CGS 2060 Notes TIA 09 23 2012 Social Networking the gathering together of groups of people using online tools to connect and exchange ideas In Egypt Social Networking led to an opportunity to recast the future of the country for Wael Ghonim Crisis mapping tool collects information from e mails text messages blog posts ad Twitter tweets and maps making the information instantly publicly available SwiftRiver addresses what is read FIRST It pulls relevant information from all this data by filtering to rate the submitters and quality of the information to generate a measurement of the probability the information is accurate Human Rights o Jamais Cascio writer and futurist discusses how smart phones can work to create a better world o The Witness project stops human rights abuses throughout this o What if all cell phones distributed were equipped with integrated world See it Film it Change it The Environment atmospheric sensors The Digital Divide o Accessible Technology Digital Divide the gap for the difference in ease of access D D prevents us from using all the minds on the planet to to technology solve problems The Next Einstein Initiative NEI a strategic plan to focus resources on the young talented mathematical minds of Africa High Low Tech MIT Media Lab has a research group dedicated to integrating high and low tech materials and processes into other cultures Technology and Our Society What We Think About What We Think About o Creative Surplus 21st century has seen a dramatic shift describing the ability of the world s populace to volunteer and collaborate on large projects o The world s population has an estimated 1 trillion hours a year o Autonomy the freedom to work without constant direction of free time and control o Mastery the feeling of confidence and excitement from seeing your own skills progress o Purpose the understanding that you are working for something larger than yourself o These 3 play into how we are fundamentally wired and produce incredibly motivated behavior How we Think of Each Other o People form into groups based not on their age or income but on their common interested How we Connect Connecting Through Music Connecting in New Ways How We Consume Marketing o QR Codes quick response lets any piece of print in the real world host a live link to online information and video content o Widely used in retail o Crowdsourcing checking in with the voice of the crowd Access Versus Ownership o Shift of information to a digital form allows us to change our o Swap com supports ppl so they can trade video games etc relationship to objects online o Collaborative consumption implies that we are joining together as a group to use a specific product more efficiently Technology and Your Life Boost Your Productivity o Computer Literate being familiar enough with computers that you understand their capabilities and limitations and use them efficiently Be a Savvy Computer User o Avoiding hackers and viruses o Protecting your privacy o Understanding the real risks o Using the Internet and the Web wisely o Avoiding online annoyances o Being able to maintain upgrade and troubleshoot your computer o Video Game Design A Long Way from Pac Man Revenue from video game sales is than movie industry sales Offshored being sent to other countries o Education Teaching and Learning Multimedia guides o Law Enforcement Put Down That Mouse You re under arrest Computer Forensics analyzes computer systems with specific techniques to gather potential legal evidence o Medicine The Chip Within Provide technological solutions to physical problems and to provide a means for positively identifying individuals Biology and technology are fusing U mu chip worries people because it could be ingested without knowing o Science Simulating Reality Supercomputers o Psychology You Should Smile Now Affective Computing computing that relates to emotion or deliberately tries to influence emotion Emotional social prosthesis ESP device targeted at helping people who have autism by isolating movements and facial expressions and communicates back to user Autistic people can have high intelligence but don t easily sense nonverbal cues such as facial expressions and tone of voice CGS 2060 Notes TIA 09 23 2012 The First Personal Computer The Altair Not appealing to the vast majority of Americans at the time 1975 This changed in 1975 when Altair 8800 the first personal computer was announced Price was 395 for DIY kit or 498 for a fully assembled unit this was a reasonable prince for computer fanatics Altair was a primitive computer with 256 bytes of memory no keyboard or monitor printer Was not user friendly Start of Microsoft came from Altair Steve Wozniak HP employee was becoming fascinated with the PC The Apple I and II industry Steve Jobs liked Wozniak s prototypes and made suggestions The two men built a personal computer Apple I in Wozniak s garage April 1 1976 Jobs and Wozniak formed Apple Computer Company 1977 Apple II was born including a color monitor sound and game paddles ROM Special appeal to Apple II The program that made the comp function when the power was first turned on was stored in read only memory Outshined it s successor Apple III released in 1980 including a spreadsheet program word processor and desktop publishing software Enter the Competition o The Commodore PET and TRS 80 Apple s strongest competitors The Osborne o First portable computer April 1981 o The Executive successor machine reduced sales of the Osborne significantly and the company closed eventually o Compaq bought the Osborne design IBM PCs o August 1981 first personal computer named IBM PC Other Important Advancements The Importance of BASIC o Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code BASIC revolutionized the software industry o Led to the creation of Microsoft company that produced software for the microcomputer The Advent of Operating Systems o Programs were not saved they were rewritten as needed o Disk II created by Wozniak in July 1978 programs could be saved with more efficiency and operating systems developed o Disk Operating System DOS OS that controlled the first Apple computers o Control Program for Microcomputers CP M first OS designed for the Intel 8080 chip o Quick and Dirty Operating System developed by Seattle Computer Products The Software Application Explosion VisiCalc and Beyond o VisiCalc one of the main reasons for the rapid increase in PC sales spreadsheet program that could be used on PCs o After VisiCalc
View Full Document
Unlocking...