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So what if you learnt how to create videos?

As I was discussing this at home - my new found learning in creating videos - my son said, "Learning a technology is not a big deal. It is all about creating the technology"

I agree. Just because you are consuming youtube, twitter and facebook and using an android phone or google doesnt make you techno-savvy. You are just a techno savvy user. But that is the starting point. And for the person who is not used to it - it is a big deal. 

I remember my father using computers for the first time in the late 90s at work. Indeed when I started working, MSExcel had just started making inroads into finance (it was all Tally and books till then). And the first users were using MSExcel exactly like a book without any advanced features. Most of us who use MSWord or Googledocs - use only the basic features. 

So the first step is to learn to use something. That is to be a consumer. 90% of the world are consumers. Probably more. 

The next stage is to create content - for whatever reason. For instance, this blog is a repository of my thoughts -it does not have any great readership. But it allows me to document my thoughts, revisit my older ideas (and update them) and keeps me in touch with writing. If I was not writing a blog - there is no way I would have had the confidence of writing a book..

And from there, some super users create technology. Everybody can. But almost everybody can transition from user to consumer.   

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