1. Lecture 1

2. How does technology change our lives?
Have you ever been out away from your home without your cell phone?
How did it make you feel?
Would you be able to put away all the electronic communication devices for a day? a week?
Are you a Google Junkie?

3. the Fuel of Modern Technology
Electricity
the Fuel of Modern Technology
Take a few minutes to consider how your life would change without Electrical Power
Power for Electronics of any kind - cell phone - computer - internet - radio - television
Heating and Air Conditioning
Food Preparation and Storage
Gas Pumps
Buying and Selling - Banking - Credit/Debit Cards
Your Job
Hospitals - Long Term Care Facilities

4. Anyone Know what the Monkeys have to do with it?

5. Early Computing Machines
Adding Machines
Cash Registers
:Printed Customer Receipts
Kept a Log of All Sales
Set off a Bell when the drawer was opened - "ring up a sale"
Punched-Card Tabulating Machines for
Data Input/Storage
Data Transfer
Data Copying
Stored Instruction Processing
Data Output/Printing

7. SCROLL
CODEX
BOOK

8. The Mother of All Demos

10. the first Hyper-Active Slide Show
HyperCard
the first Hyper-Active Slide Show

11. Search Engines How can a search be so fast?
Who decides what appears on the top pages?
How can you get your page more highly ranked?
Is Page Ranking a form of Censorship?

12. Search Engine Analytics
What percentage of people choose the 1st (non-commercial) link?
How many links does the average person (50%) search?
What percentage of people limit their search to the 1st page of links?

13. Think about the last piece of consumer electronics you purchased
Think about the last piece of consumer electronics you purchased. How did you first learn about it?
What factors (features, price, ease of use, etc.) did you weigh before you purchased it?
Which of these factors were most influential in your purchase decision?
Are you still happy with your purchase?
How could you use a search engine to find consumer complaints about a product before you buy?