Re: More than a writer (LONG)

[Peter Gold <peter -at- knowhowpro -dot- com>]

When I first got into computing in the 1980's, I read an article in a 
general audience computing magazine that was presented as "written by 
a mom."

The author began by saying how fearful she was about taking the big 
step of buying a computer and taking on something so new. She wanted 
to do it completely by herself, so on the day she came home with the 
packages, she overcame that sinking feeling and tried to figure out 
where to start.

There wasn't a clue. So she opened one box, then the others, but 
there was nothing that looked like instructions, until she opened one 
of the inner boxes. There, she found a quick-start sheet that said 
something like,

Congratulations! Here's how to get started:
* Open this box
* Open the inner box
* Take out this sheet and follow the directions on it.

She finished the article with something like, "I could feel a smile 
starting at my feet and working its way up. I knew deep down that if 
I got this far, and this is the best that THEY can do, then I know 
that *I* can do this, and probably do it better."