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Social enterprises flip the motto, "don't be evil," and aim to make good. The featured Web extra is the latest installment of the Forward Slash podcast.
Work for an organization or yourself? Young workers today know they're on their own. The featured Web extra is the latest installment of the Forward Slash podcast.
How far is too far when applying Internet and connection technologies to our world? The featured Web extra is an audio recording of the Forward Slash column "Teaching the Intangible," in which David Alan Grier and Erin Dian Dumbacher discuss the advantages and disadvantages of an online education.
Was the code-breaking era of computers the industry's high point? The Web extra at http://youtu.be/0iuh0OQe6CU is an audio podcast of authors David Alan Grier and Erin Dian Dumbacher, in which they discuss the importance of analyzing increasingly complex data.
The new generation of innovators seems willing to trade pristine landscapes for the messiness of city life. An audio podcast is available at http://youtu.be/ecZd4VZOEJA. The authors disucss how the new generation of innovators seems willing to trade pristine landscapes for the messiness of city life.
In pushing more activity to the self-driven cloud, are we creating another way for the rising generation of engineers and entrepreneurs to break with the past? The featured Web extra at http://youtu.be/zDZn3Ad74E0 is an audio recording of the Forward Slash column “Controlling Share,” in which David Alan Grier and Erin Dian Dumbacher discuss the transfer of knowledge from one generation to the next.
Has the notion of one person, one vote gone by the wayside? The featured Web extra is an audio podcast by columnists David Alan Grier and Erin Dian Dumbacher, who debate the wisdom of the crowd in crowdsourcing and whether the notion of one person, one vote has gone by the wayside. YouTube URL: http://youtu.be/m4PG_Pq164E
Gaming has an odd relationship with software and software engineering. The Web extra at http://youtu.be/EviCJ206YC8 is an audio podcast in which authors David Alan Grier and Erin Dian Dumbacher discuss the odd relationship gaming has with software and software engineering.
There are some problems that engineered approaches can't solve, and building a reputation—a problem of marketing and people—is one of them. The Web extra at http://youtu.be/wfp1BiiXcjo is an audio podcast in which authors David Alan Grier and Erin Dian Dumbacher discuss building computer engineeringís reputation.
Computer science seems to be moving rapidly into the social sciences, not to build machines that simulate our actions but to hold up a mirror to our lives. The Web extra at http://youtu.be/mz2UiSn-oZk is an audio podcast of authors David Alan Grier and Erin Dian Dumbacher, in which they discuss how computer science seems to be moving rapidly into the social sciences, not to build machines that simulate...
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