LIS3353 - Technologies for Information Professionals

Here is the +Official Syllabus - but About the Class is probably more useful to you.

See you in class!

Week 6 - The Internet and Linux Continued

https://jrm4.com/slides/LIS-3353_-_The_Internet.html

The history:
http://www2.ed.gov/pubs/OR/ConsumerGuides/internet.html
http://sixrevisions.com/resources/the-history-of-the-internet-in-a-nutshell/

The barriers
https://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/08/28/15404/how-big-telecom-smothers-city-run-broadband

https://www.datafantic.com/how-much-time-do-we-waste-waiting-for-websites-to-load/

DIY? Mesh, et al
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37974267
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/how-a-diy-network-plans-to-subvert-time-warner-cables-nyc-internet-monopoly
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/08/man-who-built-isp-instead-of-paying-comcast-50k-expands-to-hundreds-of-homes/

The net; today:
https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/09/a-decentralized-web-would-give-power-back-to-the-people-online/
https://backchannel.com/the-end-of-the-internet-dream-ba060b17da61#.y01ca2r1d

Censorship?
https://web.archive.org/web/20220209053205/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/technology/8chan-cloudflare-el-paso.html

P2P
https://ipfs.io/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent

Week 5 - Linux and the Command Line

https://jrm4.com/slides/LIS-3353_-_Linux_and_Text_and_Power.html

https://www.linux.com/what-is-linux/
https://opensource.com/resources/linux

This week will be a bit different, we will focus on getting you a working version of Linux.

Linux Install Guide

Week 4 - History of Operating Systems

https://jrm4.com/slides/LIS-3353_-_History_of_Operating_Systems.html

Apple
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/rise-fall-rise-apple-history/

WOZ!
https://gotopia.tech/articles/210/fascinating-life-stories-about-Apple-from-Steve-Wozniak
https://www.thestreet.com/investing/apple-co-founder-steve-wozniak-says-steve-jobs-elon-musk-are-similar-except

Cultural Defeat of Microsoft
https://www.devever.net/~hl/windowsdefeat

https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/21/microsoft_national_security_risk/

https://thomasbandt.com/the-day-windows-died (LANGUAGE!)

Linux
https://web.archive.org/web/20210427033605/https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/linux-and-open-source/apple-steals-innovation-from-the-heart-of-the-linux-community/
http://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-and-open-source-have-won-get-over-it/

https://itsfoss.com/windows-10-inspired-linux/

http://www.naughtycomputer.uk/free_software_better_than_open_source.html

https://techtalk.gfi.com/do-operating-systems-matter-anymore/

Web as OS
https://tscreativ.substack.com/p/is-the-next-operating-system-the

Phones?
https://www.techradar.com/opinion/the-iphone-vs-android-battle-isnt-about-technology-its-about-us

https://www.aboutchromebooks.com/now-more-than-ever-chromeos-is-linux-with-googles-desktop-environment/

Week 3 - Software I - Math and Instructions

https://jrm4.com/slides/LIS-3353_Software_I_-_Big_Ideas_and_Math.html
https://jrm4.com/FSU_Courses/LIS3353/3353-binarynew.pdf

What is code?
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-paul-ford-what-is-code/

http://www.coding2learn.org/blog/2013/07/29/kids-cant-use-computers/

What programming is
http://siderea.livejournal.com/1241996.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20200901073754/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/10/18/why-we-still-need-to-study-the-humanities-in-a-stem-world/

Basic Binary
http://www.mathsisfun.com/binary-decimal-hexadecimal.html

(also this — brilliant!) - https://i.imgur.com/NQPrUsI.gifv

(and this, goofy! - https://looo.lol/

Basic Algorithms
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question717.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20140716042310/https://medium.com/@_marcos_otero/the-real-10-algorithms-that-dominate-our-world-e95fa9f16c04

https://www.wired.com/2016/06/deep-learning-isnt-dangerous-magic-genie-just-math/

https://www.mathsisfun.com/hexadecimal-decimal-colors.html

Week 2 - Hardware

https://jrm4.com/slides/LIS-3353_-_Hardware.html

IN THE NEWS

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/intel-details-everything-that-could-go-wrong-with-us-taking-a-10-stake/

https://gizmodo.com/tech-giants-are-scrambling-to-comply-with-emerging-right-to-repair-laws-2000492474

https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/nvidia-becomes-worlds-most-valuable-company-2024-06-18/

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/com-basics/hardware-guide/

Does Moore's Law Matter?
http://www.slashgear.com/is-moores-law-still-relevant-for-pcs-0780747/

IoT
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jacobmorgan/2014/05/13/simple-explanation-internet-things-that-anyone-can-understand/#4614fcdd1d09

(Warning, strong language ahead. But, it makes for perhaps the most frank and honest discussion I've seen on the topic)
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pgkdm7/when-the-internet-of-things-starts-to-feel-like-the-internet-of-shit

Does HARDWARE Matter?
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2494720/computer-hardware/preston-gralla--does-hardware-matter-anymore-.html

On Shenzhen
https://medium.com/wonk-bridge/shenzhen-the-tech-capital-of-the-world-7b1a0469c39f

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