What is an expert?

These are comments from people other than my participants, i.e. the ones who I had initial meetings with to ask for their 'expert' recommendations.

An expert is:

• Someone who is good at working out new stuff
• Doesn’t need to ask for help
• Doesn’t need to be told
• If there is a problem, they can fix it.
• They know how the computer works.
• They can fix it quickly
• High level of skill
• Can explain clearly what they are doing
• Know what they are doing
• Knows a lot about stuff
• smart, or brainy
• good at science,
• good at what they are an expert in,
• interested in what they are doing,
• like doing it, or like it
• People who know their way about computers
• Someone who basically can do anything on a computer