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platform as the basis for creating the TDA-funded networked learning community from 2005-2010. Skills acquired then are used today for maintaining my own web presence, for running aMoodle site and for supporting marketing activities around my own and my children's hobbiesand interests.Moreover, I learned a lot at this time about digital photography - especially file formats forimages. I began to understand more about how much more 'data' was contained in a photo than apiece of text and I also reinforced prior knowledge (N 2 ) about the need for organisationalaccuracy and effectiveness. Getting one character wrong in a filename meant that a pagewouldn't work. This gave me pause for thought about the power of computing on a daily basisand led me to further inquire about the great urban myths about technology, like the one aboutthe missing comma in a line of code which brought down Apollo 13. I still find it hard toreconcile the fact that all this was going on nearly thirty years after Neil Armstrong first set footon the moon. It also gave me pause for thought about how the choices I had made at schoolpushed me down a career pathway that precluded formal learning in science and technology.Software engineering is really good fun and I realize now that the 'liberal arts' direction of travelthat I embarked on at the age of 14 meant that for over 20 years I missed out on the fun ofmaking things. Serendipitously, on looking for another reference in Isaacson's authorisedbiography of Steve Jobs, I came across this observation,"The creativity that can occur when a feel for both the humanities and the sciencescombine in one strong personality was the topic that interested me in my biographies ofFranklin and Einstein, and I believe that it will be a key to creating innovative economiesin the twenty-first century." (Isaacson, 2011 p.xvii)I am not for a moment suggesting that my autobiography should be evaluated alongside thenarrative accounts of Franklin or Einstein but I do find it interesting that the 'mathophobia' towhich I refer in IM1, and which was a driver for some of my learning of spreadsheet technology203Simon Hughes Ph.D. Thesis (October 2012)