My group chose a political cartoon from the magazine, Puck, for our assignment on yellow journalism. This magazine often published satirical criticism of yellow journalism. Our particular cartoon was satirical of the printing press. We discussed the p…
For this infographic, I chose to focus on Nancy Pelosi’s “Clapback” meme that originated during this year’s State of the Union address. Following the longest government shutdown in US history, President Trump addressed the nation about topics such as border control, our economic standing, and the record-breaking number of women
With this week’s focus being on networks, the internet, and the military’s creation of digital technologies, we thought that as discussion leaders it might be fun to highlight the different inventions that the Military made that are used regularly by civilians. While the number of these inventions were numerous, the
As I was doing the readings for this week, I was shocked by the number of technologies that originated in the Military but eventually made their way into civilian life. Many of the things that we use every day started out as military tech. The World Wide Web started out as military tech but is […]
I really enjoyed reading Elaine Hom’s article on Alan Turing. The majority of what I knew about Turing was based off of The Imitation Game so it was great to learn about him minus the Hollywood portrayal. Turing’s contributions to modern c…
Reading Elaine J. Hom’s article “Alan Turing Biography: Computer Pioneer, Gay Icon” was interesting because Alan Turing’s life has become more publicized lately years after his death and mistreatment by the government. I thought it was tragic that it took until 2009 for the Prime Minister to publicly apologized for how Turing was treated and […]
It was nice to have Spring Break to work and relax, but once again, school work seemed to overshadow a time of rest. My 485 has been coming along, and Senioritis only worsens as I near the required page threshold. Going to buy my cap and gown last Friday did not help my case either. …
This week, I was one of the three discussion leaders. For our first day, we focused on early computers and discussed the article, “As We May Think,” the video demonstrating Charles Babbage’s Difference Machine, and lastly, “Stars: Early Popular Computers, 1950-70.” The video demonstrating Babbage’s machine, showed just how brilliant this man was and how […]
In our eighth week of class, we discussed the early history of computers and the overlooked roles of women in the historiography of these machines. There were many fascinating topics explored within these subjects but what really stood out to me this week was the overall theme of foresight and creativity leading to invention. Starting …
I was really drawn to the story of Ada Lovelace. She not only had astounding intellect, but challenged a predominantly masculine field of scientific thinking. Lovelace did not let societal restrictions prohibit her work. I think it is important to recognize the role of her mother and the connections Ada had coming from a well […]