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zoweemoore

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Hey,

I'm currently working on a project in which im exploring the way people use computers and the internet.

Most important to my project right now is how people learnt to use computers and the internet?.. did you learn them both at once?.. had you had a computer for years before you even thought about the net?... did anyone help you discover computers or the net?..did you need to learn these skills for a reason?...

Me myself>> I learnt as a nipper, sat in front of my dads work computer drawing silly pictures. Then i moved onto playing games, general office applications followed, and by the time i was 11 i was hooked on the net. Now i design and maintain websites, and manages a few peoples business accounts. I guess i was shown the way by my dad, but i also had a fair few good tutors through school and college.

Any repsonses would be great.
Cheers!!!
 
learnt well before the internet was freely available.. Sam Learn Basic in 24 lessons!
i still recall the cover.... man that seems a long time ago
 
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Cheers for the reply....

Another question for ya...whilst your in the mood for answering lol :p

Do you think that prices charged by companys such as ICS and computeach are fair, and worth the money?

OR

Should computer and internet training be free to all?


Cheers
 
I learned at a very young age some dos commands to install and load really old dos based games, like moon walker. Then it moved on to other games. Around the time that doom, duke nukem, and the original war craf were out I wanted to play multiplayer games. So I started learning basic networking, and the atd and ath commands and so forth.

Things didn't work so I learned how to use different modem drivers, and modem initilization strings, then at 18 years old I landed a computer job right out of highschool when I was in college, going to art school.

I am 100% self taught with out ever taking a computer repair/networking course ever. I used the internet to learn most of what I know and hands on experience.

I think that the knowledge should be out there and free, but hands on training courses or software based training courses should cost money. people take time to develope those things and need compensation for their time.
 
I first learned elementary computer programming in FORTRAN on punchcards, using an IBM mainframe with 5K of RAM in 1982(!), and the first computer I ever owned was a Texas Instruments 99/4A with a whopping 16K of RAM. I actually sold software written in TI BASIC for that machine, on cassettes.

In 1998, my public library got internet access. The very first time I went on the internet, I knew I was hooked. In 2001, I bought my own PC, a used DEC system, and I hadn't the first idea of what to do with it. I picked up Windows 95 for Dummies, and learned so much in a short time! The more I read, the more I wanted to learn, including complete maintenance, upgrades, and repairs. Even today, I never get tired of learning about PCs.

Tom
 
Computer and Net Research...

Cheers for your replies...they really are much appreciated.
I've posted the same question on several forums, and the response has been pretty much the same.

99% of people are self taught, and most people also agree that to learn the skills required to use computers and the net should be cheap, if not free. Unless, like commented above, they're specialist skills :)

More responses would be good :)

Thanks again
 
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