on the goals of the other members of the group I discovered more areas I would like to find out about.
I discovered the land of Pods and was thrilled to recognise one and all its complexity of creation when I received the link in my mail.
So watch this space I have switched on group mates and I hope to catch up and be able to give them something to add to their knowledge tool box.