Some CIOs, born geeks, don't have this problem, but others, from less technical backgrounds, from time to time find themselves lacking in "street cred" when they get out and mingle with the techs in their employ. For those of you who have been having difficulty discussing the multi-threading aspects of Google Chrome over Twitter on your iPhones, Baseline Magazine has you covered with "Face Saving Tools For Managers."

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