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Friday, November 28, 2008
Muddiest Point-Dec. 2
I just read about the Total Information Awareness tracking system, according to the article funding for the project was eliminated in 2003. However did the developers ever test it on real (individual) information?
Friday, November 21, 2008
Muddiest Point for Nov. 25
In order to create a digital library for a small public library what would be the network requirements?
Reading Notes for Nov. 25
The articles for this weeks' reading were probably my faves because it discussed the current trends going on in libraries and the wider public, social software that impact how we learn and its broader effects on society.
The article on Using a Wiki by Charles Allan, basically describes how to use a wiki to manage a library instruction program. It seems that wikis are great for collaboration and for aggregating individual knowledge. It manages information and everyone (given access to the wiki) can edit the document. (Here it comes) BUT, the surrounding environment should be conducive to share information to produce an effective wiki. I say this because in some office environments, individuals are protective of their experience or knowledge.
Creating the academic library folksonomy by Xan Arch, describes social tagging and the use of social tagging in universities. Social tagging allows users to create bookmarks or tags for websites and save them on-line. When tags are created it can be a subject or key word created by the user, this is folksonomy--or taxonomy created by other people. UPenn is utilizing social tagging to bookmark quality websites and records the information in their on-line catalog to share the resource with other users.
About wikipedia & Jimmy Wales, it was interesting to learn about the neutral point of view espoused by Jimmy Wales and his league of volunteers regarding content in wikipedia. The social concept of cooperation gave me goosebumps. Also how 1/3 of the traffic and written articles are in english and the rest are in other languages. And books like Linked and The Wealth of Networks come in to mind regarding the strength of collaboration...
The article on Using a Wiki by Charles Allan, basically describes how to use a wiki to manage a library instruction program. It seems that wikis are great for collaboration and for aggregating individual knowledge. It manages information and everyone (given access to the wiki) can edit the document. (Here it comes) BUT, the surrounding environment should be conducive to share information to produce an effective wiki. I say this because in some office environments, individuals are protective of their experience or knowledge.
Creating the academic library folksonomy by Xan Arch, describes social tagging and the use of social tagging in universities. Social tagging allows users to create bookmarks or tags for websites and save them on-line. When tags are created it can be a subject or key word created by the user, this is folksonomy--or taxonomy created by other people. UPenn is utilizing social tagging to bookmark quality websites and records the information in their on-line catalog to share the resource with other users.
About wikipedia & Jimmy Wales, it was interesting to learn about the neutral point of view espoused by Jimmy Wales and his league of volunteers regarding content in wikipedia. The social concept of cooperation gave me goosebumps. Also how 1/3 of the traffic and written articles are in english and the rest are in other languages. And books like Linked and The Wealth of Networks come in to mind regarding the strength of collaboration...
Friday, November 14, 2008
Reading Notes for Week 11: Nov. 18
Digital Libraries by W. Mischo
As the title suggests the Digital Libraries article by W. Mischo listed the challenges and influential work in the field of digital libraries. It mentioned the history of federal funded support for the digital libraries initiative that began as early as 1993. It was surprising to learn that the total amount of funding was 68 million dollars, but big time government agencies like NASA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the FBI were involved in funding the project. The influential work of the University of Illinois was mentioned as it provided the ability of viewing journal articles in a marked-up format within an internet environment, this led to web-based access to full-text journal searches.
The author hints at the competition with Google and their capabilities for “search and discovery” and academic library federated searching. To catch up, the NISO Meta Search Initiative was formed to develop industry standards for one-search access to multiple resources that will allow libraries to offer users the same search experience if they were using a web-search engine.
Dewey Meets Turing by A. Paepcke, H. Garcia-Molina, and R. Wesley
An interesting article that discusses the complex relationship between librarians and computer science. The interest in digital libraries was the harbinger to new technologies, improved search capabilities and peaked the interest of publishers. With the internet explosion and digital library initiatives, publishers saw the opportunity to raise their journal subscriptions. While the article does not explicity state that the relationship between computer science and library scientists have soured, you get the sense that its not a happy union.
As the title suggests the Digital Libraries article by W. Mischo listed the challenges and influential work in the field of digital libraries. It mentioned the history of federal funded support for the digital libraries initiative that began as early as 1993. It was surprising to learn that the total amount of funding was 68 million dollars, but big time government agencies like NASA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the FBI were involved in funding the project. The influential work of the University of Illinois was mentioned as it provided the ability of viewing journal articles in a marked-up format within an internet environment, this led to web-based access to full-text journal searches.
