Potential customers will be interested in new technology only if it somehow makes their lives better--if it moves them toward a goal they hold for themselves, their family, their company.

Like many of the accomplishments of software engineering, connecting the grid to a virtual machine is a way of hiding information, of allowing programmers to focus on the task they want to complete and ignore details beyond that task.

Like many of the accomplishments of software engineering, connecting the grid to a virtual machine is a way of hiding information, of allowing programmers to focus on the task they want to complete and ignore details beyond that task.

Like many of the accomplishments of software engineering, connecting the grid to a virtual machine is a way of hiding information, of allowing programmers to focus on the task they want to complete and ignore details beyond that task.

Like many of the accomplishments of software engineering, connecting the grid to a virtual machine is a way of hiding information, of allowing programmers to focus on the task they want to complete and ignore details beyond that task.

Gunshot detection systems are a form of geographical information system, a technology that has expanded rapidly in the past two decades and has substantially altered how we deal with the physical landscape.

Gunshot detection systems are a form of geographical information system, a technology that has expanded rapidly in the past two decades and has substantially altered how we deal with the physical landscape.

Gunshot detection systems are a form of geographical information system, a technology that has expanded rapidly in the past two decades and has substantially altered how we deal with the physical landscape.

Gunshot detection systems are a form of geographical information system, a technology that has expanded rapidly in the past two decades and has substantially altered how we deal with the physical landscape.

Becoming a professional means joining the family, with all the rights, responsibilities, and discipline that come with membership.

Part Three of Welcome to the Family by David Alan Grier

Part Two of the Welcome to the Family podcast by David Alan Grier.

Becoming a professional means joining the family, with all the rights, responsibilities, and discipline that come with membership.

In computer science education, we tend to emphasize the knowledge that we need to impart to our students and the skills they need to develop, but we generally fail to talk about the emotional and cultural aspects of their growth.

In computer science education, we tend to emphasize the knowledge that we need to impart to our students and the skills they need to develop, but we generally fail to talk about the emotional and cultural aspects of their growth.

Host David Alan Grier shares with us the trials of the Computer Museum's staff as they work on getting an IBM 1401 back in working order. The challenges they faced despite the computer being less than 50 years old are a great example of how fast technology vanishes from our lives in this day and age.

In computer science education, we tend to emphasize the knowledge that we need to impart to our students and the skills they need to develop, but we generally fail to talk about the emotional and cultural aspects of their growth.

Original article link: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MC.2009.236

Electronic systems change the flow of work, the habits of thought, the way we perceive our activities. In the case of healthcare, such changes could easily produce a system that is radically different from the one we know.

The worlds of politics and web design intertwine and overlap much easier than you might expect. Anyone who has been part of a web (re)design committee, this podcast is a must listen.

Step by faltering step, the front page has been vanishing from the American news industry.