Last week, I was reminded of how awful my design skills are when my dear and lovely friend Adda messaged me. Adda is one of my "genius friends." "Genius friends" are the ones you would add to your phone-a-friend list if you were on a trivia game show. Hopefully, everyone out there has at least one in their life - if you're lucky like me, you have a few. As CEO of a company called Skillcrush, Adda definitely tops my list. Skillcrush is an amazing website that brings tech knowledge and harmony to those of us who run and hide when IT subjects arise. If you know me, then you know that I am likely the least tech-savy person in Brooklyn. I was shocked with myself when I started this blog but I figured I had enough techie people in my life to fix anything that I might break in this venture. Aside from a small mishap on my last blog post where an entire paragraph is a different font color then the rest, I think I've avoided fucking anything up too badly. Thank you Blogger for being (almost) idiot proof.
Skillcrush was created for technology tenderfoots such as myself. They offer services that will teach you everything you need to know about tech. But how? Through daily newsletters (sign up here), tech terms glossary, tech articles, on-line group classes and my favorite Ask Adda (advice column). Here's the kicker - it's not a snoozefest - the articles are relevant, the terms are explained in an easy to understand way and the site is beautifully hip. Seriously, just go check out the site because they do a way better job than I can of explaining what they do.
Adda messaged me on Facebook last week to say that she read my blog. Then she gently suggested that I take Skillcrush 101: How to Create Your Own Website, a class designed to teach students HTML, CSS and Web Hosting. Though I could just have John do it for me (as I originally intended) learning how to do it myself sounds way more interesting and at the very least it's a new skill to add to my resume. I enthusiastically signed up. Here's how the class will work - every weekday morning I will receive an email containing a new lesson, each lesson is scheduled to take me no more than 45 minutes. I can do the lessons as they come in each day or I can save them all for the weekend. There are office hours where I can communicate directly with my instructors and a Google Group where I can communicate with my classmates to share progress, discuss lessons, etc. At the end of the two week course Skillcrush promises I will be the proud owner of one beautiful website. I received my first lesson this morning and can't wait to get started. I'll keep y'all updated as I go! Wish me luck!