The author hints at the competition with Google and their capabilities for “search and discovery” and academic library federated searching. To catch up, the NISO Meta Search Initiative was formed to develop industry standards for one-search access to multiple resources that will allow libraries to offer users the same search experience if they were using a web-search engine.
Dewey Meets Turing by A. Paepcke, H. Garcia-Molina, and R. Wesley
An interesting article that discusses the complex relationship between librarians and computer science. The interest in digital libraries was the harbinger to new technologies, improved search capabilities and peaked the interest of publishers. With the internet explosion and digital library initiatives, publishers saw the opportunity to raise their journal subscriptions. While the article does not explicity state that the relationship between computer science and library scientists have soured, you get the sense that its not a happy union.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Friday, November 7, 2008
Muddiest Point for Nov. 11
In terms of a search engine, is indexing and "crawling" the same thing? Please explain.
Reading Notes for Week 10: Nov. 11
Web Search Engines: Part 1 and Part 2 by David Hawking
The main point of these two articles are the nature and infrastructure of a search engine. Oddly enough the author believes that search engines should not index every web page. From what I understood indexing every page slows down the search and the probability of fetching "low-value" pages happens continuously, however, indexing has proven to be an effective strategy to find information. I did not find his arguments convincing and crawling sounds a lot like indexing to me, which leads me to Part 2 of his article.
In Part 2 he feebly attempts to explain indexing alogrithim , I got to the second paragraph and reread it over and over again. This was difficult to comprehend.
Current Developments and Future Trends for the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting by Sarah L. Shreeves, Thomas G. Habing, Kat Hagerdorn, and Jeffrey A. Young
An interesting article that discusses current developments in the Open Archives Institute and its projects. For example, the Protocol for Metadata Harvesting is a tool developed by the center to facilitate interoperability between different collection standards in XML, HTTP, and Dublin Core.
The main point of these two articles are the nature and infrastructure of a search engine. Oddly enough the author believes that search engines should not index every web page. From what I understood indexing every page slows down the search and the probability of fetching "low-value" pages happens continuously, however, indexing has proven to be an effective strategy to find information. I did not find his arguments convincing and crawling sounds a lot like indexing to me, which leads me to Part 2 of his article.
In Part 2 he feebly attempts to explain indexing alogrithim , I got to the second paragraph and reread it over and over again. This was difficult to comprehend.
Current Developments and Future Trends for the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting by Sarah L. Shreeves, Thomas G. Habing, Kat Hagerdorn, and Jeffrey A. Young
An interesting article that discusses current developments in the Open Archives Institute and its projects. For example, the Protocol for Metadata Harvesting is a tool developed by the center to facilitate interoperability between different collection standards in XML, HTTP, and Dublin Core.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Muddiest Point for Week 9:
This may have a totally obvious answer but where is XML used? Is it in database design? Is XML currently used to create all new websites?
Reading Notes for Week 9: Nov. 2
The articles this week focused on extensible markup language XML. Compared to HTML, XML identifies the boundaries of every part of the document. HTML is primarily used for layout.
The Introduction to the Extensible Markup Language by Martin Bryan, provided an easy to understand overview of XML. The components of XML are believed to be its most desirable traits because it identifies the boundaries of every part of a document and can describe any logical text structure. The article also described how XML is used and this was where it became more difficult to follow.
A survey of XML standards:Part 1 by Uche Ogbuji, was more technical than I like and difficult to understand. Perhaps trying out XML first would clarify some confusion, I think the recommended introductions and tutorials for learning the new technology would also be helpful.
Extending Your Markup: An XML Tutorial by Andre Bergholz, points out that XML annotates text and with explicit information humans and computers can process XML easier. The structure of XML is described by the use of DTD, document type definitions. DTD lets users specify the set of tags, order of tags and attributes associated with each. The article also provided a helpful example of the markup language in a bibliography entry.
The Introduction to the Extensible Markup Language by Martin Bryan, provided an easy to understand overview of XML. The components of XML are believed to be its most desirable traits because it identifies the boundaries of every part of a document and can describe any logical text structure. The article also described how XML is used and this was where it became more difficult to follow.
