LIS3353 - Technologies for Information Professionals
Here is the +Official Syllabus - but About the Class is probably more useful to you.
+Calendar
See you in class!
+Intro Assignment 1
On your radar: Get Linux Installed.
Introductory Virtualbox Video (for Windows, but valuable for all)
+Linux Install Guide
Week 15 - Languages and Such
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Hello,_World!%22_program
https://jrm4.com/slides/From_Zero_to_Programming.html
https://jrm4.com/slides/Languages_Et_Al.html
Week 14 - A&M II, weird internet money
WOW. I've never seen an article that so directly gets at what I'm going to be talking about, and this one just came up. Score one for algorithms? - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/02/outdated-and-misleading-is-it-time-to-reassess-the-very-concept-of-money?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/29/1145297807/crypto-crash-ftx-cryptocurrency-bitcoin
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://cointelegraph.com/news/memecoins-from-memes-to-multibillion-dollar-pumps-scams-and-rug-pulls
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
Week 13 - FAI part II
Review last weeks readings, especially "Copyright" and "Current"
Week 12 - Intellectual Property
aka Freely Available Information
https://jrm4.com/slides/LIS-3353_-_Freely_Available_Information.html
https://slate.com/technology/2023/01/streaming-libraries-dvds-blu-rays.html
https://www.vice.com/en/article/pa7jxb/archivists-are-trying-to-make-sure-a-pirate-bay-of-science-never-goes-down
https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2016/05/31/why-sci-hub-matters/
https://www.wired.com/2016/04/stealing-publicly-funded-research-isnt-stealing/http://computationalculture.net/article/book-piracy-as-peer-preservation
https://techcrunch.com/2011/01/15/lets-compete-on-innovation/
Piracy?
https://gizmodo.com/the-eu-suppressed-a-300-page-study-that-found-piracy-do-1818629537
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
TRADEMARK
GNU GPL
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt
https://opensource.com/article/17/9/open-source-licensing
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/28/23617624/pluto-tv-dmca-mpa-github-playlists
Week 10 - Social Media and Privacy
https://jrm4.com/FSU_Courses/LIS3353/2023-Fall%2015%20-%20LIS3353-Social%20Media.pdf
https://jrm4.com/FSU_Courses/LIS3353/2022-%20LIS3353-PrivacyFULL.pdf
Privacy, broadly
https://robindoherty.com/2016/01/06/nothing-to-hide.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/09/the-clouds-my-mom-cleaned-my-room-problem/245648/
https://www.philzimmermann.com/EN/essays/WhyIWrotePGP.html
https://jacquesmattheij.com/if-you-have-nothing-to-hide
Little Brother?
https://eyes.daylightingsociety.org/
https://defaultnamehere.tumblr.com/post/139351766005/graphing-when-your-facebook-friends-are-awake
https://www.forbes.com/sites/anishasircar/2024/11/21/bluesky-vs-x-can-the-decentralized-platform-dethrone-elon-musks-x-twitter/
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/tiktokers-speculate-meta-tiktok-ban/
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
Week 9 - Anonymity and Social Surplus
./LIS3353-anonymity-AND-social-surplus.pdf
In the news:
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
http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/4/4802512/nsa-failed-to-compromise-tor-network-but-exploited-browser-vulnerabilities
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)
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 8 - Linux and Final Projects
https://jrm4.com/slides/LIS-3353_-_Linux,_Text,_and_Power.html
Week 7 - Rewind: Algorithms, Compression and Thinking Machines
https://jrm4.com/FSU_Courses/LIS5362/Compression-to-Thinking.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://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-does-file-compression-work/
https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/image-compression
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-conversational-ais-like-chatgpt-work-ivan-voras/
https://weaviate.io/blog/how-ai-creates-art
Longer:
https://jalammar.github.io/illustrated-stable-diffusion/
https://futurism.com/singularity-explain-it-to-me-like-im-5-years-old
vs
https://aeon.co/essays/your-brain-does-not-process-information-and-it-is-not-a-computer
Week 6 - Algorithms and Milkshakes
https://jrm4.com/slides/Algorithms_and_Milkshakes.html
I'm putting this first, but ; read this LAST if you're unfamiliar. It is both the funniest and most insightlful real life thing on encryption I've ever seen, but it does require a LOT of base knowledge.
https://www.usenix.org/system/files/1401_08-12_mickens.pdf
Confirmed — https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/01/22/microsoft-gave-fbi-keys-to-unlock-bitlocker-encrypted-data/
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 5 - The Internet
https://jrm4.com/slides/TheInternet.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
P2P
https://ipfs.io/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent
Week 4 - History of OSs
https://jrm4.com/slides/LIS-3353_-_History_of_Operating_Systems_and_GUIS.html
https://www.fastcompany.com/91477114/steve-wozniak-woz-apple-the-tech-interactive-humanitarian-award
https://www.himthe.dev/blog/microsoft-to-linux
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
Week 3 - Hardware
https://jrm4.com/slides/LIS-3353_-_Hardware.html
IN THE NEWS
https://lifehacker.com/tech/ram-prices-going-up
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/
(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
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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