Technology has continued to evolve, bringing with it, ease, accessibility and efficiency. Everyone is playing catch with the Jet age technology! It's either you're learning, retrogressing or stagnant.

The way we carried out specific tasks in the last ten years has seen remarkable changes too.

It's actually considered a sin to still use old methods while carrying some tasks today. Old methods are actually a drag, reducing efficiency and increasing the required time needed to complete tasks.

Time optimization is one of the driving factors of several scalable innovations. Technology today is about completing specific tasks in good time, nobody wants to spend the whole day busy with activities that can actually be completed in few hours. You just can't help wanting to maximize your time.

We have collated 5 tools you need to acquire sufficient knowledge of to be in tune with technology, putting you among the index of technology literates.

Google Docs: Creating word documents, presentation slides and excel spreadsheets doesn't have to be limited to Microsoft Office and other remarkable PC software. If you have a google account, you'll be very much familiar with Google drive which offers about 15gb of cloud storage space per account. Google Drive is well integrated with Google docs, which means all your files are automatically stored on Google Drive from Google Docs. With a good knowledge of Google Docs, you can also create forms for surveys, interviews or a question and answer session.

WordPress: WordPress is somewhat considered as the holy grail for bloggers. In actual fact, WordPress is a content management system built on PHP (a server-side programming language for the web), that abstracts the technicality needed in creating websites. WordPress allows a non-web developer to create beautiful websites and web apps that are fully responsive (can be used by both mobile and pc users).

If you're looking to DIY a website, then you should consider learning WordPress.  Alternatives are Joomla and Drupal.

Google Scholar: Working on your thesis, dissertation or final year project is an arduous experience as you may have to consult several journals, visit the several websites of publishers just to find the right materials. Google Scholar to the rescue! Google Scholar is a search engine on its own, niched for academic articles and case laws. As a researcher, it strips off the usual unneeded information that comes with every search we make on the conventional google. This is a huge plus that increases productivity.

Slack: The emergence and evolution of the internet have seen a change in the way teams working on a project communicate. Projects now aren't just about sitting in an office all day performing an array of tasks. Members of a team working on a project are now usually remotely located. Slack is a platform specifically built to connects remotely located teams with apps, services and resources they need to get their projects completed.

VideoScribe: You must have one time or the other watched whiteboard videos online (as adverts, books reviews and so on) with a hand scribing and illustrating through images to the viewers (audio-visuals). Whiteboard video is a great alternative to using slides for presentation and particularly efficient in telling short stories, creating adverts, reviews and is only limited by the user's creative prowess.

What are you waiting for? Stay caught up with the jet age!

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