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Mary Balducci's Responses

- Yes, I coded in the language HTML for this assignment.
- Yes, HTML has a standard library which me and my partner used.
- Yes, I understood what Paul Ford meant about coders being "angry". He was saying that the world of coding requires people to be blunt with their opinions. This leads to being able to make technical decisions faster, as everyone is getting their opinions out faster. This makes them seem like "angry" people.
I think the Web today has some of the things it had in the past, but is also very different than Tim Berners-Lee's original vision. It is the same in the sense that anyone can post to it, it's open and free, which is how Tim Berners-Lee envisioned it. It's better today because it contains so much more information, and today's browsers and webpages can do a lot more than just present a page. There's many more ways that the web can be used today. It's worse today because of things like loss of privacy and the spread of misinformation. It is hard to keep people accountable for what they put on the web.
Of the four databases I assessed, I like the SGD the best. This one had the most information on my gene and it was organized in the simplest way. The tabs at the top helped me find everything I was looking for without having too much information on one page. My least favorite of the databases was Ensembl. This one had a menu on the side which I found somewhat confusing. The layout of the website was not as simple to navigate as the others.

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Dina Bashoura's Responses

Yes, we coded in HTML for this assignment.
- Yes, we used a standard library.
- Yes I understand what Paul Ford meant by coders being "angry". From what the article says, coders are praised for their quick thinking and responding abilities, probably because it correlates to quick coding abilities. This also means that coders are quick to speak their mind about issues regarding coding like new languages and which language is better. Being outspoken in a quick manner often is portrayed as being angry over a topic, so in this sense, I can understand why Paul Ford said that coders are "angry".

I would imagine the original version of the web had similar fundamental aspects to what the web is today, of course. The design of the web would be different back then because it was created initially to connect people and have a space of shared knowledge and ideas, whereas today this still holds true but was taken to an extreme. Today's web can interact and do much more than just be a space to share knowledge. I would say that today's web is worse than back then because so many people are on the web and because it is designed to be an open shared space, there is room for others to steal knowledge and now there are copyright issues that need to be taken into account. Also, the issue of privacy comes into play because almost everything involves the web now so there is more private information on the web meaning that there are more chances for others to access that information because of the design of the web being an open place that everyone can access.

I liked the SGD website the best because of the clear organization and flow of information. Almost all of the information I needed for this assignment was on that page. The design of the page also made it easy to follow with the tabs on the left indicating the sections that the page contained. I found this page to be the easiest to follow and the most aesthetically pleasing.

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Hayden Hinsch's Responses

Yes, my partner and I coded in the language: html. Yes html had a standard library which my partner and I used to write our html favorite gene page. I understood what Paul meant by stating that coders are "angry". I believe he is referring to the lack of filler words coders use, which helps them determine solutions more quickly to technical problems.
Well I think that Tim Berners' World Wide Web has changed a whole lot and very little at the same time. It was incredible to read Berners' ideas on what the World Wide Web would become, knowing what it has turned into. I feel that his initial ideas and html made a platform for which everyone and anyone could build upon to make the web an awe inspiring massive place. The best part of the current web is the amount of information that is available and accessible to anyone with internet access. I think the amount of access points makes the web better than it use to be, as well as the constant improvement from users. I do think however that the size of the web could also be a crux. It is nearly impossible to create security throughout the entire web, nor regulate what goes on; sensitive information and behavioral patterns of users that is available on the web also makes it a potential threat to the safety and wellbeing of people all over the world(equifax!).
Out of the four databases we used for this assignment I preferred SGD. It was the most visually pleasing, easily navigable, and contained all of the information about our favorite gene we needed to complete the assignment. Ensembl was my least favorite. Although it had the information we needed for the week 4 assignment, it wasn't that easy to find nor was it as visually pleasing as SGD.

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Nicole Kalcic's Responses

1. Based on what my partner explained to me during coding the page:

Yes, my partner and I coded in HTML for this assignment.
Yes, we used a standard library for this assignment.

Yes, I understood what Paul Ford meant. Coding is such a fast paced world that one must learn to be quick on their feet and entirely blunt in order to be apart of it and stay on top of their skill. A blunt individual is often regarded as rude or unthoughtful when engaging with others. Also, Paul Ford mentioned that those who code will specialize in one language, cling to it, and defend it to their death to some extent. The quality of being blunt, along with the stubborn view on coding languages could definitely create some angry people and a harsh work environment.

