Staying Tech Relevant

How to read so that technology (aka life) doesn't eat you up and spit you out. Presented at the Boulder Girl Geek Dinners Meetup in July 2013.

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1. STAYING TECH RELEVANT Jenny Slade
2. THIS IS HOW WE ROLL 10 Trends to Watch Why Do We Care About Tech Relevance? How to Stay Tech Relevant References
3. LET’S ROLL: 10 TRENDS TO WATCH
4. 1: ACQUISITIVE LEARNING
5. 2: MICROPROCESSORS arduino raspberry pi wearable computing
6. 3: MOBILE
7. 4: DATA SCIENCE
8. 5: LANGUAGES
9. 6: USER FOCUS
10. 7: COGNITIVE SURPLUS
11. 8: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
12. 9: QUANTIFIED SELF
13. 10: THE CLOUD
14. WHY DO WE CARE @ RELEVANCE? Recognize trends (from fads) See opportunities Avoid obsolescence Talk the talk Avoid surprises Hone your cred
15. TWO CAUTIONARY TALES
16. HOW TO STAY TECH RELEVANT ¨  Read mainstream media ¨  Read tech media ¨  Hit developer forums ¨  Read blogs you respect ¨  Follow thought leaders ¨  Ask smart people ¨  <3 social media
17. HOW TO THUMB THE PULSE ¨  Read + listen daily ¨  Connect the dots ¨  Blog it ¨  (Reverse) mentor
18. TWO INSPIRING TALES
19. LET’S TAWLK.
20. REFERENCES Mainstream media sources: NY Times, WSJ, Washington Post, Bloomberg, NPR, The Atlantic, New Republic Tech media sources: Mashable, TechCrunch, BetaBeat, Gizmodo, ZDNet, Fast Company Developer/tech forums: Stack Overflow, Slashdot, Hacker News, Quora Blogs I read: Read Write Web, Signal vs. Noise, Boing Boing, 3 Quarks Daily, Lifehacker, Kottke.org Thought-leaders I follow: Anil Dash, Wendy Lea, Ben Casnocha, Annie Murphy Paul, Fred Wilson, Tina Roth Eisenberg, Seth Godin, Vivek Wadhwa, Penelope Trunk Tools I use: Flipboard, Feedly, Google Alerts, Tumblr Resources for Women in tech: NCWIT, Anita Borg Institute, Tech Lady Mafia, #ChangetheRatio, Female software engineer tumblr, Women 2.0, Geek Feminism Wiki, Ada Initiative Find me at jslade@gmail.com @cauloccoli