A report published in August this year said that the average six year old knows more about technology than a 45 year old adult. This knowledge is attributed to that advent of broadband connections, which provide an always on connection to the Internet. Many devices that children use are connected to the Internet all the…
People often find the idea of learning computers an awesome task. At the same time the majority of children have no problem using computers. It is possible that there has been a sudden shift in intelligence levels in the population, from one generation to the next, but it is highly unlikely. Perhaps the difficulty is…
The first personal computer, the apple I was developed in 1978, which brought about the era of personal computing. Before that all computers were large, and were housed in special air conditioned rooms, with terminals attached. Unless you worked in the industry, the only sight you got of one, apart from pictures in books, was…
The amount of IT skills required by a person or business today depends on what they wish to do. Personally, I believe everyone benefits from basic IT skills with the level of skills to be gained ranging from this to nerd status, defined as an intelligent but single-minded person obsessed with a nonsocial hobby or…