Users are not the lusers you think they are

Aug 05, 2009, 19:02 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Locutus)

"These same people who run businesses, handle the intricacies of, to me, confusing business practices, are considered morons when navigating a computer operating system.

"Actually nothing could be further from the truth. The average person is quite capable of using a computer as effectively as they negotiate peak hour traffic or multi-national logistic procurement problems. Yet there is this stigma and a multitude of stories floating around in places like Shark Tank, we (I) have even experienced personally just how dumb people can seem around computerised equipment. Why would that be?"

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