LIS3353 - Technologies for Information Professionals
Welcome to the Course!
This website (and not Canvas) is the primary location for information on the course. Most of the course, and anything suitable for public viewing will be available here.
That being said, Canvas will be used for announcements and assignments, and discussions (i.e. anything that is private or semi-private.)
Note: Contacting me should only be done through regular email, at jmarks@fsu.edu (Messaging through Canvas will be ignored -- regular email is a better and safer tool for this purpose)
You don't need to do anything for the first day besides show up. The syllabus and calendar are below, and schedules and procedures will be discussed in class on the first day. See you then!
ASSIGNMENT I - Part I
Assignment II - The Terminal
Week 11 - Anonymity
In the news:
http://www.zdnet.com/article/congress-repeals-obama-internet-history-privacy-rules/
http://mashable.com/2017/03/31/isp-claim-wont-sell-browsing-history/#t0iFiYqefiqw
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/28/so_my_isp_can_now_sell_my_browsing_history_what_can_i_do/
Tor
http://lifehacker.com/what-is-tor-and-should-i-use-it-1527891029
https://blog.torproject.org/blog/what-tor-supporter-looks-laura-poitras
http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/4/4802512/nsa-failed-to-compromise-tor-network-but-exploited-browser-vulnerabilities
Anonymity?
http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2011/09/21/why-pseudonymity-is-such-an-important-concept-and-what-anybeat-is-doing-about-it/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/27/randi-zuckerberg-anonymity-online_n_910892.html
http://www.zdnet.com/article/eff-facebook-argue-over-real-name-policies/#!
http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/30/9072257/facebook-real-name-policy-germany
Voting:
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/11/videos-of-vote-fraud-pour-in-from-both-liberal-and-conservative-sources.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2012/11/06/estonians-get-to-vote-online-why-cant-america/
http://venturebeat.com/2015/02/21/watch-how-quick-it-is-to-vote-in-the-most-advanced-democracy-on-earth-estonia/
READING:
https://free.law/2015/09/17/the-right-to-read-anonymously/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Paquete_Semanal
http://www.wired.com/2015/03/north-korea/
Week 8 - Algorithms and Milkshakes
./08 - LIS3353 - Milkshakes I.pdf
this just in...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/15/encryption-lose-privacy-us-uk-australia-facebook
How Encryption Works
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/05/how-internet-encryption-works
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/encryption3.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_hash_function
Apple's Method
http://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2014/10/why-cant-apple-decrypt-your-iphone.html
Hashing for Verification
http://www.howtogeek.com/67241/htg-explains-what-are-md5-sha-1-hashes-and-how-do-i-check-them/
https://tiptopsecurity.com/what-is-cryptographic-hashing-md5-sha-and-more/
How Bitcoin Works
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/How_bitcoin_works
http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/21/cryptocurrency-explainer/
Week 7 - The Internet
./07- LIS3353-Internet-T1908.pdf
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
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
The net; today:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/14/dennis-cooper-google-censorship-dc-blog
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
Net Neutrality Today
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/12/ajit-pai-fcc-net-neutrality-open-internet
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/43a5kg/80-percent-net-neutrality-comments-bots-astroturfing
Week 6 - User Interfaces
READ THIS AGAIN. or for the first time if you didn't before.
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-paul-ford-what-is-code/
Browse for fun..
http://toastytech.com/guis/indexgem.html
Timelessness
https://www.imaginarycloud.com/blog/timeless-classic-ui-design/amp/
--
on UX
http://www.designyourway.net/blog/web-and-mobile-design/what-is-ux-design-and-why-its-important/
https://www.usability.gov/what-and-why/user-interface-design.html
See, e.g.
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/flat-design/
https://martechtoday.com/voice-user-interfaces-will-work-together-with-graphical-user-interfaces-217977
but...
THIS, again?
https://graydon2.dreamwidth.org/193447.html
http://www.loper-os.org/?p=69
dark patterns
http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/29/4640308/dark-patterns-inside-the-interfaces-designed-to-trick-you
Week 5 - Why Linux?
./05 LIS3353 - Lots of Linux (with command line info).pdf
The basics:
https://www.linux.com/what-is-linux/
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/getting-up-to-speed-with-the-linux-desktop-operating-system/
Continuation of an idea from last time:
https://zyst.io/is-microsoft-boiling-us-to-death
Read AT LEAST the first 4 sections (Intro, MGBs, Tanks and Batmobiles, BitFlinger, and GUIs) — the rest is optional, but pretty good:
http://project.cyberpunk.ru/lib/in_the_beginning_was_the_command_line/
--
https://graydon2.dreamwidth.org/193447.html
https://simplystatistics.org/2017/06/13/the-future-of-education-is-plain-text/
What you can do with very little:
https://opensource.com/life/16/6/linux-laptop-haitian-family
a little "language" in here, forgive me
http://web.archive.org/web/20101202135616/http://teddziuba.com/2010/10/taco-bell-programming.html
For the Practical ☺
https://adtmag.com/blogs/dev-watch/2016/07/bash-salaries.aspx
https://alexpetralia.com/posts/2017/6/26/learning-linux-bash-to-get-things-done
AND FINALLY:
https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/whats-our-next-fight
Dont have to read - but a good reference:
http://oliverelliott.org/article/computing/tut_unix/
— new material, on Politeness, "PC-Culture", etc in Tech and Linux?
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45664640
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/09/richard-stallman-leaves-mit-after-controversial-remarks-on-rape/
Week 4 - OSs and History
Apple
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/rise-fall-rise-apple-history/
Monopoly?
http://lowendmac.com/2008/rise-of-microsoft-monopoly/
Cultural Defeat of Microsoft
https://www.devever.net/~hl/windowsdefeat
https://backchannel.com/why-i-m-saying-goodbye-to-apple-google-and-microsoft-78af12071bd#.mg44d9omw
Linux
http://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/
Week 3 - Hardware
./02 LIS3353 - Hardware I-T1908.pdf
On Moore's Law
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/13/opinion/thomas-friedman-moores-law-turns-50.html?_r=0
Does Moore's Law Matter?
http://www.slashgear.com/is-moores-law-still-relevant-for-pcs-0780747/
(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
Week 2 - Software and Everything
./01 LIS3353 - Computers I - From Numbers to Thinking-T1908.pdf
What is code?
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-paul-ford-what-is-code/
What programming is
http://siderea.livejournal.com/1241996.html#cut%20id1
Basic Binary
http://www.mathsisfun.com/binary-decimal-hexadecimal.html
(also this — brilliant!) - https://i.imgur.com/NQPrUsI.gifv
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
AI
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/534871/our-fear-of-artificial-intelligence/
https://logicmag.io/01-interview-with-an-anonymous-data-scientist/
Turing Test?
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/programs-bots-that-also-passed-the-turing-test/
Facebooks war on free will (with an excellent bit in the middle on algorithms)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/19/facebooks-war-on-free-will
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