Resources for keeping up with emerging technologies, tech trends, and current technological events.

Technology News

• Gadgets & Reviews
  • C|NET
  • Engadget
  • Gizmodo
  • New Atlas
  • The Verge – Tech
  • Kickstarter Technology projects
• Tech News
  • TechCrunch
  • ZDNet
  • ArsTechnica
  • Slashdot
  • Hacker News on yCombinator.com
• Mainstream News
  • The Atlantic and its offshoot, Citylab
  • The Economist, especially their Technology Quarterly
  • The Huffington Post
  • The New York Times
  • The Wall Street Journal
  • The Washington Post
• Popular Media
  • Buzzfeed
  • Lifehacker
  • Mind/Shift, from KQED
  • Slate
  • NPR and local affiliates
  • Local & national television & radio station sites

Big Trends: Library-Focused Resources

• ALA Libraries Transform
  • Center for the Future of Libraries
  • Current Trends in the world & libraries
  • ALA TechSource – Tech Reports and Marshall Breeding’s newsletter
• Library conferences
  • ALA & ALA division conferences
  • Information Today (ITI) conferences
  • ASIS&T events (Association for Information Science & Technology)
  • Library vendor conferences – all major library vendors have annual conferences/gatherings for users of their products
  • Professional journals
• International, national, state, and local library organizations

Big Trends: Nonprofit or General Resources

• Nonprofit Technology Network (NTN)
• Chronicle of Higher Ed
• Pew Research Center, especially the Internet, Science & Tech
• The Institute for the Future, see their Featured Projects page
• Government agencies
  • US Department of Energy
  • US Department of Transportation, especially the Beyond Traffic 20145 initiative and final report
• International agencies
  • World Economic Forum, especially the Future of Jobs report

Big Trends: Technology Conferences

This is only a small sample – there are many, many more. Bolded conferences might be particularly useful.

• Industry Conventions
  • CES (formerly The Consumer Electronics Show)
  • Digital Entertainment World (DEW)
  • E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo
  • Game Developers Conference (GDC)
  • Mobile World Congress
  • Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC)
  • SXSW (South By Southwest), a cutting edge conference on technology, music, and film
  • TecHomeX, focusing on technology and building/construction
• Developer & Release Events
  • Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC)
  • Google I/O
  • Microsoft Ignite
• Technology Industry Conferences
  • Defcon (security)
  • Interop (general IT)
  • LISA (sysadmin)
  • NANOG (networks)
  • Velocity (systems engineering & web optimization)