LIS3353 - Technologies for Information Professionals

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


See you in class!



+Intro Assignment 1


Week 4 - History of OSs


https://www.howtogeek.com/reasons-2026-could-finally-be-the-year-of-desktop-linux/


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 - Hardware


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


IN THE NEWS


https://lifehacker.com/tech/ram-prices-going-up


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





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



Week 2 - Intros

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




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


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




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