I can't remember when, or why exactly, I started using a desktop computer. The fact that it was a clunky desktop system running Windows 93 says something all on its own. Clearly, I didn't have any idea how irrelevant that system would become in short order. New computer users don't understand how quickly technology development moves — if I had known that, I probably wouldn't have bothered. The fact of the matter is that when I first started using a computer, I wasn't a developer, I wasn't using the thing as a tool to do any meaningful work. The real driving force was simple curiosity. That curiosity, I'm sure, was partly driven by the surrounding hype at the time. Computers, and their interconnected fabric were the future. If you didn't understand them and tightly integrate them into every aspect of your daily life, you'd left behind. Back then, I don't think the surrounding hype got the best of me. Hype hasn't slowed down, its simply moved on — mobile computing for instance. I was too busy doing kid stuff to really appreciate the ramifications, and so I was considered a casual user. Probably like a lot of people around the globe who use computers, but don't depend on them for critical tasks. Then there are other types of users. There are developers, there are non-humans. We can classify users based on why they're currently using a computer, not why they first started.