class: left, middle ## Let's start at 12:10PM - Take a moment to review the **Week 5** folder - Recorded session to be made available on YouTube (unlisted) - Please prioritize **Reading Group Topic Signup** if you haven't #### View online at https://ckportfolio.com/slides/pc8005-w5 --- class: left, middle ## Let's get started ... --- class: left, middle, title ## The Virtual Organization #### PC 8005 - School of Professional Communication - Week 5 https://ckportfolio.com/slides/pc8005-w5 --- class: left, middle ### Reminder: Upcoming deadlines - **End of this week**: Assignment #1 - Problem / Solution Pitch - **Beginning of Week 6**: Research Reading Group video #### Will be available for troubleshooting through the Reading Week Reach out for technical troubleshooting with video recording --- class: left, middle ## Before we start #### In case of connection dropoff - Immediate announcement on shared Slack using mobile data - Leave and revisit the session recording later - Stick around in the chat room if it allows #### Formal cancellation if attempts fail in the next 10 minutes - Solitary session recording for reference --- class: right, middle ## Any questions? Moving onto the this week's content ... --- class: left, middle ## Today's agenda - **Start of consumer e-commerce** - From tulips to digital coins - Two sides of computer hacking --- class: center, middle ## Early years of ARPANet
#### Instant messaging and cannabis sales in the 1970s --- class: center, middle ## Consumer commerce
#### Mail order catalogs --- class: center, middle ## The Hockey Sweater
#### Iconic piece of Canadiana --- class: center, middle ## Introduction of Minitel
#### Automation of mail order experience in the 1980s France --- class: center, middle ## Technology accumulation
#### Credit card processor and secure communication, and the Web --- class: center, middle ## Amazon.com
#### Focus on books against Barnes & Noble --- class: center, middle ## eBay
#### Pez, Beanie Babies, and other collectibles --- class: center, middle ## Craigslist
#### Begins as a newsletter service to a group of friends --- class: center, middle ## Alibaba.com
#### Business-to-business platform --- class: center, middle ## Dot-com bubble bursts
#### Loses 75% in value, eroded consumer confidence --- class: center, middle ## Paypal
#### Escrow service --- class: center, middle ## Blogs
#### Focus on personal journals --- class: center, middle ## Facebook
#### Connecting with friends and family --- class: center, middle ## Cyber Monday
#### Designed to compete against retail stores --- class: center, middle ## Platform war
#### Marketplace, auction, payment --- class: center, middle ## Stripe
#### Focus on developers --- class: center, middle ## Shopify
#### Website, catalog, and payment in a single platform --- class: center, middle ## Instacart
#### Personal shopper experience moved to online --- class: center, middle ## Post-virus commerce
#### Retail in crisis, life in flux --- class: left, middle ## Today's agenda - Start of consumer e-commerce - **From tulips to digital coins** - Two sides of computer hacking --- class: center, middle ## Online casino
#### Moving Las Vegas to your home --- class: center, middle ## Sports betting
#### Lottery based on sports team performance --- class: center, middle ## Trading cards
#### Small chance of winning a special item --- class: center, middle ## Gacha
#### Random toy dispenser --- class: center, middle ## Loot boxes
#### "Pay to win" video games --- class: center, middle ## Regulated market
#### Applying traditional laws to online platforms --- class: center, middle ## Emergence of bitcoin
#### Data fragment, exchanged and "mined" --- class: center, middle ## Hyperinflation
#### 10,000 BTC pizza = 80 million USD --- class: center, middle ## Rise of altcoins
#### Contribution to network infrastructure, mostly scams --- class: center, middle ## Embrace by traditional banks
#### Adopting ledger technology and investment --- class: center, middle ## Market "democratization"
#### Introduction of Robinhood --- class: center, middle ## Coronavirus hits
#### Everybody moves to the Internet --- class: center, middle ## Day trading and memes
#### r/WallStreetBets: "casinos for millenials" --- class: center, middle ## Tulip mania
#### First recorded bubble, product of excess money in the market --- class: left, middle ## Today's agenda - Start of consumer e-commerce - From tulips to digital coins - **Two sides of computer hacking** --- class: center, middle ## Cap'n Crunch
#### Free whistles and free phone calls --- class: center, middle ## Hacker culture
#### ARPA and university students --- class: center, middle ## Rise of security hackers
#### Finding vulnerabilities in a larger system --- class: center, middle ## Social engineering
#### "Phishing" and deception --- class: center, middle ## Kevin Mitnick
#### First well-publicized corporate hacking --- class: center, middle ## WarGames
#### 1983 film portraying hackers --- class: center, middle ## Rise of "hacking teams"
#### Local grassroots efforts and FBI attention --- class: center, middle ## Introduction of trojan horse
#### Designed for corporate espionage --- class: center, middle ## Amateur hacker
#### Consumer markets affected by the attacks --- class: center, middle ## Rise of Anonymous
#### Formless and persistent --- class: center, middle ## Political involvement
#### Traces of Chinese, Russian, and North Korean hackers --- class: center, middle ## Death of Aaron Swartz
#### Mass download of online journal articles --- class: center, middle ## White vs. black hat
#### Patching vs. exhausting vulnerabilities --- class: center, middle ## Rise of open-source
#### Linux, Creative Commons, and Github --- class: center, middle ## Pushing artistic boundaries
#### Chiptunes, fractal art, and video games --- class: left, middle ## Takeaways - Commerce becomes more personal and self-organized - Speculative markets accelerated by digital tech dependence - Cat-and-mouse game between systems and personal freedom --- class: left, middle ### Mandatory tasks for this week #### Listed in order of priority - Production work on **Assignment #1** - Research and production work on **Research Reading Group** - Course readings #### More details available on D2L --- class: left, middle ### Things to expect next week - Reading week #### When we come back - Regulations and Policy Making --- class: left, middle, title ## The Virtual Organization #### PC 8005 - School of Professional Communication - Week 5 https://ckportfolio.com/slides/pc8005-w5