Office by Alex Penny
My name is Bill, I am a recent graduate in Information Sciences and Technology from Penn State University and this is a place for me to post or give my 2 cents on the fascinating world of technology. I am now working for a pretty big technology related company whose name I will leave out just to avoid any possible complications, however far-fetched them happening may be. Music gets included from time to time as well.
Cloud apps are beside Cloud memory an extremely useful kind of ons-line service. Some the following ten apps are suitable thereby not only for developers and designers, but also for Otto normal surfers.
The colleagues of DesignModo placed recently ten Cloud apps together, which might particularly…
Didn’t look into all these apps but I think there is real potential here from an enterprise standpoint.
fyeahcomputersciencemajorpenguin:
alcohol poisoning anybody?
Kind of wish I had found this during my first 2 years of college, even though I would’ve died of alcohol poisoning or gotten kicked out for following that last rule.
(Source: x16, via theitproblems)
In the past PG (Pre-Google), people on dates could get away with outrageous fibs (“Yes, I really am a medical professor who will shortly be announcing a cure for cancer. Oh and did I tell you that I have four degrees, am a former US Navy pilot, I drive a Mercedes Benz and I have adopted 5 kids?”)….
The Institute for the Future released a report on future work skills that will be needed by 2020. They are:
- Sense-making.
- Social intelligence.
- Novel and adaptive thinking.
- Cross-cultural competency.
- Computational thinking.
- New-media literacy.
- Transdisciplinarity.
- Design mind-set.
- Cognitive load management.
- Virtual collaboration.
(Gigaom gives a quick breakdown)
The graphic below from that report highlights areas of focus:
(via futuramb)
This is one of the most insane attempts by the media industry to hold onto antiquated models. All intellectual property laws were created for the purpose of promoting innovation and fairness, not to allow monopolies to hold us hostage rather than work on creative solutions.
(Source: squealwithjoy, via theitproblems)
Nothing to do with any topic meant for this blog, but I’m just too psyched not to reblog this! Also to add a layer of irony, I am currently living in Southern California temporarily. Never in my wildest dreams could I have guessed this year that the Stanley Cup finals would be NJ vs. LA!
(Source: fromtheblueline, via fuckyeahzacharyjustinparise)
On the large scale this seems like a good idea. I don’t know how many sites will be willing to insert code that could possibly change the entire appearance of their site. You never know when you’re going to disagree with this group on something, there should really be a democratic process on deciding when to “turn on the signal” or at least give the site owner the option to choose support or not before it shows up. Since it’s unlikely any big corporations would join in on anything that could be as potentially risky as this I can’t see it really reaching the largely apathetic masses.
CISPA Update of the Day: CISPA, the Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act that passed the House in April, likely is headed for a Senate vote in early June.
To drum up opposition to the legislation, which would create “a ‘cybersecurity’ exemption to all existing laws,” Fight for the Future, Democrats.com, The Liberty Coalition, and the Entertainment Consumers Association have created a new website called Privacy Is Awesome. The site outlines the top five ways to help defeat CISPA:
- Call your senators and tell them to oppose the Lieberman-Collins bill (CISPA), and ask for a constituent meeting during the Memorial Day recess to help change their mind.
- Email senators offices about CISPA, expressing your opposition.
- Keep calling senators until they plan a constituent meeting.
- Donate to anti-CISPA organizers — the same teams that helped defeat SOPA/PIPA.
- Share your opposition online — Facebook, Twitter, etc.
Meanwhile, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is spearheading opposition to the legislation, concluding a recent Senate floor speech with:
I believe these bills will encourage the development of a cyber security industry that profits from fear and whose currency is Americans private data. These bills create a Cyber Industrial Complex that has an interest in preserving the problem to which it is the solution.
Watch the full video here. It’s terrific.
