Technology

For a gadget geek, working in the modern world is like being a starving man with a prepaid gift card in a large suburban grocery store. Where to start? What will nourish, and what should be rationed as a treat? Experience as a carpenter helps contextualize technology as what it is: a storehouse of tools. For a task at hand, the question is whether the tool (and learning to use it) enables a net improvement. Longer-term, does the the tool have the capacity to expand what you can do? Otherwise, categorize it as a toy to play with in your spare time, perhaps to bring into service when your skills and needs change.

Tech selection

4) Can I start quickly with this tool and grow as I learn?

3) Do I have the ability to work this?

2) Is this tool easy and/or fun to use?

1) Will this tool help me accomplish my goals?

Content management Spreadsheets Custom solutions
Customer relationship management Interactive online tools Business automation
Project management Graphics programs Video & audio
RogerWilliamsCompass

Technology

For a gadget geek, working in the modern world is like being a starving man with a prepaid gift card in a large suburban grocery store. Where to start? What will nourish, and what should be rationed as a treat? Experience as a carpenter helps contextualize technology as what it is: a storehouse of tools. For a task at hand, the question is whether the tool (and learning to use it) enables a net improvement. Longer-term, does the the tool have the capacity to expand what you can do? Otherwise, categorize it as a toy to play with in your spare time, perhaps to bring into service when your skills and needs change.

RogerWilliamsCompass

Tech selection

4) Can I start quickly with this tool and grow as I learn?

3) Do I have the ability to work this?

2) Is this tool easy and/or fun to use?

1) Will this tool help me accomplish my goals?

 

Content management Graphics programs
Customer relationship management Custom solutions
Project management Business automation
Spreadsheets Video & audio
Interactive online tools