by Dwayne Phillips The personal computer, the laptop computer, the home computer, the netbook – whatever title we use, they have all become the personal Google machine, i.e., the window into the knowledge of mankind. I live in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington D.C. Tony Kornheiser, one of those guys on ESPN’s “PTI,” has […]
Your Personal Google Machine
June 16th, 2011 · No Comments
Tags: Change · Communication · Computing · Internet
Knowledge Multipliers
April 11th, 2011 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Knowledge multipliers are pieces of technology that allow for experiment and growth of knowledge. With each generation, they are more plentiful, powerful, and inexpensive. 1986 – I have finished three years of full-time graduate school. I earned an MS in EE and have completed all the course work towards a PhD. All […]
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It is Still about the Input/Output
April 7th, 2011 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Much has changed in computing since the mid-1970s when I first took a computing class. What hasn’t changed much is that the keyboard and the display remain the most important parts of the computer to the vast majority of computer users. In the mid-1970s, I walked into a computer class as a […]
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