Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

“Encyclopedias contributed to the French Revolution,” paraphrasing Simon Winchester.

As I think about it, that explains much that we see today.

IT professionals often say "that's the way we do it." At least they have a reason as the IT they add often depends on the IT they have.

Sure, the ebook the department has adopted may be cheaper and immediately available, but students much prefer a printed copy.

We were having a conversation about higher education and for-profit institutions came up. The person in the group who has financial experience in industry and non-profit higher education stopped and asked, “wait, you think there is a difference?”

“Obsolete technologies are no longer technologies.” Hmmm… I’m not sure I agree... perhaps for some definitions of technologies, but not those we typically use.