Fred’s MBA Mondays series has been really terrific and has inspired me to start a Tech Tuesdays series, which will launch next Tuesday. The subtitle for Tech Tuesdays could be: Everything you always wanted to know about computers but were afraid to ask. The series will essentially assume no prior knowledge of computers other than as an enduser. The goal for the series is to provide enough understanding to carry on a meaningful conversation with engineers without needing a translator (and without the engineers rolling their eyes). The first installment next week will be about distinguishing between five basic components of computer systems: processing, memory, storage, networking and input/output (and yes: storage and networking could be seen as subcategories of input/output, but I will be aiming for pragmatic over pedantic). If you have suggestions for topics to cover on Tech Tuesdays, please let me know.
