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> Not quite the same thing in the end, though. For all intents and purposes, it is. I do not know a single person who I would term "proficient with technology"
by ghurtado 10y ago
> Not quite the same thing in the end, though.
For all intents and purposes, it is. I do not know a single person who I would term "proficient with technology" who is afraid of experimenting or overly concerned about making mistakes when using something new.
In my experience, people who are "good with technology" are always curious hackers and tinkerers who are unafraid of breaking things, and are never satisfied with simply using the tool: they must look under the hood and they must understand how it works.
I would say the same principle applies far beyond computer technology: math, engineering, physics, music, etc...
- Terr_ 10y ago> For all intents and purposes, it is. The vast majority of them max out their skillset with being a consumer (e.g. social media apps) and install a bit of malware along the way.
- jazzdev 10y agoMy sister gave me my favorite definition of "computer literate": Someone that isn't afraid of the computer. The worse thing that's every happened to me because of my lack of fear was that I fried the motherboard on a friend's Mac back in the 90's by plugging a parallel printer into a SCSI port. Oops! Fortunately it was under warranty.