I.T. Erudio

Category: computers

  • geeks, nerds, and reboots

    memes Merriam-Webster tells me that the word “meme” dates all the way back to 1976 (coined by Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene) with the meaning of “unit of cultural transmission.” Apparently the “-eme” suffix “indicates a distinctive unit of language structure.” Dr Dawkins combined the Greek root “mim-” (meaning “mime” or “mimic”) with “-eme”…

  • radio.iterudio.com – now radio.clancameron.us

    … this was kind of a “web design” exercise/proof of concept functionally this is a “web radio” front end – there is an “on/off” button that toggles playing the stream I’m told that the Safari web browser might have issues playing the stream – so this is kind of a “beta test” request the music…

  • buzzword bingo, pedantic-ism, and the internet

    just ranting One of the identifying characteristics of “expert knowledge” is understanding how everything “fits” together. True “mastery” of any field with a substantial “body of knowledge” takes time and effort. Which means there are always more people that “know enough to be dangerous” than there are “real experts.” Which is really just recognition of…

  • What makes a game a “game”?

    Movie“Free Guy” was “cute” and fun. First thought: they are examining a very old question. Maybe at the root of the movie is that the old “unexamined life is not worth living” thing. GamesANYWAY – the movie deals with ‘gaming’ in general so the “secondary thought” becomes just what makes something a “game?” Merriam Webster…

  • “Movies”, “Records”, and me – part 1

    All the cool kids are doing it…I imagine that most people exist on a sort of “sliding scale” of “fashionableness.” At one extreme end is “hip/cool/fashionable/in style/trendy” near the middle is “not as young – but capable of understanding ‘what the kids are saying’” then the other extreme end is “What is everyone talking about?…

  • Nokia-Microsoft, Compaq-HP, thoughts on company size and culture

    Just watched a documentary “The Rise and Fall of Nokia Mobile” – which is available online from various sources (the link is to Tubi). From a “history of tech” point of view it was interesting. Nokia is one of the companies that “invented” the mobile phone – i.e. they tell the story of “mobile communication”…

  • Security, “cyber security”, system administration

    “Enough”During the “lost decade” of my “20’s” I had a LOT of different jobs. PC repair, high school wrestling coach, security guard, and a lot of “student” time in general. The (pre 9/11) “security guard” time was nice because I was usually left alone all night. I was there to be visible and act as…

  • The “regulation” thing

    First PrinciplesAt a “first principles” point of view – USUALLY the best thing for the U.S. Congress to do is “nothing.” Arguably the “Founders” believed the same thing. Which is why the U.S. has the system of gov’ment that we have. Just from a practical “organizational behavior” the larger the group of people – the…

  • User interfaces

    Making a product “easy to use” is never “easy.” “Elegant” products are few and far between. Merriam-Webster tells us that “elegant” means “marked by elegance” – which then requires another click for “elegance” and we get “dignified gracefulness or restrained beauty of style” An “elegant product” becomes an example of “beautiful simplicity.” Under Steve Jobs…