A survey of XML standards:Part 1 by Uche Ogbuji, was more technical than I like and difficult to understand. Perhaps trying out XML first would clarify some confusion, I think the recommended introductions and tutorials for learning the new technology would also be helpful.
Extending Your Markup: An XML Tutorial by Andre Bergholz, points out that XML annotates text and with explicit information humans and computers can process XML easier. The structure of XML is described by the use of DTD, document type definitions. DTD lets users specify the set of tags, order of tags and attributes associated with each. The article also provided a helpful example of the markup language in a bibliography entry.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Assignment 5: Koha Collection
Selected poetry books by Tess Gallagher. Check it out
http://pitt5.kohawc.liblime.com/cgi-bin/koha/bookshelves/shelves.pl?viewshelf=39
http://pitt5.kohawc.liblime.com/cgi-bin/koha/bookshelves/shelves.pl?viewshelf=39
Friday, October 17, 2008
Muddiest Point for Week 8
Ok, in the article, Beyond HTML, please clarify what it means when the author says that in a content management system, "the content is disconnected from the layout and design elements of the page". huh?
Reading Notes for Week 8: HTML
This is my first homepage. This text is bold
The statement above is unfortunately true, well sorta.
One of the readings/exercises this week was to use the html tutorial, www.w3schools.com/html and it was super easy! Some of you have probably created web-pages before and found this too simple, but I thought it was helpful for beginners, like myself. I've used html (hyper-text mark-up language) before but I didn't realize I was implementing the essentials to a web-page. YAY, for learning new stuff!
The HTML Cheatsheet from WebMonkey was also helpful for a novice like yours truly. Learn stuff like basic tags (the title of your document), body attributes ( sets the background color & text), text tags (creates text), formatting (creates new paragraphs, indent a sentence), and links (create a hyperlink), plus learn how to create a table, table attributes and frames.
CSS or Cascading Style Sheets define how to display html elements, the Styles were added to html 4.0 to solve the problem of delineating content from html documentation layout.
Beyond HTML, Developing and re-imagining library web guides in a content management system by Doug Goans, Guy Leach, and Teri M. Vogel is a definite read for the aspiring web librarian. The article described the Georgia State University Library system's design of research guides via content management system and use of the open source software, FrontPage. It was also refreshing to read about the ownership of librarians who co-designed this system. The success of this project was the collaboration between the librarians and web developers.
The statement above is unfortunately true, well sorta.
One of the readings/exercises this week was to use the html tutorial, www.w3schools.com/html and it was super easy! Some of you have probably created web-pages before and found this too simple, but I thought it was helpful for beginners, like myself. I've used html (hyper-text mark-up language) before but I didn't realize I was implementing the essentials to a web-page. YAY, for learning new stuff!
The HTML Cheatsheet from WebMonkey was also helpful for a novice like yours truly. Learn stuff like basic tags (the title of your document), body attributes ( sets the background color & text), text tags (creates text), formatting (creates new paragraphs, indent a sentence), and links (create a hyperlink), plus learn how to create a table, table attributes and frames.
CSS or Cascading Style Sheets define how to display html elements, the Styles were added to html 4.0 to solve the problem of delineating content from html documentation layout.
Beyond HTML, Developing and re-imagining library web guides in a content management system by Doug Goans, Guy Leach, and Teri M. Vogel is a definite read for the aspiring web librarian. The article described the Georgia State University Library system's design of research guides via content management system and use of the open source software, FrontPage. It was also refreshing to read about the ownership of librarians who co-designed this system. The success of this project was the collaboration between the librarians and web developers.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Assignment 4: Jing Project
Friday, October 3, 2008
Reading Notes for Week 7: Oct. 7
Dismantling Integrated Library Systems
The most obvious solution to the problem of choosing a library system is to dismantle the current ILS and use a MARC converter and the TextML indexer. Mark Ludwig, a library systems manager at the University of Buffalo did this. I’m wondering why other libraries won’t follow suite, why continue to depend on outside vendors, that may or may not provide interoperability systems. My guess is that libraries are not ready to abandon the intellectual logic system found in the ILS.
