Digital Communications Skills Marion County High School October 15, 2013 -------------------------------- Wayne Summers TSYS School of Computer Science Columbus State University
Columbus State University Did you Know 2013? (8.5 min) 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
Columbus State University Outline Pre-twentieth century communications Twentieth century digital communications Modern digital communications Future of digital communications? Social Media Etiquette 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
Pre-twentieth century communications 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
Pre-twentieth century communications Spoken, written, pictures Messenger Pony Express Smoke signals Signal drums Paper (3000 B.C.) Printing Press (1450) Photography (1820s/1830s) Telegraph & Morse Code (1830s) Typewriter (1867) Telephone (1876) Pencil (1564) / Fountain Pen (1884) Radio (1890s) 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
Pre-twentieth century computing “My God, Herschel! How I wish these calculations could be executed by steam.”[1821] Charles Babbage designed the Difference Engine and the Analytical Engine (neither were completed by him) In 1824, Babbage won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society "for his invention of an engine for calculating mathematical and astronomical tables". 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
Twentieth century communications 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
Twentieth century digital communications Mass-communication radio (1920) Xerography (1938) Computers (1940s) Television (1940s-1950s) Internet (1960s-1970s) Email, connecting to computers, file transfer WorldWideWeb (1990) Mosaic: First graphical browser (1993) 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
How many computers in the picture? early 1940’s digital communications How many computers in the picture? 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
Twentieth century computing: 1950s-1970s Sperry-Univac IBM 360 “I think there is a world market for about five computers.” [Thomas J. Watson] 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
Twentieth century computing What Computing Was in 70-80s 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
Twentieth century computing: 1980s-1990s PCs: Altair, Apple, IBM PC DOS, Windows, Linux 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
Columbus State University Modern computing What Computing is Today Virtual Environments Graphics Bioinformatics Wearable Computing 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
Columbus State University Modern computing What Computing is Today Ubiquitous Computing Databases Information Security 9/17/2018 10/15/2013 Columbus State University High Performance Simulation
Columbus State University Platforms Smartphones iPhone Google G1 Blackberry Electronic Books Kindle, Sony Reader Notebook/Tablet Computers 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
Columbus State University Mobile Usage Stats: Percentage of US adults that own a cell phone: 91% Percentage of US adults that own a smartphone: 56% Estimated number of smartphones in the US by end of 2013: 140 million Estimated number of smartphones to be shipped in 2013: 937 mill. World’s largest smartphone market: China - 420 mill. Subscribers. Percentage of global web traffic that comes from mobile: 17.4% Number of users that will play a game on their mobile phone at least once a month: 126 million Number of users in the US that listen to music on their phone: 70 million Avg number of texts sent per US mobile subscribers: 678 per month Number of times a day people look at their phone: 150 Percentage of Chinese mobile users surveyed that won’t go outside without their mobile device: 71% 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
Modern digital communications 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
Columbus State University Web 2.0 Characterised as facilitating communication, information sharing, interoperability, and collaboration on the World Wide Web. Led to the development and evolution of web-based communities, hosted services, and web applications. Examples include social-networking sites, video-sharing sites, wikis, blogs and folksonomies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
Columbus State University Statistics Show Social Media Is Bigger Than You Think (4 min) 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
275 Top Social Media, Apps, and Services 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
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Voice Communication Software 30 Viber: 200 million users free phone calls 23 Line: 230 million users FREE voice calls and send FREE messages 22 WeChat/WeiXIn: 235 million users live/group chat via QRCode 17 WhatsApp: 300 million users cross-platform mobile messaging app 16 Skype: 300 million users 12 Twilio: Reaches 350 million people enabling phones, VoIP, and messaging to be embedded into web, desktop, and mobile software 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
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Columbus State University Music/Video Services 3 Youtube: 1 billion users video streaming 8 iTunes: 500 million users Apple's media player and media library application 11 Shazam: 350 million users mobile phone based music identification service 18 PPS: 280 million users peer-to-peer streaming video network software (Chinese Youtube) 25 Ortsbo: 212 million unique users FREE Real-Time Translating Chat Service 27 iQiyi: 200 million viewers video streaming (Chinese Netfliix) 28 Pandora: 200 million registered users music streaming 29 Soundcloud: 200 million monthly users music creation sharing 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
