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I find this fascinating given that kids are exposed to things like the iPads which are purely graphical

• bliti 11y ago
  She has an iPad, but treats it like I used to treat a TV back when I was her age in the 80s. The RPi is to her what the C64 was to me. Tablets and phones are entertainment (read music, video and games) gadgets. The RPi is more like something to tinker with. However, just like Carmack's son, the environment where she learns is heavily biased towards technology. Having designed and built her own little robot at age six because I build robots myself. She also breadboards for fun because all the required parts are at her reach. If I had a quarter for every LED she has burnt...
  • platz 11y ago
    very cool, thanks for sharing
• fr0styMatt2 11y ago
  I had one of those "I must be getting old!" moments (I'm not that old, but still!). My niece is four and she's had iPads pretty much forever, so it was funny watching her sit at my desktop machine and immediately start swiping at the screen trying to drag things around and having the most puzzled look on her face of "why isn't this doing anything?". Keyboard.... how quaint! :)
  • Joeri 11y ago
    I was a keyboard only user back in the day, but I've spent too long on touch screen laptops, and now find myself getting frustrated every time I'm dropped behind a non touch laptop. Every single time I find myself tapping the screen to dismiss a dialog. I guess it's what you're used to that determines what you find user friendly.
  • bliti 11y ago
    Its happened to my kid, too. What really shocked me is telling her that books were what existed before the internet. Her response? "There was no youtube?"