LIS3353 - Technologies for Information Professionals
Welcome to the Course!
The first front page - in Canvas - is the primary source of material for this course; everything you need for the course will be available here. Many links go through http://jrm4.com (including a mirror of this page for backup and emergency purposes); feel free to browse that as well. Links to all tools and readings will be available from the front page.
The official method for contacting me is in person during class, or via email, at jmarks@fsu.edu . Please never use Canvas Conversations with me (the messaging tool in Canvas).
This is presently a Flex class, meaning that while I will always be in the classroom in person - you are presently permitted to attend in person or online. These will be administered in Blackboard Collaborate (not Zoom). here is the link: https://us.bbcollab.com/guest/c7cf22153a6940e78e5aa1a983a30f2b
Finally, this class does have a group work component, involving discussions as well as a group project. I have found Discord to be an excellent tool for this, and I do have a (so-called) FSU server for this purpose. You may join here, please follow the instructions once you get in. Discord also makes for a convenient backup solution to Collaborate, which sometimes fails. If you'd like to join, go here and follow the instructions about letting me know which class you're in. https://discord.gg/jm7Xpgjb (continually updated) — Note, Discord will *never* be mandatory.
No textbooks are required, and nothing is due for the first class.
Note: this is typically a fully in-person class, and naturally, the pandemic has and will force us to make adjustments — and I am presently unsure as to the preferences, needs, and wishes of class participants. Please be honest and candid, as well as patient with your fellow classmates, about your needs, preferences and wishes, especially in the first few sessions — so that we may best be able to conduct class.
Deliverable Assignment 1 - In Class Website/Search Exercise
Deliverable Assignment 2 - Introduction to the Linux Command Line - +Assignment 2
Team Assignments — in CANVAS only, since they are private. Click Pages and you will see links to both teams' listings.
Linux Install Videos
Using Linux
UNIT II
Week 15 - Wrapping up:
https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/09/a-decentralized-web-would-give-power-back-to-the-people-online/
https://qz.com/797778/silicon-valley-thinks-its-the-heir-to-1960s-counterculture-but-theres-no-revolution-here/
On "Innovation"
https://startuptown.wordpress.com/2014/11/07/innovation-is-based-on-government-policy/
http://www.citylab.com/design/2016/04/how-maintainers-not-innovators-make-the-world-turn/477468/
http://www.businessinsider.com/screen-time-limits-bill-gates-steve-jobs-red-flag-2017-10?r=UK&IR=T
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42030109
http://freedomboxfoundation.org/
And, not mandatory, but a good start:
Probably start here and rewind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJCczbSF-B8#t=28m26s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SKpRbvnx6g
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and then:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx1s7Mo3sac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khO76Mpo9dg
Week 14 - Privacy
./2022- LIS3353-PrivacyFULL.pdf
Week 13 - Social Media
./2022 - LIS3353-Social Media.pdf
Social Media Is a Denial-of-Service Attack on Your Mind
Death of the private self: how fifteen years of Facebook changed the human condition | Facebook | The Guardian
Taibbi on Facebook: Can We Be Saved From the Social Media Giant? - Rolling Stone
As Buyers Circle, Could Twitter Be Better Off As A Nonprofit? : All Tech Considered : NPR
Facebook fake-news writer - I think Donald Trump is in the White House because of me
Battling coronavirus misinformation in the age of social media | Coronavirus | The Guardian
For Rogue Twitter, You Need Burner Phone, Anonymous Email
Why RSS Still Beats Facebook and Twitter for Tracking News
RSS Is Better Than Twitter
https://techxplore.com/news/2021-11-facebook-dystopian-whistleblower-leaks-experts.html
https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/29/22752850/mastodon-trump-truth-social-network-open-source-gab-legal-notice
https://www.wired.com/story/tim-wu-explains-why-facebook-broken-up/
Week 12 - Social Surplus
./2022 LIS3353 Social-surplus.pdf
NEW
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/mar/19/tiktok-ukraine-russia-war-disinformation
http://www.benkler.org/Benkler_Wealth_Of_Networks_Chapter_1.pdf
https://biznology.com/2018/01/online-communities-best-thing-internet-not-worst/
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/technology/how-the-internet-is-saving-culture-not-killing-it.html
https://www.wired.com/story/why-teens-arent-partying-anymore/
Playing with toys while people are dying?
