Introduction and Goals
Many of you don’t know me, so I’d like to briefly introduce myself and explain my goals for this blog.
My name is Trish Findlay and I now live in Port Kenneday, Western Australia, after 16 years in Brisbane. I have two daughters, four grandchildren, two great grandchildren & another on the way! The rest of my family are either in New Zealand, where I grew up, or scattered all over the globe. I keep in contact via email, Messenger or WhatsApp, there are very few in person meetings because Australia is a very big country!
For me, computers have always been fun, interesting and very useful. Our very first home computer was an Actrix portable (1983) & later when I had a full sized desktop and much more experience, I started teaching others to help them to enjoy their computers more and to get more use from them. Gradually over the years that help became more constant and more structured, in some cases developing into proper lessons and helpdesk. I’m still happy to help friends with any computer problems if I can.
I’ve been a bookkeeper for more than 25 years & nowadays this is all online. I started back in 2000 when GST came in using Quickbooks for our family business and because it worked well for me, I’ve specialized in this software. Of course now it is Quickbooks Online, though I also use MYOB for one client and it’s a good solution as well. There are plenty of other good ones too, this is just my choice.
Along with bookkeeping, I developed an interest in making websites for myself and friends, starting back in 2004. What a change there has been in this area over the years, it has been a fascinating journey. I still use WordPress for a couple of sites, but recently needed to learn a new platform for a client who used it; it’s called Simvoly, & is a website & funnel platform that e-commerce, CRM, email marketing & automation plus a booking system & Communities all built-in.
Users of Canva will find you can now build your own site inside that platform.
Graphics & video have been my fun thing to do in the last 20 years, learning programs like Photoshop, Inkscape, Xara Graphics, The Graphics Creator (which used to be called LaughingBird Software back in the day) & for videos, Camtasia I sometimes still use for joining videos, but not often, there are so many new AI video tools that I’m a beginner again in this area. (More to come on this topic later).
AI is becoming more & more reliable to help with regular tasks, such as writing, transcription, creating or enhancing graphics. I used to use Otter.ai every week to transcribe the Bald & Blonde Mindset Evolution Podcast but now ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, DeepSeek & other new tools transcribe very much faster and much more accurately and most of them bnow also create images and nearly everything else you need to Create someing for fun or business. I now use Turboscribe, so quick and easy, you can transcribe 5 free files a day – very much recommended.
So, the aims of the site can be summarised as follows:
- to share my favourite software & apps
- to showcase results
- to help you have fun
It is my hope that by coming here often to check out what is happening, we can inspire each other & build happier, healthier lives.
I can be contacted by email on [email protected]