Technology Introduction

Possible Readings for Intro Tech Sessions:

These two pieces do a good job of explaining in plain English why writing good software is hard:

http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/02/07/mann0702.asp?p=1

http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/03/04/innovation10403.asp?p=1

Bruce Schneier does the best job I've seen of explaining buffer overflows starting on p. 207 of Secrets and Lies. Here's a paraphrase