1. Digital Communications Skills
Marion County High School
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Wayne Summers
TSYS School of Computer Science
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Did you Know 2013? (8.5 min)
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Outline
Pre-twentieth century communications
Twentieth century digital communications
Modern digital communications
Future of digital communications?
Social Media Etiquette
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4. Pre-twentieth century communications
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5. 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)
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6. 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".
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7. Twentieth century communications
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8. Twentieth century digital communications
Mass-communication
radio (1920)
Xerography (1938)
Computers (1940s)
Television (1940s-1950s)
Internet (1960s-1970s)
, connecting to computers, file transfer
WorldWideWeb (1990)
Mosaic: First graphical browser (1993)
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9. How many computers in the picture?
early 1940’s digital communications
How many computers in the picture?
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10. Twentieth century computing: 1950s-1970s
Sperry-Univac
IBM 360
“I think there is a world market for about five computers.” [Thomas J. Watson]
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11. Twentieth century computing
What Computing Was in 70-80s
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12. Twentieth century computing: 1980s-1990s
PCs: Altair, Apple, IBM PC
DOS, Windows, Linux
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Modern computing
What Computing is Today
Virtual Environments
Graphics
Bioinformatics
Wearable Computing
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Modern computing
What Computing is Today
Ubiquitous Computing
Databases
Information Security
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High Performance Simulation

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Platforms
Smartphones
iPhone
Google G1
Blackberry
Electronic Books
Kindle, Sony Reader
Notebook/Tablet Computers
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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 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% 
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17. Modern digital communications
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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.
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Statistics Show Social Media Is Bigger Than You Think (4 min)
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20. 275 Top Social Media, Apps, and Services
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22. Voice Communication Software30
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
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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
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Cloud Storage 15
iCloud: 300 million users 19
SkyDrive: 250 million users 26
Dropbox: 200 million users
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Gaming Environment 1
Rovio (Angry Birds): 1.7 billion downloads
online/downloaded game 20
Apple GameCenter: 240 million users
Social gaming
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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 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: million monthly visitors, million blogs
microblogging platform and social networking
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32. Chinese Social Media Sites4
QQ: 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
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35. Future of digital communications?
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The PC of tomorrow
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The PC of tomorrow
MIT Media Lab's "Sixth Sense” (7 min) CorningWare’s: A Day Made of Glass (5 min)
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Web 3.0
Ubuiquitous computing
Data is dynamic (mashups)
Sensor generated
Information / Exformation & Metadata
Big Data
Data Analytics
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“You have zero privacy anyway.
Get over it.”
(Scott McNealy, CEO, Sun Microsystems, 1999)
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Who is Wayne Summers?
Google.com
(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
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“Privacy is the future. Get used to it.”
(Marc Rotenberg, Director, Electronic Privacy Information Centre - EPIC) (Fortune, 2001).
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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
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44. Social Media Etiquette
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45. 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
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46. 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
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47. 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
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Safe Guards 48
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
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49. 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 accounts: One secured, one loose
Use security software
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50. 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 ( June 7, 2013
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Q & A
Dr. Wayne Summers TSYS School of Computer Science Columbus State University
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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, - last viewed
Qualman, socialnomics, - last viewed
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