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Computers, Software, and Engineers in Society

Computers, Software, and Engineers in Society. how the world views us. it's time. Please read the Tao of Pooh by Nov. 19. Remaining Topics. Philosophy Management Legal and Ethical Issues Wednesday, November 27 Fall Recess Monday, December 2, 2013 Classes Resume . the future.

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Computers, Software, and Engineers in Society

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  1. Computers, Software, and Engineers in Society how the world views us

  2. it's time Please read the Tao of Pooh by Nov. 19

  3. Remaining Topics • Philosophy • Management • Legal and Ethical Issues Wednesday, November 27 Fall Recess Monday, December 2, 2013 Classes Resume

  4. the future http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=a6cNdhOKwi0# http://www.retronaut.com/2013/03/america-of-the-future/ http://www.retronaut.com/2011/09/postcards-of-the-year-2000-c-1900/ In looking forward, we tend to emphasize what we know. To engineers, that is our greatest limit.

  5. how are engineers viewed? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezNZGNpocpY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfiQYRn7fBg

  6. getting better http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5giXXW_UdaM note: "Lateral Thinking" is an electic approach: you try to look at the problem from many unobvious angles instead of a head-on approach.

  7. Little engineershttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7jxNwJ4s10&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlczxXqez-Y&feature=related

  8. trust http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZws98jw67g http://www.theonion.com/video/diebold-accidentally-leaks-results-of-2008-electio,14214/

  9. science vs. "good" For instance, it took him approximately eight seconds to refer to his opponent as “Professor Warren,” a title he would invoke dozens of times over the next 60 minutes, as in: “Professor Warren, in her case, makes over $300,000 to teach one class.” It was no shock he did this,

  10. let the buyer beware http://www.amazon.com/AudioQuest-NRG-WEL-Signature-Power/dp/B0055OM9WS/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1352251733&sr=1-2 vs. http://www.amazon.com/Cables-Go-03130-Universal-IEC320C13/dp/B0000510ZO/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1352251823&sr=1-2&keywords=power+cord http://www.amazon.com/AudioQuest-K2-Terminated-Speaker-Cable/dp/B000J36XR2/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1352251949&sr=1-1 VS. http://www.amazon.com/C2G-Cables-29176-Velocity-Speaker/dp/B0002J2C4G/ref=pd_sim_e_4/176-8282255-0257859

  11. should we trust? http://www.devtopics.com/20-famous-software-disasters/

  12. feature fatigue http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/18/can-a-backup-system-have-too-many-features/ http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2007/05/28/070528ta_talk_surowiecki http://www.interaction-design.org/encyclopedia/featuritis_and_creeping_featurism.html (note the comment from Donal Norman)

  13. the shift http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/13333952-clean-and-fresh-water-access-by-mobile-phone-technology http://one.laptop.org/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL_VTdxvWac

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