https://medium.com/@mode7games/playing-with-toys-while-people-are-dying-f8ed35ef8b25
Social Surplus
http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/06/clay-shirkys-cognitive-surplus-is-creating-and-sharing-always-a-more-moral-choice-than-consuming/
Flashmobs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_mob
http://www.smartmobs.com/2006/10/03/ice-cream-politics-flash-mob-in-belarus/
http://emoglen.law.columbia.edu/twiki/bin/view/CompPrivConst/HereComesEverybody (read only the Chapter 7:Faster and Faster bit)
4chan
http://hplusmagazine.com/2009/12/08/lost-filth-simulacrum/
https://medium.com/@DaleBeran/4chan-the-skeleton-key-to-the-rise-of-trump-624e7cb798cb
Networked Production
https://www.wired.com/2017/02/craigslist-is-ugly-janky-old-schooland-unbeatable/
https://www.opendemocracy.net/media-copyrightlaw/benkler_3487.jsp
"Slacktivism"
http://www.meta-activism.org/2013/03/its-not-slacktivism-if-it-changes-culture/
Week 11 - Anonymity
./2022- LIS3353-anonymity.pdf
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.theverge.com/2015/7/30/9072257/facebook-real-name-policy-germany
Voting:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2012/11/06/estonians-get-to-vote-online-why-cant-america/
http://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/internet/online-voting-isnt-as-flawed-as-you-thinkjust-ask-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/
HOW TO
https://www.troyhunt.com/going-dark-online-privacy-and-anonymity-for-normal-people/
https://theintercept.com/2017/02/20/how-to-run-a-rogue-government-twitter-account-with-an-anonymous-email-address-and-a-burner-phone/
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/oct/24/obfuscation-users-guide-for-privacy-and-protest-online-surveillance
Week 10 - Freely Available Information
./LIS-3353-FreelyAvailableInfo-NEW.pdf
NOTE - I'm making available far more readings than I'd expect any one to do; but a lot of these are interesting and may spark a good conversation:
The basics:
https://www.gameacademy.com/the-four-types-of-intellectual-property-protection/
Intellectual? Property?
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html
http://www.dklevine.com/general/intellectual/coffee.htm
TRADEMARK
http://www.adobe.com/misc/trade.html#section-4
PATENT
Skim: http://www.uspto.gov/patents/resources/general_info_concerning_patents.jsp
http://goo.gl/qFVt
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/01/resurrecting-the-supreme-courts-software-patent-ban-not-ready.ars
COPYRIGHT
http://emoglen.law.columbia.edu/my_pubs/anarchism.html
and compare and contrast with
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6529387.html
Browse : http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter9/index.html
(Take special note of the "fifth" fair use factor)
http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/10/07/fair-use-decided-who-has-most-money
TODAYS TOPICS
https://www.wired.com/2016/04/stealing-publicly-funded-research-isnt-stealing/
https://gizmodo.com/the-eu-suppressed-a-300-page-study-that-found-piracy-do-1818629537
https://theconversation.com/the-internet-of-things-is-sending-us-back-to-the-middle-ages-81435
http://computationalculture.net/article/book-piracy-as-peer-preservation
https://techcrunch.com/2011/01/15/lets-compete-on-innovation/
http://www.salon.com/2012/09/19/an_art_history_book_minus_the_art/
http://www.lessig.org/2008/10/a-lesson-in-the-failures-of-fa/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/04/fair-use-prevails-as-supreme-court-rejects-google-books-copyright-case/
CREATOR RIGHTS?
