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April 1st, 2014 by: Thomas Jepsen
Technology’s Stories vol 2, no.1 – doi: 10.15763/JOU.TS.2014.4.1.01 PDF: Jepsen_WhisperingGallery Introduction – The “whispering-gallery of Dionysius” Recent disclosures about electronic surveillance of U.S. citizens by the National Security Agency have revived American public interest in issues of privacy and Fourth Amendment rights. In her study of the history of surveillance (“The Prism,” The New Yorker,…
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December 1st, 2013 by: Richard Hirsh
A postscript to Power Loss: The Origins of Deregulation and Restructuring in the American Electric Utility System Technology’s Stories vol. 1, no.1 doi: 10.15763/JOU.TS.2013.12.1.01 PDF: Hirsh_Fifteen Years Later The process of restructuring the American electric utility system has not been kind to its advocates. Begun about fifteen years ago, the opening of markets and increased…
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December 1st, 2013 by: Sharon Irish
Technology’s Stories vol. 1, no. 1: doi: 10.15763/JOU.TS.2013.12.1.02 PDF: Irish_Hierarchies Starting in 1988, Jenny Barrett was a systems programmer at a research lab for computer-based education at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). She noted that many aspects of “multiuser computing were actually developed at the lab such as email, forums, message boards, online testing,…
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