How to talk about technology.Currently our society faces a gap
that is rapidly becoming a chasm between those who understand
technology and those who do not. If a bridge is to be built
between the information "haves and have nots," it must be built
by those already in the know. Unfortunately, the skills needed
to inform others about technology are altogether different from
the skills needed to acquire that wealth of wisdom in the first
place. All too often those of us who are techno-literate forget
that explaining how to reconfigure To change the status of
something. an autoexec.bat file is not like giving someone
directions to the post office. Talking about technology becomes
even more of a problem when we try to make a technical
presentation before a group. Delivering a good presentation is
extremely difficult under the best of circumstances; when your
subject matter is technical, it becomes even more of a
challenge. Speaking versus writing about technology Written
communication is less likely to be misunde