https://harpers.org/archive/2007/02/the-ecstasy-of-influence/
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2003/06/harry_potter_and_the_international_order_of_copyright.html
MUSIC
The beginning of the end: http://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2009/biz-markie-gets-the-copyright-smackdown/
LIBRARIANSHIP?
https://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2010/01/offline-book-lending-costs-us.html
https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2016/05/31/why-sci-hub-matters/
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/04/whos-downloading-pirated-papers-everyone
MOVIES
http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/439759688/you-a-big-fan-of-aggressive-ip-enforcement-like
PATENT
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/06/federal-circuit-hits-stupid-patent-owner-fee-award
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/08/intellectual-property?fsrc=rss
wow, I'm linking to cracked:
http://www.cracked.com/pictofacts-687-12-inventions-created-by-different-people-at-same-time/
Alternate Modes
COMPULSORY LICENSING?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_licensing
https://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/music-copyright-compulsory-cover-license.html
Orphan Works
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphan_work
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2008/10/orphan-works-copyright-reform-fails-in-wake-of-bailout-bid/
Piracy?
https://gizmodo.com/the-eu-suppressed-a-300-page-study-that-found-piracy-do-1818629537
GNU GPL
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt
https://opensource.com/article/17/9/open-source-licensing
https://qz.com/981029/a-federal-court-has-ruled-that-an-open-source-license-is-an-enforceable-contract/
https://library.osu.edu/blogs/copyright/2015/07/29/copyright-as-an-instrument-for-censorship/
UNIT I
Week 9 - Algorithms, Milkshakes, Invisible Cash, and Expensive Monkey JPEGS
https://jrm4.com/slides/Mo-Milkshakes.html
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/How_bitcoin_works
http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/21/cryptocurrency-explainer/
https://jrm4.com/Journal/2021/06/16/Why_Cryptocurrency_is_Here_to_Stay.html
https://www.cynicusrex.com/file/cryptocultscience.html
https://bravenewcoin.com/insights/how-to-identify-a-crypto-pump-and-dump-scheme
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2016/04/17/why-many-smart-contract-use-cases-are-simply-impossible/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjbwj5/what-are-nft-explainer-meaning-crypto
https://nftgamef.com/nft-problems/
The following is 100% ONLY MY PERSONAL OPINION and should not be relied upon as legal or financial advice.
https://jrm4.com/Journal/2022/01/04/On_Hex,_Pulsechain,_and_PulseX,_the_crypto_things_Im_into.html
Week 8 - Algorithms and Milkshakes
https://jrm4.com/slides/LIS-3353_-_Algorithms_and_Milkshakes.html
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
A little more on SSL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_key_certificate
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6088583/which-symmetric-key-algorithm-does-ssl-use
Summary of NIST's Rules — surprised?
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/08/18/nists-new-password-rules-what-you-need-to-know/
https://www.govtech.com/security/Widely-Used-Password-Advice-Turns-Out-to-Be-Wrong-NIST-Says.html
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/
Week 7 - The Internet
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
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://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
P2P
https://ipfs.io/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent
Week 6 - Linux and the Command Line
https://jrm4.com/slides/Linux_And_the_Command_Line_-_Raw_Slides.html
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/
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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/
Week 5 - History
https://jrm4.com/slides/LIS-3353_-_Software.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
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/
Week 4 - Hardware
https://jrm4.com/slides/LIS-3353_-_Hardware.html
BREAKING NEWS:
https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/330906-biden-formally-backs-right-to-repair-movement
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
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58230388
https://www.pcmag.com/news/inside-the-gpu-shortage-why-you-still-cant-buy-a-graphics-card
Week 1/2/3 Readings
SLIDES: https://jrm4.com/slides/LIS-3353_-_Computers_and_Thinking.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#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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