Let me tell you a story. I love computers. I can think the way they do, in other words very left-brained. My wife, well let me put it this way, does not have a love affair with computers. Sure, she can use computers, she used to program mainframes in FORTRAN using punch cards. If you don’t know what mainframes or FORTRAN or punch cards are, don’t worry about it – I can guarantee that you’ll never have to know. Just suffice it to say, that those terms refer to heavy duty computer use. So, why doesn’t she love computers? They don’t think the way she does, which can be very right-brained.
On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest, when it comes to being left-brained, I’m a 6, but I can be a 10 if I have to. When it comes to being right-brained, my wife is also a 6, though I’m sure she could lean towards a 10 if she wanted to. So, we’re not extremely left-brained or right-brained, except from each other’s perspective.
Since I love computers, I’d like my wife to love computers or at least not get so frustrated by them. So, for the past 30 years, I’ve been searching for a computer she could love. But since all computers and computer systems are designed by left-brained people, I’ve come up short.
I might have been more easily dissuaded me from my pursuit, but love makes up for a lot of shortcomings. Using my gift of making things understandable to others, I designed (on paper) a computer that is more right-brained.
So, what is a right-brained computer? In order to answer that question, imagine for a moment that you’re looking to buy a computer. What would you look for? What would sway you to buy one computer over another?
