McGraw-Hill/Irwin © 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, All Rights Reserved Prologue Living in the Digital Age

P-2 Technology Has Always Been Around The abacus was popular over 5,000 years ago In 1822, Charles Babbage invented the Difference Engine The ENIAC was built in 1944 In 1981, IBM introduced the IBM PC

P-3 Technology Is Prevalent Today 14 of Fortune Top 100 (2005) are technology companies14 of Fortune Top 100 (2005) are technology companies Dell was formed in 1984 (about the time you were born) and now employs 65,000 peopleDell was formed in 1984 (about the time you were born) and now employs 65,000 people Amazon.com ranked 303 rd … it has only been around about 10 yearsAmazon.com ranked 303 rd … it has only been around about 10 years eBay ranked 529 th … it too has only been around for about 10 yearseBay ranked 529 th … it too has only been around for about 10 years

P-4 FAST PROGRESS OF IINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 1981 – IBM introduced the IBM PC, ushering in the personal computer era1981 – IBM introduced the IBM PC, ushering in the personal computer era –$2,500 –330,000 instructions per second Today – Dell sells its Dimension B110 systemToday – Dell sells its Dimension B110 system –$300 –2.5 billion instructions per second If other industries had progressed in similar fashion…If other industries had progressed in similar fashion…

P-5 FAST PROGRESS OF IINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Purchase a set of automobile tires for $50 that would last 306 million miles.

P-6 FAST PROGRESS OF IINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Purchase an automobile that would get 153,000 miles to the gallon

P-7 FAST PROGRESS OF IINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Purchase a ticket for an around-the-world airline flight that would last approximately one-third of a second.

P-8 FAST PROGRESS OF IINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Purchase a home for $2,500 that would occupy 440 million square feet.

P-9 FAST PROGRESS OF IINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Purchase a one-pound T-bone steak… well, at that price, they’ll just be giving away the cow.

P-10 ENTERTAINMENT Podcasting – viewing/listening to audio and video files with portable listening devices and personal computers Mobisodes – one- to three-minute video clips of TV shows you view on a small screen (cell phone mainly)

P-11 OPEN-SOURCE [EVERYTHING] Open-source software – free and publicly availableOpen-source software – free and publicly available Open-source information – content (not software) that is free and publicly availableOpen-source information – content (not software) that is free and publicly available Wikipedia, the world’s most famous forum for open-source information, has over 1 million articles and 600 books that are free and publicly available

P-12 NETWORKING Blogging – authoring, maintaining, or adding content to a blogBlogging – authoring, maintaining, or adding content to a blog Blog – Web site on which you post content and people comment on it (which then also appears on the Web site)Blog – Web site on which you post content and people comment on it (which then also appears on the Web site) Online or virtual communitiesOnline or virtual communities –eBay –PokerStarts.net –MySpace

P-13 TELECOMMUTING Working in a place other than a central location (i.e., office)Working in a place other than a central location (i.e., office) Saves money and increases productivitySaves money and increases productivity Enabled by information technologyEnabled by information technology Want a job that offers telecommuting?Want a job that offers telecommuting? – –Telecommuting Jobs at Careers.org

P-14 FINAL THOUGHTS Technology is everywhereTechnology is everywhere It is a part of your lifeIt is a part of your life Knowing about technology will help youKnowing about technology will help you Not necessarily how the technology works, but rather what you can do with itNot necessarily how the technology works, but rather what you can do with it