I heard the Let's Talk Bitcoin interview and was very interested in what is being developed so I came over hoping to be a part of this but I'm starting to think that perhaps this is just out of my league.  Hoping somebody can give advice in the best way forward. 

I'm a typical Mac user.  Actually, I'm a little more savvy than most of my friends when it comes to getting around the computer, but I am not a tech guy or have any real skills at programming or anything like that. 

Anyway, I downloaded and started running Protoshares QT a couple of days ago and after adding some lines in the console as suggested, I see  8 connections but it says I am not mining Protoshares. 

Is there a step by step set of instructions for somebody like me or am I hopelessly too ignorant to participate?

thanks!