Digital life
fromMatt Strom-Awn
1 week agoExpansion artifacts
Compression technology enables efficient data storage and transmission by discarding imperceptible information, crucial for platforms like YouTube and Spotify.
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Higher education
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
1 month agoLouisiana Board of Regents Adds 3-Year Degrees to Offerings
LSU at Alexandria will offer accelerated three-year degree programs in information technology and bioinformatics starting this fall, pending accreditation.
fromBig Think
3 months agoThe most successful information technology in history is the one we barely notice
Joel Miller opens his new book, The Idea Machine, with this famous scene from The Confessions because it sparked his own epiphany. Not a spiritual conversion, mind. What struck Miller during his recent reread was how Augustine marked his place with his finger. This seemingly unremarkable detail - a move any reader has made countless times - forced Miller to reevaluate books as not simply a vessel for ideas, but as history's most successful "information technology."
Books
fromMedium
7 months agoHumanist IT: getting unstuck
The short version: IT is broken. It's not working, to the point where people are ready to give it up, just like they would a mangled hammer. I think the brokenness is rooted in a lack of humanism: it doesn't work for people; it uses people towards the builders' ends. It's also more complicated than that, which I parse through while also giving a clue about how to get out of being stuck.
Artificial intelligence
fromMedium
7 months agoHumanist IT: getting unstuck
The short version: IT is broken. It's not working, to the point where people are ready to give it up, just like they would a mangled hammer. I think the brokenness is rooted in a lack of humanism: it doesn't work for people; it uses people towards the builders' ends. It's also more complicated than that, which I parse through while also giving a clue about how to get out of being stuck.
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Digital life
fromNextgov.com
11 months agoConsolidating IT systems can lead to over $100M in cost savings, GAO finds
The GAO report highlights potential savings of over $100 billion by improving federal agency operations.
Identifying and implementing over 148 new recommendations can lead to enhanced efficiency in government.
A total of $725 billion in savings reflects the impact of previous GAO recommendations.
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