John Wood:
Am I the only one who can't undestand half the stuff on
the mcedit group?

David Price:
I don't understand about two-thirds of it, but I persist in the hope that something will sink in.

GHart:
Might I insert a plea against ignorance at this point? If you don't understand something, ask! I at least promise not to mock you publicly, though me and your friends will be getting together this weekend for our weekly "mock John and David behind their backs" session*. Put just a tad less facetiously, we eminences-increasingly-grises are generally more than happy to share our knowledge, but we can't do it if you don't ask. So ask!

Lori A. Kozey:
I second Geoff's message. Those of us who have been around Macs for a while were all once in the position of being newbies, and we know how frustrating it can be. If someone would have told me 10 years ago that I'd now be in the position of acting as de facto backup to our IT person when something Mac goes wrong, I would have laughed in your face. (But there's still plenty I don't know.)

I highly recommend the immersion-over-your-head method of learning -- that 10% that sinks in is usually a valuable 10%. :-)

Please do take the time to ask your questions, even the "stupid" ones, and we'll do the best we can to answer them or direct you to someone who can. That is, after all, what this list is for.