How Stuff Works
This article was useful and easy to understand. Its equivalent to the “how the internet infrastructure works for dummies,” For example the router, is a huge computer that makes sure that information doesn’t go where its not intended and large volumes of data does not clog the network, and it makes sure that information does make it to the right place, sort of like a traffic cop. How about internet protocol? The unique identifying number evolved to the domain name system (DNS) to map text names to IP addresses automatically, without this ingenuity, the urls would be 32 numbers, instead of cool names like, mozilla dot com. Speaking of domain names, these are divided into first level (top) and second level categories. First level domain names include: com, org, net, edu, and gov. Neat-o.
Inside the Google Machine or A piece of propaganda?
The video starts with Sergey Brin talking about the company’s products, how they encourage creativity, love for animals and charities, and support innovation of their employees. The creation of a Googlette to facilitate ideas and inevitably new products, for the Google brand. They mention nurturing the making of Orkut, a social networking site by a Google engineer. It makes you wonder if that engineer received any monetary compensation from Google. I was surprised to hear that Larry Page, admitted that Google, is an advertising empire. He said that Ad Sense was created to put content in ads, that when users search for a web-site, Ad Sense pops up to advertise their services or products, very innovative indeed.
The most obvious solution to the problem of choosing a library system is to dismantle the current ILS and use a MARC converter and the TextML indexer. Mark Ludwig, a library systems manager at the University of Buffalo did this. I’m wondering why other libraries won’t follow suite, why continue to depend on outside vendors, that may or may not provide interoperability systems. My guess is that libraries are not ready to abandon the intellectual logic system found in the ILS.
How Stuff Works
This article was useful and easy to understand. Its equivalent to the “how the internet infrastructure works for dummies,” For example the router, is a huge computer that makes sure that information doesn’t go where its not intended and large volumes of data does not clog the network, and it makes sure that information does make it to the right place, sort of like a traffic cop. How about internet protocol? The unique identifying number evolved to the domain name system (DNS) to map text names to IP addresses automatically, without this ingenuity, the urls would be 32 numbers, instead of cool names like, mozilla dot com. Speaking of domain names, these are divided into first level (top) and second level categories. First level domain names include: com, org, net, edu, and gov. Neat-o.
Inside the Google Machine or A piece of propaganda?
The video starts with Sergey Brin talking about the company’s products, how they encourage creativity, love for animals and charities, and support innovation of their employees. The creation of a Googlette to facilitate ideas and inevitably new products, for the Google brand. They mention nurturing the making of Orkut, a social networking site by a Google engineer. It makes you wonder if that engineer received any monetary compensation from Google. I was surprised to hear that Larry Page, admitted that Google, is an advertising empire. He said that Ad Sense was created to put content in ads, that when users search for a web-site, Ad Sense pops up to advertise their services or products, very innovative indeed.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Muddiest Points for Week 6
If a company offers wireless access to its immediate community or neighbors, (eg. Google in Mountain View, CA) what type of network are they on? Would it be a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)?
Please explain the idea behind leasing telecommunication lines.
Please explain the idea behind leasing telecommunication lines.
Reading Notes for Week 6: Sept. 30
A review of RFID technologies in Libraries
RFID stands for radio frequency identifier. Basically it looks like a microchip. But can carry many bytes of information. RFID tags can be embedded in an item. A The good thing about RFID technology is that it increases library circulation by cutting down the checking in and checking out of books, but the article states, this feature depends on the level of automation of the library.
Now, should libraries use RFID? It seems almost clear that barcodes will become obsolete. What I find agitating about these types of questions is its redundancy. The article states that libraries use new technologies because the general environment that led to the development of the technology is the conditions in which the library operates. This type of posturing is problematic but is indicative of a generation gap in the information profession. There will always be positive and negative elements in the use of new technologies.
How will we the new generation of information professionals, relate to new technologies?
RFID stands for radio frequency identifier. Basically it looks like a microchip. But can carry many bytes of information. RFID tags can be embedded in an item. A The good thing about RFID technology is that it increases library circulation by cutting down the checking in and checking out of books, but the article states, this feature depends on the level of automation of the library.
Now, should libraries use RFID? It seems almost clear that barcodes will become obsolete. What I find agitating about these types of questions is its redundancy. The article states that libraries use new technologies because the general environment that led to the development of the technology is the conditions in which the library operates. This type of posturing is problematic but is indicative of a generation gap in the information profession. There will always be positive and negative elements in the use of new technologies.
