Belajar Sejarah, Keamanan dan Teknologi Internet Via Coursera: IHST

Internet merupakan media terbaik untuk belajar, namun belajar sejarah, keamanan dan teknologi internet sendiri juga merupakan bidang yang menarik. Coursera sebagai salah satu platform mooc terbesar saat ini telah menawarkan kelas IHST (Internet History, Security and Technology) dalam websitenya. Kuliah tersebut merupakan adopsi mata kuliah yang diampu oleh Dr. Chuck di University of Michigan.

Statement of Accomplishment

IHST membahas sejarah internet dan komputasi pada umumnya sejak perang dunia, dimana security menjadi masalah besar dan berdampak pada hasil perang antara sekutu dengan Nazy Jerman. Keberhasilan sekutu dalam memecahkan sandi Jerman merupakan titik balik kemenangan mereka. Pengembangan internet dan www yang diinisasi oleh CERN, awal-awal teknologi komputer seperti NexStep yang dikembangkan oleh Steve Jobs di Apple, perkembangan Microsoft dan Windows OS, technopreneurship di internet seperti Amazon-nya Jeff Bezos, evolusi browser dari Netscape menjadi Mozilla Firefox, maupun teknologi keamanan internet yang menggunakan private key dan public key menjadi silabus mata kuliah online IHST ini. Silabus lengkap IHST bisa dilihat pada halaman mata kuliah tersebut di Coursera.

The Future of Internet

The next 20 years, by 2033, there might be more than 80 billion devices connected to the Internet [1]. In this post I proposed three key points that will change the internet technology from the current era.

The openness

The open source technology was well developed and impressively increased in quantity of products, apps and platforms. There is also a growth in open hardware technology. The giant in IT market like Google has released its Android to the community so they can contribute more. Other companies such as IBM, Redhat, and Canonical have invested in open source technology. Mozilla Firefox as the most used web-browser is also an open source technology succeeded the Netscape browser [2]. The current trend also shows significant increment on the use of opensource licence like MIT and GPL for public software. Choose the free and opensource license if you want to contribute to the future of the internet. Here is the guideline.

How-to: Composing Feedback (Peer-Review)

Three steps when we are composing written feedback (peer-review) for authors:

1. Describe
In your own words, describe the part of the writing that you are responding to. This description is helpful to writers because it allows them to understand how you are reading their writing.
2. Assess
After you describe the part of the writing you are responding to, assess by pointing out both strengths and weaknesses. This is helpful to writers because it points out where their writing succeeds and where it falls short of succeeding. 
3. Suggest
After you describe and assess the part of the writing you are responding to, suggest how the writer might make changes if he or she were to revise or how the writer might think differently about writing in future assignments. In this class, writers might choose to revise simply because they want to improve their writing. Also, writers might take advantage of “Level Up” assignments, optional opportunities for them to publish their writing for a public audience, and your suggestions will help them pro- duce their best writing for a wider readership.

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- Scott Lloyd DeWitt & Michelle Cohen, The WEx Training Guide.

Learn From Mistakes, Clever Through Mistakes

You will become clever through your mistakes.
—German proverb

The Talent Code Book's cover

This is about first chapter of The Talent Code book, a very inspiring book which is being used by a course in Coursera. The Sweet Spot as the first chapter of The Talent Code book explain that every people has the same chance to get success in their area of expertise. The main key to get success is by practicing deeper not harder. What is practicing deeper? the Sweet spot gives the answer. To open the story, Daniel visit some places in the word: Moscow, Sao Paolo, Dallas, New York, Caribbean and others. Then, he gives two examples of cases; Edwin’s link unusual device and Brazil's secret weapon.