Computer: In Our Time

Bad Alignment

Tyrus Manuel — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:04:19 GMT

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.

The Marketplace of Ideas: Part 4

Tyrus Manuel — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:44:47 GMT

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.

The Marketplace of Ideas: Part 3

Tyrus Manuel — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:35:15 GMT

The Marketplace of Ideas: Part 2

Tyrus Manuel — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:43:57 GMT

The Marketplace of Ideas

Tyrus Manuel — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:12:18 GMT

Data of the Night: Part 4

Tyrus Manuel — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:10:13 GMT

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.

Data of the Night: Part 3

Tyrus Manuel — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:18:14 GMT

Data of the Night: Part 2

Tyrus Manuel — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:59:51 GMT

Data of the Night

Tyrus Manuel — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:26:33 GMT

Welcome to the Family: Part 4

Tyrus Manuel — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:55:10 GMT

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

Welcome to the Family: Part 3

Tyrus Manuel — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:31:07 GMT

Part Three of Welcome to the Family by David Alan Grier

Welcome to the Family: Part 2

Tyrus Manuel — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:23:27 GMT

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

Welcome to the Family

Tyrus Manuel — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:32:39 GMT

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

The Character of Play: Part 4

Tyrus Manuel — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:03:54 GMT

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.

The Character of Play: Part 3

Tyrus Manuel — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:15:38 GMT

The Character of Play: Part 2

Tyrus Manuel — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:54:43 GMT

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.

The Character of Play

Tyrus Manuel — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:15:45 GMT

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

Marking the Fall of Sparrows

Tyrus Manuel — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:50:39 GMT

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 Dictator and the Web Design

Tyrus Manuel — Tue, 19 May 2009 23:24:20 GMT

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.

Top of the News

Tyrus Manuel — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:19:51 GMT

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