I don’t call myself an expert in Photoshop by any means. After all, just a few years ago, about all I could do was resize and save photos. So my early attempts at artwork of any sort in Photoshop were a bit on the feeble side. Or at least, the unpolished side.
The following cartoon was created for a client/friend that I was doing some web content writing for. He owns a computer repair business, and really knows his stuff. I know a little bit about computers, and very aware of what I don’t know. I may be the daughter of an electrical engineer, who taught me a few things about electrical appliances, but some aspects are still a mystery to me. This cartoon expresses a little bit of that feeling.
Now, I’m one of those people who actually does sit down and look through the manual and/or instructions that come with my purchases of devices. And usually, I can figure out what goes where. But I do remember the sense of confusing mystery that came with the terminology of technology.
After listening to some of my friend’s stories about the problems some people brought to the shop, I realized there can be quite a tremendous gap between the End-User-With-No-Technical-Chops and the Computer-Tech-Expert. What seems quite simple to the latter can be a deadly mystery to the former (not that anyone in this day and age wants to admit to being in the category of the former).
Now, the cartoon was done in 2011 (as you can see in fine print there). In the five years since then, wireless connections have become even more prevalent. Many people these days have their printer plugged into the household computer network, and it is accessible by wifi, able to print from anything on the network that syncs with the printer. But… it was not always so. We still have to deal with some cables – even if they are mostly power and charger cords.
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