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Out of the four databases you accessed for this assignment (SGD itself, NCBI Gene Database, Ensembl, UniProt), which did you like the best, and why? Which did you like the least, and why? (Refer back to the question about differences in content or presentation that you noted on your gene's web page.)

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Quinn Lanners' Responses

- Yes we used the language of HTML to complete this assignment
- Yes, since we used HTML syntax (taken from bootstrap) we were using a standard library. If we had not used a standard library the computer would not have known what to do with our HTML code. Therefore, since the computer knew exactly what to do with our HTML syntax that we used (namely open it as a web page), we must have used a standard library in writing our code.
- Yes. With so many languages and aspects to programming, along with the insane rate at which computer science is progressing, coders are often pressed to be very fast and quick thinkers. Programmers are given more praise for being decisive and blunt than careful and slow. This leads to programmers being very stubborn in their ways and their abilities. To further compound this, programmers often specialize in one language and believe that the language they choose is the best. This leads to a constant battle with other programmers in which they try to prove that their language of choice is best and that they can use their language to work faster and smarter than anyone else. Basically, the programming world seems to foster a culture of fast competition rather than accurate teamwork and collaboration.
While today’s web is like Berners-Lee’s initial vision of it, I don’t think anyone could have predicted just how big it would become. While today’s web does accomplish the original goal of Berners-Lee to help share information between people to solve problems the world faces, this sharing of information has extended way beyond just the scholarly sharing of information. The benefits of the web today can be seen in the number of ways we have to connect with people. Sites like LinkedIn can be used to help find employment, while sites like Facebook can be used to track down and stay in touch with old friends. While the possibilities with today’s web are countless, there are also several disadvantages of and threats to today’s web. Primarily, as Berners-Lee noted, is the problem of the spread of misinformation and lack of accountability to share only properly reviewed material, the loss of privacy, and the often unethical role that the web can play in the political world. While these are downsides, I would still argue that as long as we are all smart users and work to improve the content on the web, the web is one of our most useful tools in today’s society.
- UniProt was my favorite database by far. First off, the website was the most aesthetically pleasing, which made it much more enjoyable to surf and search through. Also, the ability to show/hide different categories of information on the gene using the menu on the left of the page was an incredibly useful feature. Along with the great layout of the site, the information was incredibly thorough and the citations were very detailed, which would make it easier in the future if we were ever looking for primary sources for the information.
- My least favorite database was the NCBI site. This in large part was due to the very plain and mundane color-scheme of the page, which made it very boring to search through. Furthermore, the overall information provided on the page was not as extensive as the other databases, and much more difficult to navigate through with limited knowledge of the gene. The fact that there was no general summary paragraph of the gene was especially disappointing.

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Arash Lari's Responses

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Yes we coded in HTML, which is a markup language.
Yes we used a standard library, which was HTML syntax with bootstrap for formatting.
Paul Ford says coders are angry because of a bunch of reasons. The world of coding moves so fast that in 18 months you can be obsolete.They're rewarded for quick thinking, this leads to people being blunt and specializing in their own field, which people will quickly cling too and proclaim the best. The mixture of these creates a culture of "angry" coders.

2. I think the author got the internet surprisingly well defined considering how long ago it was, but one thing I don't think he touched on was the paradigm shift of how the world uses the internet that we've gone through. Internet access is being a basic human right is a topic of debate within global communities and nowadays the internet is where some people go to school, go to work, and much more. It's much more a necessary part of life than the original author foresaw (which makes sense because that's more similar to how the internet was used and accessed in 1994).

3. Because my partner was more focused on the biological research of this assignment I referred to her experience and then checked out each of the website and agreed with her after I saw what she meant. The SGD database was definitely the most intuitive and the Ensembl website felt like it was designed for someone that was trained to use it, and not just for anyone that's curious.

