A new piece of software arrives in the office or in your home. How do you go about learning about it?

• Do you install it and start trying it out? (Activist)

• Do you watch as others show you how to use it? (Reflector)

• Do you learn about the background to it and the similarities with other programmes? (Theorist)

• Do you not bother experimenting until you find a clear purpose for it? (Pragmatist)