2.1 The individual: an average day

2 Daily life and computers

If I take an average day in my life, I find myself surrounded by computers, most of which are invisible to me. This section looks at where computers are found in the course of everyday life. It aims to:

• place computers in the context of the activities we do and the things we handle in our day-to-day lives.
  

But it does this from two points of view: the individual and the commercial organisation.