When it comes to personal tech, speak soft skills and carry a big stick<article>
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Way back in the beforetime of the 1980s, when giant hairstyles roamed the Earth and “hacking” was still a synonym for “coughing,” I went to computer camp. And the most useful thing I learned was not that I could break the newly installed computer terminals at my local library by pulling up a command line and typing:</p><p>
<code>10 PRINT “I love rock and roll”</code></p><p>
<code>20 PRINT “so put another dime in the jukebox baby”</code></p><p>
<code>30 GOTO 10</code></p><p>
<code>40 END</code></p><p>
No—it was that the most useful factor in any technological development has nothing to do with product design, coding, or features. It’s all in using your brain to ask, “
Is this the best way I can use this technology? Is this really going to work out well for me in the long run?”</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2950223/web-social/when-it-comes-to-personal-tech-speak-soft-skills-and-carry-a-big-stick.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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When it comes to personal tech, speak soft skills and carry a big stick