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John Lopez's Responses

Based on the readings, while I did not necessarily code in a traditional programming language, which Ford describes as "software used to make software", I coded in a markup language, HTML. I also used Bootstrap, which technically is not a standard library since the classes given from Bootstrap are not methods. However, Bootstrap behaves like a standard library would, in the sense that it provides extra functionality. Finally, I would assume that the anger from coders mentioned in Paul Ford's article comes from the fact that the programming industry undergoes rapid technological change at a pace that is difficult to keep up with. What was the most efficient solution to a problem yesterday might not be the case today. This creates situations where , if you were a programmer, you must "Expect to be told you’re wrong; expect to tell other people they’re wrong".
I believe that the notion of sharing ideas is still prominent within the modern web. Although the world wide web was designed for the purpose of sharing information and data in regards to scientific advancement, it would appear that a multitude of applications have emerged from this. The idea of an online store mentioned at the end of the article has blossomed into the world of e-commerce as an example. I think that all of these ideas being shared is what makes the web better. However, the fact that our society puts so much dependence on sharing information through the world wide web is a problem, for this can lead to issues like misinformation, hacking, and a overall lack of privacy online even if you don't share information by publishing through HTTP.
Out of the four databases I accessed, I found SGD to be the most organized, easiest to navigate, and use. This was because it was focused more towards yeast genes specifically and provided the data I needed compared to what another scientist might need. This is why I found UniProt to be the most difficult to use for my case, for it had connections to genes from other species and had data I did not need.

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Antonio Porras' Responses

Did you code in a language for this assignment? I helped code in HTML for this assignment.
Did you use a standard library? We used bootstrap as the standard library.
Do you understand what Paul Ford meant about coders being angry? It makes sense why coders are angry because of the constant shift of what's important to know constantly changes within programming. I don't program, personally, however the level of security regarding their knowledge is understandable. Even thinking about Silicon Valley and how fast one idea or method can completely overturn the dynamic system in place.
How similar or different do you think Tim Berners-Lee’s original vision for The World-Wide Web is from today’s web? State ways where you think today’s web is better, and today’s web is worse. I believe his original version stays true with respect to allowing anyone with a computer and internet to access information and anyone can also publish information for others to view. However, it has also become a destructive medium by which people with the correct skill set can access information which isn't meant to be publicly available (e.g. SSNs). While the World-Wide Web can offer endless amount of information, it can be difficult to interpret what information is relevant or true and it requires one to understand not everything on the internet can be accepted with 100% certainty. Today's web is better in terms of mass amount of information, but the downside which is also the worse part is being able to parse through the endless bad or incorrect information. In this way, it's better and also worse.
Out of the four databases you accessed for this assignment (SGD itself, NCBI Gene Database, Ensembl, UniProt), which did you like the best, and why? Which did you like the least, and why? (Refer back to the question about differences in content or presentation that you noted on your gene's web page.) The best database was by far SGD which was created by Stanford University School of Medicine, Genetics Department. SGD had the same information the other databases had, however, the other databases references SGD more than SGD referenced the others. It went as far as providing the percentages of each amino acid in the protein which I thought was stunning and relevant to studying the gene expression. Lastly, the images and sections had were easy to interpret regarding data points and had extensive references to the information if one were to be interested in a certain area. My least favorite database was the Ensembl database because of the way it was formatted and also it had significantly less information on CLN1 and less graphs/images to visualize data points. Lastly the search for CLN1 was far more difficult than it should have been compared to the other databases.

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Emma Tyrnauer's Responses

For this assignment we coded in the language of html. We also used a standard library and formatted our page using Bootstrap. What Paul Ford means about coders being "angry" is that the coding profession is very fast paced; the quicker an individual can solve a problem or make a decision, the better (because someone else out there will manage to find a fresher and quicker way to do it). Furthermore, programmers often "carve out a sliver of cognitive territory for themselves" and because they know their skills are easily replaceable, they become very defensive. Therefore, programmers use very blunt talk, which can often be mistaken as anger.
Tim Berners-Lee's original vision for the World-Wide Web is similar to today's web in the sense that it allows people to post on a common interface and this information can be accessed by everyone. However, today's version of the web contains a lot more information and is more easily accessed by the general public. While this information has proven to be very instrumental in societal, social, scientific, and technological progress, Berners-Lee points out in his Weaving the Web interview that the World-Wide web has also now become a platform for misinformation, "manipulation of the audience," "untruths," etc. Therefore, people need to be aware of these problems when sharing and accessing information.
Out of the four databases accessed for this assignment, I like UniProt the best because it had the most aesthetically pleasing interface, was very well organized, and allowed individuals to select what information about a gene they wanted to be displayed on the page. Furthermore, it was very good at annotating references. On the other hand, I liked the NCBI Gene Database the least because while it included standard information, some of it was difficult to find and the page itself was very minimal and boring.

