That’s a good point—being aware that, the less you know about the topic, the less equipped you are to judge the difficulty of the change or the value of the favor.
Luckily, I know just little enough about computers that when my famliy asks me for help (which isn’t too often—my parents have been using computers longer than I have), I can often just honestly say “I don’t know, look it up.” ;) (This worked even better when I was using Linux as a desktop OS and was way out of date with Windows and its common programs.)
A particular favourite of mine was when the mother of an ex-girlfriend rang me up while I was at work to ask for advice in syncing a wii-mote. That was all kinds of wrong.
That’s a good point—being aware that, the less you know about the topic, the less equipped you are to judge the difficulty of the change or the value of the favor.
Luckily, I know just little enough about computers that when my famliy asks me for help (which isn’t too often—my parents have been using computers longer than I have), I can often just honestly say “I don’t know, look it up.” ;) (This worked even better when I was using Linux as a desktop OS and was way out of date with Windows and its common programs.)
A particular favourite of mine was when the mother of an ex-girlfriend rang me up while I was at work to ask for advice in syncing a wii-mote. That was all kinds of wrong.