I think my main point was that we should look for the most basic things we can do that will help the most people do their jobs better. As cees said, most people don't even know where to start in using their computers effectively. I do have twenty-five years of programming under my belt, twenty-three of them for pay or in business, and I know I'm still learning more every day. I see the amount of learning and wisdom that's still ahead of me, and that makes me embarrassed when somebody is as effusive as he was.

It is all too easy to seek out the most intricate and esoteric challenge to spend our time on, but I find that my time spent identifying the biggest hole to fill is the best time I spend. I can admire the raw brilliance of somebody who digs into the internals of Perl to seek out a new way to use it, but then I go back to my desk and I look for a new place to stick my simple webifier that will make this day a productive success.