Difficult

Computers are hard.

I'm a programmer by trade, and I've been doing this for a few years now. It's challenging work. Lucky for me, I enjoy it.

But there's one thing more challenging than trying to understand computers, and that's this: trying to explain a computer concept to someone who isn't computer savvy.

Talking to a colleague is one thing, but trying to bridge the gap between my own comprehension and someone who couldn't care less about technology is challenging for me.

The problem is, people often ask me questions about these kinds of things because they want the answer. It might be because they're trying to buy a computer and need to weigh the trade-offs between different computers. And when I can't give them a good answer that they understand, I do feel like I've fallen short of one of my responsibilities, albeit an assumed one.

So, I'm going to talk tech on here. And I'm going to aim to do it for human beings, not for geeks.