Untangling Your Computer

Illustration by Yevgeniya Mikhailik - www.yevgeniyadraws.com

Believe it or not, computers always do exactly what they're told.

You may not ever see the faulty piece of code that brings your productivity to a grinding halt, but this doesn't herald a breakdown of the laws of cause-and-effect. If something goes wrong, the computer was probably just following orders, whether from you or some unknown program running in the background.

This idea is helpful, even in the abstract, because it illustrates the fact that computers, as complex as they are, can actually make sense too. You really don't need to know much to solve basic problems on your own, because once you learn a few things, even the things you don't fully understand will begin to make more sense.

My plan is to empower you with the basic knowledge that every computer user should have so that the most common problems you face will leave you with a sense of empowerment rather than a sense of helplessness. With the right mindset, you can use your computer as the productivity tool it is, rather than some unruly machine to be coaxed into behaving desirably.

Computers were designed by people to be used by people. They shouldn't be alienating. My goal is to break down these barriers, not with the intent of making you into a computer expert, but simply to bring you and your computer closer together.

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