On Jan 28, 2009, at 7:11 AM, Walter Banks wrote:

>> All those people from the mid 1980s being taught about floppy  
>> disks...
>
> The feeling never goes away, that magic of when it all comes
> together is a powerful motivational force.

Well, maybe for you and me and a bunch of us here.  However, it seems  
to be a bad assumption that training "ordinary people" to a sufficient  
level of "computer literacy" would cause them to reach the same nirvana.

I tend to see this in many sorts of artists, BTW.  They're happy, even  
eager, to teach you everything they know about how they make their  
Art, in the hope that it will bring  you as much joy as it brings  
them.  Alas, that doesn't happen all that frequently either.

BillW

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