How will we the new generation of information professionals, relate to new technologies?
Friday, September 19, 2008
Muddiest Point for Week 5
Besides lossy data compression, are there other ways to compress data images, like mpeg?
Reading Notes for Week 5: Sept. 23
Notes on Data Compression
Based on the readings the main advantage for data compression or source coding is that it lets you store more stuff in the same space and it lets you transfer that stuff in less time or with less bandwidth. An example of this is the recent Flicker assignment where we were asked to save pictures as thumbnails and screen size. There are 2 types of data compression. We are most familiar with the lossy method, where recorded information is not guaranteed to be exactly identical, JPEG and MP3 are examples of lossy data compression. Lossless data compression is when the recorded information is guaranteed to be exactly identical to the original compression method. Lossless method is used to optimize disk space in office computers or better bandwidth connection in a computer network.
As librarians it is important to understand the characteristics of data compression when planning to digitize a special collection in a library. First and foremost, a technological infrastructure has to be in place in order to support and access the digital collections. For users or patrons to view compressed data images (jpeg and mpeg) the network or their own computer, must be equipped with large memory storage and optimal bandwidth to download and view files. In order to view a compressed file, it has to be decompressed. This may disrupt applications the user may have open and create an inconvenience, resulting in not accessing the collection. While data compression offers the advantage of storing more stuff in the same space, it is implied that the end-user or a library network has the technological capability and resources to view these files.
Based on the readings the main advantage for data compression or source coding is that it lets you store more stuff in the same space and it lets you transfer that stuff in less time or with less bandwidth. An example of this is the recent Flicker assignment where we were asked to save pictures as thumbnails and screen size. There are 2 types of data compression. We are most familiar with the lossy method, where recorded information is not guaranteed to be exactly identical, JPEG and MP3 are examples of lossy data compression. Lossless data compression is when the recorded information is guaranteed to be exactly identical to the original compression method. Lossless method is used to optimize disk space in office computers or better bandwidth connection in a computer network.
As librarians it is important to understand the characteristics of data compression when planning to digitize a special collection in a library. First and foremost, a technological infrastructure has to be in place in order to support and access the digital collections. For users or patrons to view compressed data images (jpeg and mpeg) the network or their own computer, must be equipped with large memory storage and optimal bandwidth to download and view files. In order to view a compressed file, it has to be decompressed. This may disrupt applications the user may have open and create an inconvenience, resulting in not accessing the collection. While data compression offers the advantage of storing more stuff in the same space, it is implied that the end-user or a library network has the technological capability and resources to view these files.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
Muddiest Point for Sept. 16
While it is useful to learn about meta-data, is meta-data useful for database creation?
What are current examples of databases that use the hierarchical and network models?
What are current examples of databases that use the hierarchical and network models?
Reading Notes for Week 4, Sept. 16
As we get into the meatier part of information technology, I feel like posting more muddiest points for the class, this is party because I am more of a visual and hands-on learner, a diagram of meta-data would be helpful (hint).
The Database article was not a difficult article to comprehend. As individuals and students we encounter some sort of database everyday. In the past, I used Excel to organize the conference registration record of 1000 participants. The three types of databases include the hierarchical, network, and relational models. I am most familiar with the relational model. The organization I worked for created a student tracking database related to this model of columns and rows. The database contained over 10,000 student records, linked to the external web-site, and produced reports. An interesting difference between databases and metadata is that databases rely on software to organize the storage of data.
Meta-data is more than data about data. It is the set of industry standards used to describe the “information object.” Not surprising, library professionals used meta-data first to create intellectual and physical access to objects. It has increased accessibility and preserved the integrity of the information objects.
The Database article was not a difficult article to comprehend. As individuals and students we encounter some sort of database everyday. In the past, I used Excel to organize the conference registration record of 1000 participants. The three types of databases include the hierarchical, network, and relational models. I am most familiar with the relational model. The organization I worked for created a student tracking database related to this model of columns and rows. The database contained over 10,000 student records, linked to the external web-site, and produced reports. An interesting difference between databases and metadata is that databases rely on software to organize the storage of data.
Meta-data is more than data about data. It is the set of industry standards used to describe the “information object.” Not surprising, library professionals used meta-data first to create intellectual and physical access to objects. It has increased accessibility and preserved the integrity of the information objects.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Muddiest Point for Sept. 9
I'm confused about the windows roadmap article. I understand that Microsoft is making improvements to Vista and it will be re-released. When it mentions Windows 7, I got lost. Is Windows 7 an application that belongs in Vista or is it a new operating system?
