Articles on Techies and Non-Techies getting along with each other

Posted on April 20, 2006
Filed Under Presentations, Tech Training |

I’m getting ready for my webcast with OPAL this Friday… it’s part of their Continuing Education Seminar Series, held the 3rd Friday of the month at 10am - check out the full listing of seminars.

Anyway… here’s a list of links to some great articles on different aspects of techies and non-techies getting along:

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6 Responses to “Articles on Techies and Non-Techies getting along with each other”

  1. jessamyn on May 29th, 2006 11:50 am

    hey this is great. I have been looking for lists of good links to give to people discussing the tech/non-tech divide. I found some getting started links on this page also

    http://www.llrx.com/features/bozzell.htm

  2. Life as I Know It » Blog Archive » Techies vs. Non-Techies in and around the Library on May 31st, 2006 10:00 am

    [...] A post at LibrarianInBlack today, pointed me to a blog article by David Lee King discussing communication issues between Techies and Non-Techies. This is a subject that I grapple with on a daily basis. As such, I was incredibly interested in reading through all of the different articles and posts - and spent quite a bit of time doing so. One of my favorites was a link to an article entitled How to help someone use a computer by Phil Agre. This article has some great tips about helping people use computers that I think all techies should review often in order to maintain a good relationship with users. Being a techie (and a user) can be difficult - and there is a definite divide between those who understand computers and technology and those who do not. As the primary means of technical support for staff in my library, I am often painfully aware of this technological divide. I have worked hard - very hard to try and bridge that divide. [...]

  3. Fiona on June 7th, 2006 8:51 pm

    These are fabulous. As a geek who started off as a librarian, headed into the world of IT for many years and has just wandered back into libraries (gladly), I can relate to a lot of them.

    The top article, in particular (How to help someone use a computer ), I can’t recommend highly enough. Its principles will help anyone trying to set up a training session on something as basic as “How to search the web using Google”, let alone anything more technical.

    Good stuff.

  4. Techies and Non-Techies » eJabs on February 5th, 2007 12:29 pm

    [...] Lee King has compiled (there I go again), or gathered if you will, a list of helpful links on the [...]

  5. Communicatie tussen techneuten en niet-techneuten at Moqub’s bibliotheek van dingen on March 10th, 2007 12:37 pm

    [...] info: David Lee King Via: Librarian in [...]

  6. The OPLIN 4cast » Blog Archive » OPLIN 4cast #6 on December 12th, 2007 10:52 am

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