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As a kid I used to get a kick out of reading manuals, I particularly remember those for SimLife and SimEarth. Somehow I got my hands on the manual for PC Tools for Windows, and I got really interested in the section documenting the scripting language. I think that was the first time I had the idea that I could make the computer do new things. I wore that book out carrying it to school to read at recess, thinking about what little utilities I'd make.

What's weird is we had computers at my school, and we'd done some assignments in Logo, but it never really clicked for me that this could be used for something creative. I was the kid the teachers would send for to fix their computers, but for a long time software was a mysterious thing I couldn't imagine making myself.