Friday, September 5, 2008
Computer software- Notes from Week 3
I learned a great deal this past week about hardware, input, output, and software. The Intro to Linux article was surprisingly easy-to-read and understand. It provided a history of Unix, Linux, and the beginnings of the C code. It was the original open source software collectively developed in the 1990s. Did you know that the browser Firefox is based on Linux applications?
What I liked about this article, was that it made it sound like Linux was not as hard as it seemed. That anybody could learn it and that there is a community of Linux users for support. I’m curious and I may play around on this site http://www.gnome.org.
For the sake of comparison, it was useful to read the articles about the MAC OS X and the “Update on the Windows Roadmap.”
As a PC user, it is tempting to think that MAC users have an easier time because its operating systems are compatible with older versions. Note that the MAC OS X has a UNIX core operating system. However, the MAC OS X will unveil a new version of MAC OS X v.10.6 and will likely face challenges.
What I liked about this article, was that it made it sound like Linux was not as hard as it seemed. That anybody could learn it and that there is a community of Linux users for support. I’m curious and I may play around on this site http://www.gnome.org.
For the sake of comparison, it was useful to read the articles about the MAC OS X and the “Update on the Windows Roadmap.”
As a PC user, it is tempting to think that MAC users have an easier time because its operating systems are compatible with older versions. Note that the MAC OS X has a UNIX core operating system. However, the MAC OS X will unveil a new version of MAC OS X v.10.6 and will likely face challenges.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Muddiest Point
Pixels per dollar
Found in the article, Moore's Law, the log scale was interesting to know but difficult to understand. What do the ascending and descending numbers in the middle of the graph mean, is that related to cost?
Found in the article, Moore's Law, the log scale was interesting to know but difficult to understand. What do the ascending and descending numbers in the middle of the graph mean, is that related to cost?
Friday, August 29, 2008
Notes on Week 1
http://leblancsatpittsburghnotesonweek1/
Content, Not Containers
While the social phenomenon of wikis and blogs allow individuals publishing power, the format or the medium is limited to groups with an income level of 45,000 or higher a year.
Certainly if you have a library card you can use the computers at the public library. But if you want to blog, you need the following: Access to the internet, basic knowledge of computers, and the obvious, own or have access to a computer.
Earlier this week, the US Census Bureau reported that in 2007 the U.S. average household median income is $50,233.00, a 1.3 increase between 2006 and 2007.
How economically diverse are the bloggers in the blogosphere?
Which countries represent the percentage of the bloggers who answered the survey?
Source: http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/012528.html
Moore’s Law
The article was a useful primer in understanding computer hardware, however I found the pod cast by Scientific American on-line explaining Moore’s law easier to understand.
The video explained Gordon Moore’s prediction, as the doubling of transistors every two years.
His forecast became an industry standard and contributed to the manufacture of digital electronic goods for consumers. .
Things that make you go hmm:
Moore’s second law addresses the manufacturing cost of sustaining Moore’s law, what type of alternative resources can be identified?
Content, Not Containers
While the social phenomenon of wikis and blogs allow individuals publishing power, the format or the medium is limited to groups with an income level of 45,000 or higher a year.
Certainly if you have a library card you can use the computers at the public library. But if you want to blog, you need the following: Access to the internet, basic knowledge of computers, and the obvious, own or have access to a computer.
Earlier this week, the US Census Bureau reported that in 2007 the U.S. average household median income is $50,233.00, a 1.3 increase between 2006 and 2007.
Things that make you go hmm:
How economically diverse are the bloggers in the blogosphere?
Which countries represent the percentage of the bloggers who answered the survey?
Source: http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/012528.html
Moore’s Law
The article was a useful primer in understanding computer hardware, however I found the pod cast by Scientific American on-line explaining Moore’s law easier to understand.
The video explained Gordon Moore’s prediction, as the doubling of transistors every two years.
His forecast became an industry standard and contributed to the manufacture of digital electronic goods for consumers. .
Things that make you go hmm:
Moore’s second law addresses the manufacturing cost of sustaining Moore’s law, what type of alternative resources can be identified?
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