Guest post by Gerard Mcdaniel
When I was home for the holidays, I taught my parents how to use the computer to do GChat Video Chat with me. I had tried to talk my mom through it several times, but every time I try to explain how to do it, it takes forever and then the next time she can’t remember what she did the first time. Even though it is annoying, I try to be patient. We moved to California from the East Coast last year, so I use by clear Pasadena to get on the web and stay in touch. We have been good about e-mailing, but I really like to video chat with them much better. They have an idea of what my house looks like ( because I gave them a virtual tour) and they are able to keep tabs on their grandpup ( my beagle, Henry). It is actually pretty amazing how good the chat system works. It is hard for me to believe that when I was a kid you were paying outrageous amounts of money to call people long distance on a house phone. We have come a really long way!