Falling Short on The Tech Savvy Genealogists’ Meme

I thought I would add my contribution to  The Tech Savvy Genealogists’ Meme from Geniaus.   (I must admit I don't know what a Meme is and first read this as Memo).

 As you will see from my responses below,  I am in no way a technocrat, but on the other hand I wouldn't be here on the computer blogging if I was a total technophobe!

In bold - Things I  have already done or found

In italics - Things I would like to do or find

In plain type -Things I  haven’t done or found and don’t care to

1. Own an Android or Windows tablet or an iPad
2. Use a tablet or iPad for genealogy related purposes
3. Have used Skype for genealogy purposes
4. Have used a camera to capture images in a library/archives/ancestor’s home
5. Use a genealogy software program on your computer to manage your family tree.  (Legacy)  
6. Have a Twitter account  (I associate Twitter with Triviality. Perhaps this is an unfair judgement, given  I have never even looked at a Twitter page, but I just cannot see the point in writing  in spurts of 140 characters  and everything I have read about it puts me off finding out more.)
7. Tweet daily
8. Have a genealogy blog
9. Have more than one genealogy blog
10. Have lectured/presented to a genealogy group on a technology topic (Presented a workshop on using www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk)
11. Currently an active member of Genealogy Wise
12. Have a Facebook Account (I set it up purely to access photographs of my granddaughter, but like my view of Twitter I am not a convert.  I dislike the site and if I am contacting friends prefer e-mail or the telephone.
13. Have connected with genealogists via Facebook (put something on it initially but never got a response and now rely on Geneabloggers)  
14. Maintain a genealogy related Facebook Page
15. Maintain a blog or website for a genealogy society (contribute to a work-based local history blog)
16. Have submitted text corrections online to Ancestry, Trove or a similar site
17. Have registered a domain name (www.dansonfamily.co.uk - not yet functional )
18. Post regularly to Google+
19. Have a blog listed on Geneabloggers
20. Have transcribed/indexed records for FamilySearch or a similar project (for local history society and local archive centre)
21. Own a Flip-Pal or hand-held scanner
22. Can code a webpage in .html
23. Own a smartphone (happy with my basic model for phoning and texting - I don't need anything else)
24.  Have a personal subscription to one or more paid genealogy databases
25. Use a digital voice recorder to record genealogy lectures
26. Have contributed to a genealogy blog carnival  (Sounds interesting but something I don't know about)
27. Use Chrome as a Browser
28. Have participated in a genealogy webinar
29. Have taken a DNA test for genealogy purposes
30. Have a personal genealogy website (my daughter is setting one up for me as her final assessment in a website design course - so watch this space!)
31. Have found mention of an ancestor in an online newspaper archive (would love to!)  
32. Have tweeted during a genealogy lecture
33. Have scanned your hardcopy genealogy files
34. Use an RSS Reader to follow genealogy news and blogs
35. Have uploaded a gedcom file to a site like Geni, MyHeritage or Ancestry
36. Own a netbook
37. Use a computer/tablet/smartphone to take genealogy lecture notes
38. Have a profile on LinkedIn that mentions your genealogy habit
39. Have developed a genealogy software program, app or widge
40. Have listened to a genealogy podcast online
41. Have downloaded genealogy podcasts for later listening
42. Backup your files to a portable hard drive (Backed up on an external G drive &  memoy stick)
43. Have a copy of your genealogy files stored offsite
44. Know about Rootstech [very vaguely from the interest shown by other bloggers)
45. Have listened to a Blogtalk radio session about genealogy.
46. Use Dropbox, SugarSync or other service to save documents in the cloud
47. Schedule regular email backups
48. Have contributed to the Familysearch Wiki
49. Have scanned and tagged your genealogy photographs
50. Have published a genealogy book in an online/digital format

And so the score - 17 out of 50 - a lowly 34%. So yes, perhaps I am a bit of a stick in the mud when it comes to technology  Backing up is probably the area I most need to address. 

I work part-time and have a difficult enough time keeping up with e-mails, research, and blogging/reading blogs, so in no way am I I going to take on Facebook and Twitter.    I enjoy what I do and the level I am  at with my family history activities and Geneabloggers is giving me huge pleasure - even when  I fall short here!