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Zachary Van Ysseldyk's Responses

Yes, for this assignment, I coded in HTML even though Bootstrap did most of the formatting. We must have used a standard library because if he used no standard library, the computer would not know how to interpret our new language. I think that I understand what Paul Ford is saying when he says that coders are angry. He describes the culture of coders which often lead to "anger." For example, many coders are very defensive and opinionted about their code which may lead to an argument. Even Paul Ford writes: "Coding is a culture of blurters."
I think that there are similarities and differences when it comes to Tim Berners-Lee original vision for the World Wide Web. He denotes that the web will open up a new marketplace as well as open up a whole new way of communication. I agree with his vision in both of these aspects, however I got the sense that the World Wide Web was primarily meant for research and science. Of course this is not the case, everybody uses the Web. Overall, I think that the reality of Tim Berners-Lee's World Wide Web extended far beyond his vision.
My favorite database was SGD. It was the easiest and most aesthetically pleasing website to use. The data was set up in a way so that I was able to easily navigate the page. My least favorite was NCBI. I did not like how unfriendly the website was for new users. I think that SGD is navigable without prior knowledge about genetics whereas NCBI requires some knowledge on what exactly someone is looking for.

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Corinne Wong's Responses

- Yes, we used HTML to code for this assignment.
- Yes, we used a standard library when we used code from Bootstrap.
- Coders are angry because the world of code is always changing, and everyone wants to be the best. They all want to be good at their craft and feel useful, but if the more valued language changes to another one, someone is likely going to be left behind and nobody wants to be that person. That's why coders are very defensive about their preferred languages, and they are very competitive when it comes to understanding multiple languages.
It's similar in that it is still a useful tool for sharing information around the world. However, Tim Berners-Lee had always envisioned The World-Wide Web as being an open place for everyone to contribute, but now it is being used as a prop for people, like the government or terrorists, to obtain certain information and control. Despite this, I do believe the web is better today because it has allowed for an amazing expansion of the way we stay connected. You can do almost anything on the web, and it has become an increasingly important tool in learning. We can learn so much from the web through videos, articles, informative websites, and more. It has opened up so many opportunities for people around the world, and I'm sure it has exceeded even Tim Berners-Lee's expectations.
Out of the four databases, I preferred SGD. It provided a lot of information about the gene, and the page had a nice flow. It was user friendly, and the font wasn't too small. UniProt was similar and a close second, but I liked how SGD provided lots of information right there on the page instead of through separate links, like UniProt did for almost all of its information. The web page I liked the least was Ensembl because it had little information on the gene, and the diagram/chart didn't have a header, label, or description. Moreover, its overall layout was unappealing, seeming a bit congested without a smooth flow.

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 == Dina Bashoura's Responses ==
 #Yes, we coded in HTML for this assignment.
-#Yes, we used a standard library.
+#*Yes, we used a standard library.
-#Yes I understand what Paul Ford meant by coders being "angry". From what the article says, coders are praised for their quick thinking and responding abilities, probably because it correlates to quick coding abilities. This also means that coders are quick to speak their mind about issues regarding coding like new languages and which language is better. Being outspoken in a quick manner often is portrayed as being angry over a topic, so in this sense, I can understand why Paul Ford said that coders are "angry".
+#*Yes I understand what Paul Ford meant by coders being "angry". From what the article says, coders are praised for their quick thinking and responding abilities, probably because it correlates to quick coding abilities. This also means that coders are quick to speak their mind about issues regarding coding like new languages and which language is better. Being outspoken in a quick manner often is portrayed as being angry over a topic, so in this sense, I can understand why Paul Ford said that coders are "angry".
+#I would imagine the original version of the web had similar fundamental aspects to what the web is today, of course. The design of the web would be different back then because it was created initially to connect people and have a space of shared knowledge and ideas, whereas today this still holds true but was taken to an extreme. Today's web can interact and do much more than just be a space to share knowledge. I would say that today's web is worse than back then because so many people are on the web and because it is designed to be an open shared space, there is room for others to steal knowledge and now there are copyright issues that need to be taken into account. Also, the issue of privacy comes into play because almost everything involves the web now so there is more private information on the web meaning that there are more chances for others to access that information because of the design of the web being an open place that everyone can access.
+#I liked the SGD website the best because of the clear organization and flow of information. Almost all of the information I needed for this assignment was on that page. The design of the page also made it easy to follow with the tabs on the left indicating the sections that the page contained. I found this page to be the easiest to follow and the most aesthetically pleasing.

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