It's not done yet.
My flickr site.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
Comments on Week 3 Postings
Posted comments on leblancsatpittsburgh and Anthony Micchelli Information Technology Blog.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Week 2 Muddiest Point
I understand that outline for computer hardware we received in class pretty much covers all current computers, but when did that model come to be?
'Back then, those people were called "nerds" or "freaks"': Week 3 Readings
I really enjoyed the article about Linux. I already had a basic understanding about what Linux is, but I didn't really know the history of the development of Linux. The whole "Open Source" thing really jibes with my worldview. I've been meaning to give Linux a shot, but for whatever reason, I just can't seem to bring myself to partition my hard drive. I don't know why, but I stared at my Ubuntu disk for months and just couldn't install it!
I've been a Mac user my entire life, but I could not understand the 'What is Mac OS X?' article for the life of me. I guess maybe it is a good thing that I haven't installed that Ubuntu disk. I could do some real damage to this poor, crippled MacBook. I'll leave it to the '"nerds" or "freaks."' The story of OS X was pretty neat to read, though, because I remember reading about Copland and Rhapsody back in the day.
I've been a Mac user my entire life, but I could not understand the 'What is Mac OS X?' article for the life of me. I guess maybe it is a good thing that I haven't installed that Ubuntu disk. I could do some real damage to this poor, crippled MacBook. I'll leave it to the '"nerds" or "freaks."' The story of OS X was pretty neat to read, though, because I remember reading about Copland and Rhapsody back in the day.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Monday, September 1, 2008
Week 1 Reading
Information Format Trends: Content, Not Containers
An interesting thing about this article was the observation that, "[t]raditional information formats (e.g. printed books and serials) are not going away." While this is probably true, and books and printed materials will always retain some cultural value, I highly doubt that they will retain their cultural role as a key information source. For example, I fully expect newspapers, as we know them, to be all but completely transformed away from a printed media in my lifetime. On the other hand, I am not very familiar with POD, so it is possible that in the future, printed materials will continue to be significant, even if they are distributed differently.
Another trend worth watching as gas prices make travel more expensive, is the tendency of people to use online materials rather than going to the library. As it becomes more expensive to travel, this trend could accelerate.
Information Literacy and Information Technology Literacy: New Components in the Curriculum for a Digital Culture
The article touches on a significant failure on the part of our education system. The author, in discussing the need for formal instruction on information literacy, points out that what is really needed is an educational program that "encompass a rather broad view of the technology infrastructures that support our society, including computing, telecommunications, broadcasting, publishing, electrical power distribution, transportation and financial infrastructure and related areas." It's sad, but our education system does not put many resources toward teaching students how the world around them actually works.
Lied Library @ four years: technology never stands still.
Moving back to the containers versus content issue, it seems that Lied Library is specializing in neither acquiring content nor acquiring containers. Instead, the library is focusing on acquiring
the technology for accessing content. This seems like a very good solution to the issue of libraries' role in the internet age. As the Information Format Trends article points out, there is a growing trend of users choosing to do online searches rather than using the library. Libraries like Lied could serve as a gateway to better searches that yield more useful content to users.
An interesting thing about this article was the observation that, "[t]raditional information formats (e.g. printed books and serials) are not going away." While this is probably true, and books and printed materials will always retain some cultural value, I highly doubt that they will retain their cultural role as a key information source. For example, I fully expect newspapers, as we know them, to be all but completely transformed away from a printed media in my lifetime. On the other hand, I am not very familiar with POD, so it is possible that in the future, printed materials will continue to be significant, even if they are distributed differently.
Another trend worth watching as gas prices make travel more expensive, is the tendency of people to use online materials rather than going to the library. As it becomes more expensive to travel, this trend could accelerate.
Information Literacy and Information Technology Literacy: New Components in the Curriculum for a Digital Culture
The article touches on a significant failure on the part of our education system. The author, in discussing the need for formal instruction on information literacy, points out that what is really needed is an educational program that "encompass a rather broad view of the technology infrastructures that support our society, including computing, telecommunications, broadcasting, publishing, electrical power distribution, transportation and financial infrastructure and related areas." It's sad, but our education system does not put many resources toward teaching students how the world around them actually works.
Lied Library @ four years: technology never stands still.
Moving back to the containers versus content issue, it seems that Lied Library is specializing in neither acquiring content nor acquiring containers. Instead, the library is focusing on acquiring
the technology for accessing content. This seems like a very good solution to the issue of libraries' role in the internet age. As the Information Format Trends article points out, there is a growing trend of users choosing to do online searches rather than using the library. Libraries like Lied could serve as a gateway to better searches that yield more useful content to users.
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