There's an old saying in the IT world: Passwords are like underwear. You should change them often, and never share them with strangers.

When my friend got her first internet banking account setup, she told me the password was password.  2 months ago, she asked me to pay a bill for her while she was out and her password was—you guessed it—still password.

My relationship with every piece of software/hardware ever:

MONDAY

Wow, you’re perfect for us. I love that you totally get me and everything I need. What’s that? You think I’m amazing and don’t really need you but you’ll try and find a way to help me? No, stop it! You’re embarrassing me!  This is a match made in heaven! I can only imagine how much better my life will be with you in it.  I’ll have more time to relax—maybe I’ll learn to play tennis, or bridge. Wow, just wow.

There are certain things you hear in your life that stick with you. For me, one of the great life changers was hearing the great Homer Simpson say: “I am so smart, S-M-R-T, I mean S-M-A-R-T.”

Ok, maybe that was a ridiculous quote, but I know the key to growing and improving my mind is to learn.  With this knowledge in hand (see what I did there?), I signed up for a robotics course at Stanford, ‘Physics III’ at MIT and ‘Roy’s writing tools’ at Poynter.