"The myth is that technology is difficult to understand, learn, capture, grasp. Not true. You do not have to be a geek, a genius, work for an IT department or be an all around tech guru to learn technology of any sort. Here's the analogy. I had to fix my bathroom sink because it was clogged. I had no idea what i was doing. I looked underneath, shut off the water and unscrewed the pipes. I unclogged them and screwed them back in. I fixed my clog. Unbelievable, I never though I could do it. The same applies to computers. Yes, it's true, if you are creating software or video games, 3d animation it is very difficult. But so is Cantonese, and people learn it every day. Most programs can be learned from the manual or the tutorials within the software. I learned everything i know in help menus not in computer classes. Whatever works for you is fine; you just have to know that you can do it. You just have to try."
My opinion on this article is that the women yes is trying to say that with work anyone can learn about computer technology. But learning it just like Cantonese, will not happen over night. Even studying this from college i can say that animation and computer programming were some of the most tedious classes that i have yet taken here. To compare this to cleaning out a sink?, I think not. I dont really think that the personal story attached to this really does anything for her story, I know the concept, but the comparison is a little too far off for me.
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