Despite the fact that I am Madame Mommy Blogger I must admit that I am resistant to new technologies. I have never sent a text message in my life and the only reason I bought a cheap cell phone last year was so Hadley’s preschool could reach me in case of an emergency. I use it only a few times a month.
But not to text (see above).
My reluctance to get a cell phone was two-fold:
1) I despise talking on the phone. Always have, always will. I am remiss to say I have let friendships go to the wayside because these people wanted to [gasp] talk and not email.
2) I don’t want to be disturbed when I’m out with my kids. I constantly feel distracted when I am at home so when I am out with Haddie and Bode, I give them my undivided attention. I just don’t want to be that person ignoring them on the playground because I’m checking my email. I do that plenty enough at home. 
Enter: the iPhone 3G. Jamie bought one and offered to do the same for me. I indignantly refused. Until I fell in love with his on our trip. I am still holding strong with my piece-of-crap Nokia and keep reminding myself if I got the 3G, I would have to actually use it.
Twitterpated
Though I am still holding strong against the cell phones and Crackberries of the world, I finally caved on twittering last weekend.
For those as clueless as me, Twitter is a free social networking micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users’ updates (otherwise known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length.
Twitting was The Thing To Do at BlogHer. I resisted because it seemed like a royal waste of time. It probably still is but now that I have jumped on the bandwagon, I’m kind of enjoying it because:
1) I can keep apprised of people’s day-to-day happenings in short little bursts. It is much more convenient than blogging in this respect and takes less time. In fact, I encourage all my friends to come on-board (whether or not you have a blog.)
2) I finally found a venue for all those small profundities of my day. The cow that chased off the bear in Colorado? Twittered it. And when I dreamt hunky hubby was a murderer? Definitely tweet worthy.
So, come check it out. I can be found at http://twitter.com/themilehighmama or on my blog’s right-hand sidebar. I’m a newbie at this so let me know if you’re on Twitter, too! And for those veterans, please send me any tips of the trade. And make sure to tune in for my tirades.
In 140 characters or less, of course….
So, what’s your pleasure? Twitter? Blog? Cell phone? Texting? This is a technological conFESSional so let’s fess up!
I'm a Canadian-born mom of two, former Denver Post columnist, family travel writer, editor of MileHighMamas.com and 9News contributor. Expert on all things Utah, Denver, family and travel. Lover of laughter and life. Happily married to a man obsessed with growing The Great Pumpkin. 