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What's going on inside your computer? (...more)

Many of you use computers on a daily basis. But how many of you have stopped to think about what's going on inside them? Remember, this kind of thing isn't just for techies! Start thinking about how you use your...

What is decentralization? (...more)

The Networking Age tends to introduce new less centralized modes of communication into our lives and businesses. I'm going to start here with a look at the term decentralization and then work toward an illustration of how the Internet actually...

From the Information Age to the Networking Age (...more)

So far we've established that a) Technology matters greatly, and b) The structure or architecture of that technology gives us hints as to how it might change business and society over time. What kind of architectural changes did air travel...

Lab assignment: Internet Scavenger Hunt (...more)

Here's your first lab assignment....an Internet Scavenger Hunt. Please submit a completed hard copy by September 20, 2007. Feel free to adapt the layout of the form which is provided here in two formats MS-Word and plain text. To complete...

We Shape Technology and forever thereafter Technology Shapes us... (...more)

On we go with more of what is still an introduction to the more detailed aspects of the course. The goal of this high level introduction is to situate the role of technology in business and society. At a basic...

Do we create technology? Or does Technology create us? (...more)

Weird question? It's worth a second thought..... It seems readily obvious that a new invention, like electricity, or the telephone, is the result of applied human ingenuity. But is it easy to dismiss the other possiblity --that technology also creates,...

Getting started: What is IT? (...more)

Thanks to those of you who have already started posting here! Please feel free to introduce yourself in any one of these posts. Hopefully by now you've had a chance to peruse the links I mentioned in my welcome post...

Set up your own web presence on Weblogs@UPEI (...more)

After another upgrade, the BEAT team is happy to, again, be offering UPEI some powerful online tools that can help enhance communication, collaboration, and creativity on campus. Weblogs@upei offers, to anyone with a valid and functioning UPEI email address, the...

Welcome to a new semester of MIS! (...more)

Welcome to MIS for the Information Age! Click here to download the course outline. This weblog is a space where I can provide you with a narrative approach to the concepts we'll explore and to interesting resources around the web....

Information for Incoming Students of Bus 241 (...more)

Thank you for registering for Bus 241 MIS for the Netorking Age. I sincerely hope you have an enjoyable time and learn a great deal through the experience this course offers. As usual you have been emailing me with questions,...