Become Tech Savvy by Taking Charge of Your Digital Skills

Learn to navigate the digital world with these helpful tips

Co-authored by Luigi Oppido

Last Updated: September 8, 2024

Looking for ways to improve your computer skills? Becoming tech-savvy is not an impossible task, but it requires time and energy to master the basics—consider this tutorial the steps on the path to technical mastery.

Things You Should Know

Learn how to use Google to find answers to your questions.
Go to your local library or search online to learn more about computers.
Teach yourself a breadth of skills, such as learning how to program or how to use a digital camera.

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Google is your friend. If you have a question about something or need to research a certain topic, search using Google.
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Info can be in e-books, on websites, or even in books. You can find it at your local library. As it says in the last tip, use Google to find them. Also, you might want to use the Usenet to find info about computers.

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For example, you may never need or want to pick up a digital camera or be able to answer questions about it but it is worth your while to get an understanding of what a digital camera is because it increases your know-how . Everything you learn will come in handy at some point in your life.
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What is something technology-related that interests you and that you enjoy? Say it's blogging using WordPress. Research the topic and get to know how to use things first hand.
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Learning how to deal with viruses , spyware , and malware is an important aspect of tech savviness. Some great antivirus programs are Avast, Malwarebytes, Spybot, AVG, and Spyhunter.
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Programming is one of the most important skills in technology. Some programming languages are Python (recommended for beginners), C, C++, C#, Java, and PHP. You can learn some programming at websites all over the web. If you want to start programming, try HTML. There are some very nice tutorials at http://www.w3schools.com/
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The Unix family of operating systems is very common with some of the most tech-savvy people in the world. This family of operating systems is free and you are free to view the source code used in them. In this family of operating systems, there are also better programming tools and better technical tools than what you can find on Windows.
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this way, you can get face-to-face knowledge or a wonderful jump-start putting you in the right way.

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Use technology to make your life easier. "Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings. The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don't really even notice it, so it's part of everyday life."

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Luigi Oppido
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Luigi Oppido is the Owner and Operator of Pleasure Point Computers in Santa Cruz, California. Luigi has over 25 years of experience in general computer repair, data recovery, virus removal, and upgrades. He is also the host of the Computer Man Show! broadcasted on KSQD covering central California for over two years.

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There are so many great videos and resources on YouTube nowadays! It's an easy place to get to—everyone knows what YouTube is and how it works—, so that would be my recommendation. It's free and there are hundreds of thousands of videos on computers and the way they function.

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