What I do
I teach people to use their computers – Macs or PCs and any program or setup situation. You call, I drop everything and come over to your house to teach you exactly what you want to learn on your own machine.
What I don’t do is use techno-babble and I don’t expect any level of expertise. But I do get you on your way with computers and help you to make sense of it all.
I do this because there is a generation of people who seemed to miss out on the computer revolution. There are also many people who have never found it that easy to engage with computers in the first place. And then there are people who just plain hate the damn things.
The trouble is, that no matter who you are, there is no way to escape computers. You cannot fill in many job applications without them. You cannot do most jobs without them. You cannot get a visa to visit America without one. Then there are the things you want to do on the computer. I have a sister in Australia – my parents talk face-to-face with her from the UK over a video conferencing link. No one sends letters these days – they send email. Why use a 35mm camera? You use a digital camera and print out your own pics, or publish them to the internet. Same with videos. Then what about all those things that we are being ‘encouraged’ to do on a computer? Online banking; bill payment; tax returns; research; shopping; the list goes on. You may hate them, find them difficult or object to them, but computers are here to stay.
The real problem is that computer programmers share more DNA with food mixers than with the rest of the human race
Just when you decide to grasp the techno-nettle, you can guarantee it will sting. It won’t connect, it throws pop-ups all over the screen. You know it will do something, but you cannot work out how to make it happen. And it just won’t stop. Most of the time it is nothing to with the computer. Computers are just boxes of plastic, metal and wire brought to life with electricity and something called ‘programing’.
And that’s the real problem. Programmers share more DNA with food mixers than with the rest of us. They expect you to automatically know things without ever having been told. You are supposed to know how to sort out settings and operate complex software aided only by stupid acronyms and words that sound like anagrams . So, in short, computers do not behave as you would expect them to. It’s not your fault, you are perfectly sane and quite practical in most matters, you have just been made to feel inadequate by poorly thought-out computer systems and software. Unfortunately, much as you might want to, giving the computer a sound thrashing just makes matters worse.
What will help is a call to me, The Home Computer Tutor on 07017 343434.
In the meantime, please check out some of the services and prescribed courses I offer:
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