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Beginner’s Guide to Digital Community Engagement

Digital community engagement refers to building and sustaining relationships with an online community through various digital channels, such as social media, email, or forums. It involves fostering a sense of community among users, encouraging participation, and building trust and loyalty among members. We admit it or not that in today’s digital age, community engagement has…

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INFORMATION SYSTEMS CAREERS

Information technology careers are among the most lucrative that are available today. The people that always want to be able to have jobs no matter what can work in healthcare and they can work with children. Kids and ailing individuals are always around. However, these sectors rarely produce bursts of economic activity, and very few…

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INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEFINED

The exact definition of information systems is going to vary depending upon the speaker or the writer. A science historian will probably give a different definition than a computer programmer or a systems analyst. However, both parties are going to recognize the tremendous impact that information systems have had on the world. Information systems could…

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INFORMATION SYSTEMS THAT PEOPLE USE EVERY DAY

There was a time when only a select group of people ever used the Internet. Before then, many people were not even aware of the Internet. The complicated information systems that are at play in modern society were once the stuff of science fiction fantasy. Today, these sorts of highly technical information systems are treated…

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THE DAWN OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Information systems have transformed the world in a way that was very difficult to imagine previously. Information really is everything, and information systems have been better at organizing, compiling, and transferring information than anything that humanity had previously. Information systems the way we know them today are a product of World War Two directly or…

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS

All of the new companies and businesses that were forming during the post-war period required complex information systems. Many of the early computers from IBM were little more than very large and very accurate adding machines. The ‘B’ in ‘IBM’ is for ‘business.’ These machines were created to help businesses run more smoothly and accurately.…

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NEW INFORMATION (TO ME AT LEAST)

News flash. There is important information about sleep patterns that we didn’t all know. For one thing, there are people who are sleep deprived showing certain symptoms. They walk around confused and befuddled during the day and blame insomnia. They can’t remain alert and at attention. Their memory seems to be slipping Sleep disorders are…

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OFFICE SUPPLIES I’M NOT GOING TO MISS

Some things get antiquated pretty fast like the horse and buggy or the cathode ray tube TV. Others stick around for a long while before their use wanes. I am thinking of the ubiquitous, and once practical, humble Bostitch stapler for one invention as I sit staring at its loneliness presence. It has not gotten…

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NOT YOUR DADDY’S WINE OPENER

I was looking for a really useful, well-designed, no-fault wine bottle opener for my next party. I hate the little coil of metal with a tiny plastic top. They cost less than a dollar and are worth far less. You inevitably break the cork, which then descends to the bottom of the hapless bottle. I…