It’s been said that “The use of music in organizational management is a rare occurrence.” Rare maybe, but not unknown. A notable exception was Thomas John Watson, Sr. who was long-time chairman and CEO of International Business Machines – more commonly known as IBM. Authors Amal El-Sawad and Marek Korczynski of Loughborough University, UK have […]
Tag: computers
Computer Usefulness, 1969 and Now
In 1969 a publishing executive wryly tallied up whether and how computers had helped his industry: “Pitfalls to Computer Use in Publishing and Communication,” Daniel Melcher, Journal of Business Communication, vol. 6, no. 2, Winter 1969, pp. 47-51. The author, chairman of the R.R. Bowker Company, says: Most large publishers now have computers; many small […]
The DAFT disk filing system
The Windows® NTFS disk filing system was first introduced in 1993, but despite its undoubted sophistication, not everyone is convinced that it is perfectly tuned for all possible eventualities. Prompting Dr. Fanglu Guo and Dr. Tzi-cker Chiueh from Symantec Research. Laboratories, Culver City, USA to develop their DAFT disk operating system. A comprehensive description of […]
Garbage In / Garbaged Out presaged
The principle of “Garbage In / Garbage Out” dates (though not in those specific words) to the mid-1800s. Charles Babbage pioneered many aspects of programmable computing. In his book Passages from the Life of a Philosopher (1864, Longman and Co.), Babbage said: On two occasions I have been asked,—”Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into […]