Lissi, If you ever change your mind about Facebook, I'd be more than glad to give you a quick tutorial; I had an extremely hard time learning to navigate as well *smile* It's definitely not something I think will be a required skill to enjoy Bookshare in the future; I just wanted you to know the offer was there if you wanted it. Courtney On 7/25/10, Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear Andy and Booksharian Friends, > > About Facebook, I'm with you, Andy. I have no idea how to navigate it. The > bits and pieces of conversation I was able to find didn't seem worth the > effort, nothing of substance seemed to be said, or it was beyond me and my > computer to get to it. > > With my very low partial vision, I didn't become aware of faces until I was > a teenager. I knew they had eyes, noses and mouths, but had no idea people > depended on looking at them and looked at them all of the time. > > Finally I learned to come as close as possible to appear to make eye > contact, but it's a chore I perform for courtesy, not something that informs > me in any way. > > I hope it doesn't make me of less value as a volunteer that I hope not to > have to go back to Bookshare's face again. And I hope these lists remain > viable, where we can talk in complete thoughts, without the interruptions of > constant navigational hops, pictures and graphics or whatever they are, that > have no meaning for us, and strings of links and phrase swapping. > > Always with love, > > Lissi > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andy B." <sonfire11@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 2:36 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Surprises in Store at the Bookshare Facebook > Page as We Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the ADA > > >> Sorry, facebook groups and books about the ADA aren't my thing. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stacey Robinson >> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 2:28 PM >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Surprises in Store at the Bookshare Facebook >> Page as We Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the ADA >> >> Scott, >> I downloaded one of the books this morning. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Scott Rains" <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 11:38 AM >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Surprises in Store at the Bookshare Facebook >> Page >> as We Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the ADA >> >> >>> In case you have not stumbled across it yet Bookshare has a few special >>> items in store up on the Bookshare Facebook page in celebration of the >>> 20th anniversary of the ADA. >>> >>> We are holding off on a press release until tomorrow but you can discover >>> here one of the secrets. It's a book-a-day featured from the Bookshare >>> library: >>> >>> http://www.facebook.com/#!/bookshare >>> >>> Head on up to the Facebook site and "Like" something. Add your comments >>> on >> >>> the featured book or suggest one that should be added to the collection. >>> >>> >>> Scott Rains >>> Benetech Fellow, Bookshare Volunteer Department >>> ________________________________________ >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >>> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list >>> of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. >>> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list >> of >> available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. >> >> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list >> of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. >> > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of > available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.