…one of the great traditions of Friday afternoon blogging is…kicking someone when they’re down. The relentlessness of the current recession can now be proved by the fact that Google is retrenching, AP has the story. If it can happen to Google it can happen to…
Recently the SLU IT Department concluded another successful Techfest, a gathering of people from across the SLU community to discuss and explore applications of networked information technologies in the curriculum. It got me remembering this short piece by Phil Agre on “How to Help Someone Use a Computer.” Dr. Agre has published a number of works on institutions and networked information technology, and for a long time ran an e-mail update service on said called The Red Rock Eater that was wonderful. This little essay on helping someone with a computer is eloquent, and right on the money. Worth a read with the students returning Monday…