Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Its easy when its free

My first post is an assigned one. I am supposed to tell the readers what aspects of lifelong learning I find to be the easiest and the most difficult. I'm supposed to choose these from a list of 7.5 items. I'll make it easier by breaking it down to two types, those that cost money and those that are free.

Any step that requires the expenditure of money, especially for devices that are bound to be obsolete and useless before their warranties run out, is hard for me. I used to be the king of the new gadgets. However, a closet full of Betamax tapes, laserdiscs, cassettes, etc has convinced me to slow down the check-out line.

Therefore, any step of the learning process that can be achieved free of charge is easy for me. No matter how many ads, spam or other inconveniences come with it.