Re: Re: Techno-fuddyduddy getting anxious

[Nancy Allison <maker -at- verizon -dot- net>]

Thanks for the great links, Phil. I've bookmarked them.

I definitely need to do more reading, as Dossy nicely pointed out. 

I don't think volunteering for open source doc is in my immediate future, too overloaded with other obligations. I guess reading is the way to go, with the occasional webinar to help out. 

I'm happy to report that I do have a flip phone, devoted exclusively to the needs of my 83-year-old mother. My plan is for 25 minutes per month for $16.00 per month. That's how I roll ...

Thanks for all the great responses, everyone. 

--Nancy


On 01/16/12, Phil Snow Leopard<philstokes03 -at- googlemail -dot- com> wrote:

Nancy, if you want to pick up the skills (knowing how), then you need to get your hands on the technology. However, if you just want the knowledge (knowing that) you can pick up a lot reading tech blogs and forums. 

BBC Click (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/default.stm) is a good zero-background-experience starter place; read it for a couple of months and you'll slowly start to get a gist of what's going on in the non-fuddyduddy world. 

Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/) is for the more advanced, but if you're a good reader and a quick learner, it will get you up to speed on the cutting edge of stuff. 

I'd recommend reading both each day. Bit like learning a foreign language, at first it'll make no sense, but after a few months you'll be telling other people stuff they didn't know.... :-)


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