From the novel to the mainstream...
Do you have your license to drive ? - Do you drive on a regular basis?
If you answered yes...do you recall what motivated you to learn to drive?
I have a bit of a pet peeve..whenever, I hear someone use the excuse, "oh I don't know how to use "x" technology - I'm not a computer person / geek / tech nerd, etc.
I am a software developer/programmer, I write (and fix code)..somewhat like your mechanic fixes your car when it breaks down.
When the first cars came on the market (horseless carriages), I imagine there were some initial people who "wanted nothing to do with those strange contraptions" .. And the early adopters well they were just plain 'wierdos',
In fact, perhaps the first horseless carriages were driven by the creators of this new technology, and with a few simple instructions they taught others how to drive them.
Today, millions of people know how to drive cars, and very few of them can tell you the least about how an 'internal combustion engine works', and that's fine, because you do not need to understand how a car works in order to drive one.
Now-a-days. If you want to learn to drive a car, you can be taught by a friend, a relative, or even the education system "driving school". The people teaching you to drive, have no need to understand 'how the car works'
No one - goes around saying "I can't drive one of those - I'm not a mechanic".. it sounds ridiculous.
You have the ability to learn anything you want to. The only limitation in inside you. You may not WANT to learn a specific computer skill, or how to dance, or even how to fix a car, and that is your choice. You may not be an early adopter either. You may choose to wait until 'technology x' is mainstream..but don't fool yourself or tell yourself excuses, be proud of who you are. It's okay to take things slow and easy, to learn at your own pace, it is not okay to blame others and suggest that only mechanics can drive cars !
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