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Columbus State University Cloud Storage 15 iCloud: 300 million users 19 SkyDrive: 250 million users 26 Dropbox: 200 million users 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
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Columbus State University Gaming Environment 1 Rovio (Angry Birds): 1.7 billion downloads online/downloaded game 20 Apple GameCenter: 240 million users Social gaming 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
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Columbus State University Social Media Sites 2 Facebook: 1.26 billion users social network 9 Twitter: 500 million total users social networking and microblogging service 10 Outlook.com: 400 million users Microsoft email service 13 Google+: 343 million active users 14 Tagged: 330 million registered users social discovery:browseprofiles, play games, share tags 21 LinkedIn: 238 million users social networking for professionals 24 Tumblr: 216.3 million monthly visitors, 108.9 million blogs microblogging platform and social networking 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
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Chinese Social Media Sites 4 QQ: 825.4 million monthly users instant messaging software service 6 Qzone: 611 million users social networking 7 Sina Weibo: 503 million users microblog: hybrid of Twitter and Facebook 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
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Future of digital communications? 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
Columbus State University The PC of tomorrow 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
Columbus State University The PC of tomorrow MIT Media Lab's "Sixth Sense” (7 min) CorningWare’s: A Day Made of Glass (5 min) 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
Columbus State University Web 3.0 Ubuiquitous computing Data is dynamic (mashups) Sensor generated Information / Exformation & Metadata Big Data Data Analytics 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
Columbus State University 39 “You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it.” (Scott McNealy, CEO, Sun Microsystems, 1999) 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
Columbus State University Who is Wayne Summers? Google.com http://csc.columbusstate.edu/summers/ (resume) Linked.com, Facebook Math geneology, Google Scholars Blogger.com, Naymz.com, classmates.com whitepages.com Age, Cities, parents, spouse, and children’s names & ages zillow.com 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
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Columbus State University “Privacy is the future. Get used to it.” (Marc Rotenberg, Director, Electronic Privacy Information Centre - EPIC) (Fortune, 2001). 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
Columbus State University Future Privacy Issues Minority Report Mall Scene (36 sec) Minority Report Scene Gap Store (16 sec) Advertising of the future Ubiquitous use of phone Fingerprints and phone instead of credit cards “expanding your purchases” marketing 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
Social Media Etiquette 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
Social Media Etiquette Facebook Think before friending/unfriending Think before doing a status update Think before posting / tagging a photo Monitor & update your settings Twitter Think before you tweet / retweet / reply Think before following 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
Social Media Etiquette (General Rules) DON’T SPAM USE CORRECT SPELLING / GRAMMAR DON’T FLAME BE POSITIVE DON’T FORGET THE “REAL WORLD” ALWAYS, ALWAYS THINK FIRST 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
Top 10 Things You Should Not Share on Social Networks Anything You Don't Want Shared Password Hints Your Password Personal Finance Information Your Address and Phone Number Photos of Your Kids Company Information Linking Sites Social Plans Personal Conversations 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
Columbus State University Safe Guards 48 E-mail should be considered like a postcard Don’t transmit personal data unless it is encrypted Social networks (Facebook, Twitter, …) are open to others Don’t post personal data that could be used for identification Don’t post anything you would be ashamed of 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
Eight tips to protect your e-mail account – Christian Science Monitor Strong passwords Use your own bookmarks Two-step verification (code that arrives on your phone. ) Watch for suspicious settings Watch the web addresses Avoid public machines and networks Use two e-mail accounts: One secured, one loose Use security software 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
President Barack Obama “But I think it’s important to recognize that you can’t have a hundred percent security and also then have a hundred percent privacy and zero inconvenience. You know, we’re going to have to make some choices as a society.” [Transcript provided by Federal News Service (www.fednews.com), June 7, 2013 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
Columbus State University Q & A Dr. Wayne Summers TSYS School of Computer Science Columbus State University wsummers@columbusstate.edu http://csc.columbusstate.edu/summers 10/15/2013 Columbus State University
Columbus State University REFERENCES Abelson, Ledeen, and Lewis, Blown to Bits Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion, Addison-Wesley, 2008. Appenbrink, The Guide to Social Media Etiquette, http://www.realsimple.com/work-life/etiquette/manners/social-media-etiquette-00100000074068/ - last viewed 10-13-2013 Qualman, socialnomics, http://www.socialnomics.net/, - last viewed 10-13-2013 10/15/2013 Columbus State University