An Important Reminder: Teaching Tech is not always "Teaching Tech!"

This was an email I sent out in March, 2026 to everyone as a “Byte-Sized Learning” series. It fits here, too!

I hope that these emails provide a quick reference guide for simple tech things you can do, and pass along to patrons, in a simple and easy-to-remember way! Even this one is really tech training, even though it doesn't seem like it at first.

Here's the point:

It's important to keep training, training, training!

Remember not to compare yourself to any curated online personas. The biggest problem is the fact that we tend to scroll when "our guard is down," and we forget that online is just curated life; it's the highlight reel. We split our attention between what is going on around us and what's on a screen. I see it all the time!

Vitally, this image is the kicker. It pays to be reminded, and to keep in mind, that only the extreme edges make the feeds. The rest of us swim in the middle!