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Hav­ing grown up on a farm, I saw what my Dad did every day. I saw it grow; and helped around. I learnt how to read clouds and the sky to determ­ine the weather, and what the time was without a watch. From memory, at about 12 years old pretty much any­thing that could be driven on the farm I’d driven.

In 2000 on the Adobe Pho­toshop 6.0 Road­show, Liam and Avril atten­ded a night ses­sion of my “1980s Music Trivia Pho­toshop Tech­nical Ses­sion”. No sales and mar­ket­ing here; dis­cus­sion of JPEG vs GIF, arte­facts and Flock of Seagulls.

In the IT industry, it’s tough to show your kids what you do for a liv­ing. So hav­ing Liam and Avril attend was a major buzz.

Liam then real­ised what I did for a crust.

Now he is teach­ing me about this online stuff. Strange world!

So, how do you explain to your Mum what your day job is?

Read­ing this Social Media White Paper from the Aus­tralian Blog, Bet­ter Com­mu­nic­a­tion Res­ults will help out. Send it to your Mum, too.