Many thanks to Q Academy and Q College – Learn to Code family for bringing me on board as the newest guest blogger to join the blog roll.Every day I come across new time-saving techniques in the world of technology, and am itching to share them with the world.
My goal is to share a handful of posts each month – from quick tips and tricks and top 10 lists on general Microsoft topics to more detailed “how to” posts featuring new ways to use the tools in the Microsoft Office Suite focusing on Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.Before we get started, I want to share part of my story of how I got here, and give some insight into where my passion for technology began.Who is Kelly?The Wonder YearsI was born in the early eighties on a humid afternoon in a suburban district in Toronto, Ontario.
My family swiftly moved half way around the world, to the location of my earliest childhood memory as a toddler sitting in my father’s office at the Higher Colleges of Technology in the United Arab Emirates, learning my ABCs by playing rudimentary 8-bit pixelated digital flashcards.Despite using computers from an early age, as a kid, I was never a computer prodigy or whiz kid.
Glasses, retainer, questionable fashion sense, and an insatiable curiosity for the quirky mix of things that interested me – Lego, Pirates, detective stories, and ballet.
The results were pitiful much to my current chagrin, as webtools such as the Wayback Machine website could surface some painful skeletons from my past.
Notable eyesores include a baby blue themed tribute site to my favourite band as a pre-teen, Blink 182, and later, the slightly more credible, yet still rough around the edges, Canadian Underground, where local Victoria indie, punk, rock, and metal bands were featured and reviewed by my field reporter Joni Sandler.AdulthoodI dabbled in the Adobe Creative Suite during by BFA at the University of Victoria in the early 2000s, primarily using Photoshop CS3 for photo manipulation and Adobe Final Cut Pro for video editing as part of my Visual Arts degree.