Bill's Mystical Quest to Teach the Magic of Computers

The story begins as Bill, a brave and curious fox, sets out on a mission to explain a computer to someone from the 16th Century. As he travels around the world, he meets a scholar who, for reasons equal parts mysterious and adorable, claims to be stuck in time. But he’s not totally naive, the scholar understands that tremendous power could be unlocked from basic math, he just has no idea the extraordinary extent of that power. Bill, determined to bridge the gap with the inventor locked in his time, begins telling him a unique story.

Bill's story—of computers that can calculate sums as quickly as a blink of an eye—starts with a nefarious cat and an enchanted knapsack. Just before his heist, the cat pops open this knapsack and dumps all the ingredients that go into a computer, a computation box and mysterious innards, on the ground. For effect, Bill intensely dramatizes the scenario with characters and scenes pulled from stories the scholar surely is familiar with—talking cats, cackling witches, fiery mazes—to effortlessly scale the vast technological barrier.

Moved by the fable's enchanting details, the scholar begins to understand why computing power is so incredible and wraps his mind around the potential of creativity, of more efficient ways of working, and even of futuristic possibilities for society. But just as he cherishes this newfound appreciation, befuddlement creeps back in and confusion chips away at the newfound bits of clarity. Is this the way of the future? Could this be the answer to progression? Questions flood in and Bill senses the tension escalate with each looming thought.

With a humble courageousness from the depths of his heart and a dark confidence from behind his eyes, Bill confidently crusades on as he carefully brings the crafty and mysterious cat who started his fable story back to life. Who does Bill have in mind for the cat? The scholar of course! The scholar can become the cat, become the computer and this is how Bill, with uncanny perseverance and passionate wisdom, reveals that computers embody a transformative power that breaks limits and erases the boundaries of what’s possible—beyond the confines of anything anyone has seen in the 16th Century. In a cathartic illumination of truth, this emotion filled conclusion brings computing power to life and shows in a brilliant but surprising way that computers expand what we can do, combine forces that otherwise wouldn't join, and in turn enhance the experience of life. Together, they take a quantum leap in the understanding of what a computer is and with the use of this newfound power, the scholar and Bill embrace the bright boundless possibilities of something larger than the both them.