Believe Half of What You See? Maybe not.
In an era of rampant cries of fake news, the aphorism that instructs us to “believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear” has engendered an appropriate amount of healthy skepticism.…
Author Archives: Ray Klump
Advice for Graduates
Here is some completely unsolicited advice in no particular order from someone who is rapidly approaching his get-off-my-lawn stage. Respect your elders, kids. Do not procrastinate. No good ever comes from leaving something to the…
Data Scientists and Their Secret Stew
People misuse the word “literally” all the time, and that’s literally one of my biggest pet peeves. But I could make an exception when it comes to describing what we’re doing with data. We’re literally…
Don’t Phall Phor Phishing
It’s funny. It takes years of highly technical training to become a cybersecurity expert. For example, at Lewis, Computer Science students take 53 credit hours of rigorous coursework to prepare for jobs as cybersecurity engineers…
Computing Careers Panel Inspires Students
Four technology executives presented their perspectives on what students can do to position themselves for successful careers in today’s booming tech economy. The event, which was sponsored by the Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences…
Crying at My Fair Lady
We have gigabytes of pictures. Maybe a couple of terabytes. Not one of them can brace me for tonight. It will be our fifth viewing of Joliet Catholic Academy’s My Fair Lady, including one dress…
Careers Need Disaster Recovery Plans Too
An important component of any Information Technology (IT) organization within a company is a business continuity and disaster recovery plan. What happens when disaster strikes? How will you keep your operations running when a piece…
Higher Education Is Not a Commodity
Teaching has changed over the eighteen years I’ve been doing this. The expectations are different. The always-connected, twenty-four-seven nature of our instant-messaged world levels the playing field between students and teacher. Actually, leveling isn’t quite…
Leadership Begins with Mission
Leadership begins with Mission. I used to scoff at that idea. “The Mission is just a bunch of pretty words,” I used to think. “It has nothing to do with the day-to-day.” My view now…
The Web Turns 30 Today: Time to Do Some Adulting
The World-Wide Web turns thirty years old today. Tim Berners-Lee, a British physicist and computer scientist, devised a new way to access the Internet on March 12, 1989, that relied on hyperlinks to enable people…