LIS3353 - Technologies for Information Professionals

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About the Class is probably more useful to you than the Official Syllabus - but you should check out both.

Week 4 - History of Operating Systems

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


https://www.cio.com/article/242299/history-of-apple-and-microsoft-4-decades-of-peaks-and-valleys.html

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

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3088755/windows/a-lawsuit-over-an-unwanted-windows-10-upgrade-just-cost-microsoft-10000.html
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/



Week 3 - Math and Instructions

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

./3353-binary.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

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 and Virtualization

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/how-tech-firms-are-resisting-the-right-to-repair/2023/01/19/759b0da0-97f6-11ed-a173-61e055ec24ef_story.html
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2020375/the-ai-boom-could-create-a-new-gpu-shortage.html
https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/2023-01-10/john-deere-vows-to-open-up-its-tractor-tech-but-right-to-repair-backers-have-doubts

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


—
https://opensource.com/resources/virtualization
https://www.weave.works/blog/a-practical-guide-to-choosing-between-docker-containers-and-vms (you can stop before the "weave" thing)


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