JimBT200
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Jim is a 75 year old IT person with over 50 years of experience. Growing up with Doonesbury and then Dilbert, he followed xkcd, User Friendly, The Joy of Tech, Glasbergen and Bug Bash a decade ago. He began creating this strip in 2014 and started it up again in 2025. He welcomes interactions.

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Definitions can help

by JimBT200
7-15-14


	Several people have asked me to explain what I meant in yesterday's strip about the three types of users. I am happy to respond.


	Novice (nah-viss) nah means not and viss is Latvian for all that much.


	So a good definition of a novice is someone with not all that much experience. So far so good. How about intermediate?


	Intermediate (inter-mediate) inter is between and mediate is to solve or settle.


	So a good definition of an intermediate is someone who is settling in between a novice and some experience in the future. So far so good. How about expert?


	Expert (ex-spurt) an ex is a has-been and a spurt is a drip under pressure.

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JimBT200 stripcreator donor

JimBT200
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