Several times lately I've been asked for Computer help by guys that I would have sworn were "computer literate", or at least had an inkling of how to use the tool. Turns out they were, (like most of us in one way or another) "One Trick Pony"s.
Dwight Silverman has a column in the Houston Chronicle about the problem, and offers some potential solutions, but I have one of my own.
USE the computer to do things in your spare time, even when it's easier to use pen and paper, and even when you don't HAVE to. You didn't learn to use any other tool without effort, MAKE THE EFFORT.
Damn things are NOT hard to figure out or use...
Chris
Amen Brother! And not to knock anyone who can't type well, but I think that effort should be made as well. I have several GREAT inspectors that are very computer literate, but still type with their elbows. That one finger typing sure takes a while to write a lengthy report.
