Another example from my locale: Seattle Public Schools changed their student allocation software, and for reasons that remain unexplained (and probably deliberately well-obfuscated) the roll-out left students attending high school on the first day with no class schedule. Those (including my daughter) were the lucky ones: some did not know to which school they had been allocated/accepted.

Great question, Jonathan. :-) Cheers -- Ian

On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 10:21 PM, Jonathan Coopersmith <j-coopersmith@neo.tamu.edu> wrote:

The major problems with the Obamacare and, less reported (but no less anguished if you are a high school senior or parent of one)Common Application websites offer an opportunity for an op-ed via History News Service (http://historynewsservice.org/submission-guidelines/)or History News Network (http://hnn.us/submissions.html) to reach a wider audience than we normally find.
What perspective could a historian of computing offer on these semi-failures (and possibly similar online fiascoes)? What guidance or commentary could help shape public and policy reactions?

Take advantage of this post-shutdown opportunity.

Jonathan

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Jonathan Coopersmith
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Department of History
Texas A&M University
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Ian S. King, MSCS ('06, Washington)
Ph.D. Student
The Information School
University of Washington

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