A rare winter snow storm and a multiple-day stretch of frigid temperatures have crippled the electrical grid in Texas. There are many reasons for these problems. The electrical grid in the United States consists of…
Landline phones. Compact discs. Wall calendars. Traffic reports on the radio. Foldable maps. In-person college lectures. Let’s face it: the in-person college lecture is an institution whose time has passed. Ever since I started teaching…
The rapid spread of COVID-19 around the globe has caused a great deal of worry, and for good reason. At-risk segments of the population, including the elderly and those with preexisting health issues, face life-threatening…
This is a place where the student has always come first. If a student has needed a course to graduate, we have offered it without blinking an eye. If a group of students has an…
Fifty years ago, on October 29, the Internet was born. Computer Scientists at UCLA, the University of California-Santa Barbara, the Stanford Research Institute, and the University of Utah established the first computer-to-computer link. This connection…
This year marks the sixteenth annual observance of National Cyber Security Awareness Month. The commemoration, which is sponsored by the National Cyber Security Alliance and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, promotes the idea that protecting…
September 17 is National IT Professionals Day. The third Tuesday in September annually celebrates the contributions of the often unsung heroes of any enterprise: the people who keep the organization’s systems collecting, processing, and communicating…
I’m not God’s gift to leadership. I have many shortcomings. I have good days, however, and I’ve learned, over time, how to string more good days together than bad ones. These are the values I…
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.…
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…