Seven Easy Ways To Learn More About Technology

 

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With technology so prevalent in our everyday lives, it seems smart to learn a bit more about it. Particularly for nontechnical leaders, knowing what’s going on in the world of tech can help you make informed decisions about your business.

While it’s daunting to get started, below are a few resources from the members of Forbes Technology Council that can point you in the right direction.

There so many online resources to learn about anything and everything. A simple Google search can produce a litany of links to reference material that is applicable to any level of background. My favorite resources are Slashdot and Boingboing. Both are accessible to everyone, including curious non-technical leaders. – Chris Kirby, Voices.com 

2. Linda.com 

If you are new to technology, you must develop a base of technical skills. Fortunately, there are online education solutions such as Linda.com that offer specific training across myriad important technical skills training. For instance, if you want to develop a foundation in business analytics, Linda offers training that will help provide the skills necessary to advance your career. – Scott Stiner, UM Technologies, LLC 

3. New Ideas 

Specific websites or blogs will vary depending on the topic and the person giving the recommendations. For nontechnical leaders interested in learning about technology, the place they should start is their own minds. They need to open themselves to new ideas and how to make them jive with what they know about business. Just as the .com revolution changed business, so will mobile and IoT. – Nicholas Thompson, Grit 

Technology is changing faster than ever before. Even us technologists have a hard time keeping up sometimes. If you want to get up to speed and stay there, you must go all in. Create a Twitter list or use Nuzzle to aggregate lots of great content all in one place and spend some time every day perusing. – Danny Boice, Trustify 

5. Waitbutwhy.com 

Learning about technology doesn’t require deep technical knowledge. It involves understanding the main challenges on the forefront of human existence and trying to comprehend the solutions on a high level. Whether we are talking about space travel or climate change or AI, learning about technology starts with “why’s” and then the “how’s.” Though my personal favorite site would be Wait But Why. – Arash Asli, Yocale 

6. Network World 

I find myself always visiting NetworkWorld for any technology related news that geared more toward Director and higher level IT professionals. They have a ton of content and touch upon almost all technology verticals. – Michael Hsu, Faraday Future