I dove right in and played around with it, just seeing what I could do.

Back then, I only had a couple of friends with computers (it was still rare in the 80s) –

I've been paying attention to all those people over the years, and I've noticed something; for most people, the biggest problem they have with computers is actually very simple, and it's something they have total control over – their mental attitude.

I consider myself really lucky because I was born at a unique time. I'm just old enough to not only remember the first home computers, but also remember clearly what it was like before anyone had one in their home.

I think I was around ten years old when I first sat down in front of a computer. The first thing I thought was how cool it was, and how much fun I was going to have using it.

I dove right in and played around with it, just seeing what I could do.

Back then, I only had a couple of friends with computers (it was still rare in the 80s) –

I've been paying attention to all those people over the years, and I've noticed something; for most people, the biggest problem they have with computers is actually very simple, and it's something they have total control over – their mental attitude.

I consider myself really lucky because I was born at a unique time. I'm just old enough to not only remember the first home computers, but also remember clearly what it was like before anyone had one in their home.

I think I was around ten years old when I first sat down in front of a computer. The first thing I thought was how cool it was, and how much fun I was going to have using it.

I dove right in and played around with it, just seeing what I could do.

Back then, I only had a couple of friends with computers (it was still rare in the 80s) –

I consider myself really lucky because I was born at a unique time. I'm just old enough to not only remember the first home computers, but also remember clearly what it was like before anyone had one in their home.

I think I was around ten years old when I first sat down in front of a computer. The first thing I thought was how cool it was, and how much fun I was going to have using it.

I dove right in and played around with it, just seeing what I could do.

Back then, I only had a couple of friends with computers (it was still rare in the 80s) –

I think I was around ten years old when I first sat down in front of a computer. The first thing I thought was how cool it was, and how much fun I was going to have using it.

I dove right in and played around with it, just seeing what I could do.

Back then, I only had a couple of friends with computers (it was still rare in the 80s) –

I dove right in and played around with it, just seeing what I could do.

Back then, I only had a couple of friends with computers (it was still rare in the 80s) – they must have gotten really tired of the way I hogged their computer for hours at a time, every time I came over!

Finally, a few years later, my parents bought me my own computer, and I taught myself how to use it.

Now it's really common with people, even just a few years older than me, to think that they'll never be any good at computers because they didn't grow up with them.

Even people my age feel that way a lot, since I happened to be lucky enough to go to a junior high school that had two computers (which was a lot at the time!), and was lucky enough to have a couple of friends who owned them too. So I got exposed to them earlier than a lot of people my age.

But think about it: was I born with some natural skill at computers?

No. Of course not.

I didn't know a thing about them back then