HLTH173 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Douglas Engelbart, Videotelephony, Fidel Castro
2 Aug 2016
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Computer-supported cooperative work (cscw) the process of using computers to support group or team activity. Groupware the software that supports this activity. An aggregation of people who work together, but have limited role differentiation. A small number of people with complementary skills and specific roles or functions who interact dynamically toward a common purpose. During the 1980s/1990s, there was an initial focus on traditional office work, sharing information with coworkers, e. t. c: skype, google docs, jfk bay of pigs - president kennedy"s decision approving the bay of. Pigs invasion in april 1961 was aimed at removing fidel castro from power in cuba and reestablishing a government friendly to the united. The goal was to end castro"s ties to the soviet union since. American foreign policy considered cuba as part of its sphere of influence in the western hemisphere. However, leaks about the planned event began to surface, and the new york times ran a story about it.
