Computers and computing touch the daily lives of most public radio listeners. However, the world of computing can be frustratingly complicated and arcane.

Common sense computing is a series of short (2-3 minute) entertaining segments dedicated to making computing more interesting and relevant to individuals through straight-forward analogies to the physical world.

I am producing a small number of these in the summer of 2004 to gauge interest and to request feedback. I plan to begin producing one each week beginning in the fall of 2004.