Recently by Simon Locke

Following a discussion about advertising on line, I must say after meeting Dave Hart from Digital Birmingham and discussing points on advertising on-line I am quite excited about setting myself up. I have taken photos of some of my jobs before and after shots to perhaps put on my advertising web page.

We also used 'Twitter' to ask peoples views on builders and what they thought about builders advertising on line, we had a good response and 'Twitter' is a great fast way to communicate and pass on comments.

I am pleased to say that I am slowly but surely becoming more digital.

I have recently placed two orders off the internet, which I would never have done before as I was unsure of how safe the sites are. I now know what to look for to see if the site is protected. I have saved money ordering from the net especially on a Helly Hanson Jacket I ordered for Kieran, I saved £30 to the shop prices.

I look up football scores and write ups about Kieran's football team every week on the internet. I have used the internet for road directions and post codes which I had never done before.

Last weekend I took Kieran's PSP to watch Kieran's football team (Rubery Juniors) play and used the video to record Kieran playing football. It was great to use the sony PSP to video for a change rather than playing the games on it plus the PSP was so easy to use. I feel I am now beginning to bring myself up to date with these new gadgets and internet use. Even doing this blog is something I would never have done before.

This is my third attempt at typing this blog so hopefully it will work this time not sure where I am going wrong, the blogs are not saving even though I am pressing save, it has taken me an hour to get this. My wife Julie is now standing behind me making sure I get it right this time, if I do this would be a milestone for me.

My Digital Experience has not been as bad as I had anticipated, Sophie and Kieran are enjoying themselves especially now they have been given two Sony PSP's to play with. Also Kieran's school may be involved in Kieran's digital experience so this will be exciting for Kieran.

It is great news that we now have BT Vision up and running and I am now able to watch all England matches especially now they are on a winning path. My first match that I was able to watch was England V Croatia and what a match that was!

My next learning curve hopefully would be to learn how to design my own letterheads and maybe business cards if this can be done. Also I have heard about local business advertising on the net so hopefully maybe I could get myself up and running on this, any advice would be appreciated. This would be a great advantage to me and my business if I could get this to work for me.