Which Programming Language to Learn – Web Programming — (Article Review #7)

Article Title: Which Programming Language to Learn – Web Programming

Article Author:
James Bruce

Article Publication Date:
November 9th, 2011

Url: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/programming-language-learn-web-programming/

Article Summary:
PHP - Serves more of a user purpose (Facebook,Wikipedia and Word Press)
MySQL - Database - Presents Organized Information for the user
Javascript / Jquery - Responds to user actions on a web page.

The best to start with is PHP/MySQL for web programming because its useful for real world experience.

Relevance to Class:
How different types of web programming can influence the structure of data presented to the users.

Key Quote:
"PHP is mainly used in conjunction with MySQL to pull information from a database,
manipulate it and present it to the user."

Why Do Some People Learn Faster? (Article Review #3)

Article Title:
Why do Some People Learn Faster?

Article Author:
Jonah Lehrer

Article Publication Date:
October 4th, 2011

Url: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/10/why-do-some-people-learn-faster-2/

Article Summary:
People learn faster if they learn from their mistakes and hard work. A study proved those who respond to mistakes by learning from it are placed in
a growth mindset class because they are willing to improve. While those who don't learn from their mistakes are placed in a fixed mindset class.

Relevance to Class:
If we learn from our mistakes from this Information Architecture course it would lead us to being better Information Architects for the future and also
placing us into the growth mindset class because we are willing to improve.

Key Quote:
Samuel Beckett had the right attitude: “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.”

AIDS BREAKTHROUGH!!!! (Article Review #2)

Article Title: 
Gamers solve puzzle which stumped scientists for years and could hold key to curing AIDS

Article Author:
Laurie Whitwell

Article Publication Date:
September 19th, 2011

URL: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2039012/AIDS-cure-Gamers-solve-puzzle-stumped-scientists-years.html#ixzz1ZmHwgvb5
 
Article Summary: 

A team of gamers were given a task by scientists to crack the mystery on the AIDS-like virus of rhesus monkeys. Their job is to find a molecular structure of the enzyme which would lead to development of drugs to stop the virus in its tracks. A solution was found in under 10 days by the gamers.

Relevance to Class:

The foldit players are just like Information Architects mentioned in this article. They design a chemical key that matches a lower energy state for the molecule which is information for biochemists about a particular enzyme. They both create information for the user to grasp.

Key Quote:

Seth Cooper, a UW computer scientist who is Foldit's lead designer and developer, explained. "Games provide a framework for bringing together the strengths of computers and humans."