So this week there was so much information that the reading became a little muddy for me to understand at some points! I could barely keep track of what i was reading let alone in the lectures. Shareware, Freeware, software, ugh, it was so tuff to undertsand them all with their names being so similar.
Shareware and Freeware are different because shareware is not free, but freeware is. Shareware can be used for free during a trial period, then purchased after the time expired if you want to use it after the expired time. Freeware is free, hence the name, but can not be incorporated in any applications you intend to sell. For example, many games on the internet you can use for free,but there are also some shareware games, which have to be purchased in order to play. Here is an example of a freeware game called "Cave Story" ...a lot of fun!
I learned a wide variety of software from business programs use to single user programs. I have used many different software programs, from tax prep, to Adobe Reader. I use most software in everyday use and have never thought about license agreements and how much work must have gone into building and creating these fabulous programs. It makes life a lot easier, and your work more efficient having them, especially since most everything you do these days is on the computer. Even now, by me typing on this blog I am using a communictaion software! Crazy I know!
We rely heavily on our computers and software programs make them that much more effective in our daily lives, and thanks to application software and the people that create it, we can have a more simple way to do our daily business.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Week 3: Clear
So week three in the readings were a bit more interesting for me at least. I knew that there was a difference between the internet and the World Wide Web but the text really put it into perspective! The web is just a service of the internet, weird but true, so e-mailing and web pages are not the "internet", they are web pages on the internet,confusing then check out, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet. So now when I am going to go on my computer I will say i am going to surf the web, because I am not just going on the internet. Haha.
I learned that the internet was started in a cool secret kind of way, ARPANET, was started by the U.S. Pentagon as a research project. It allowed scientist that were not near each other to communicate while working on military and scientific projects, through the internet. It started with just four computers, in 1969, located in four different places so that the researchers could collaborate, through e-mail. Today there are more then half a billion computer and all are doing much more then just sending e-mails. Fascinating to me! Its like a James Bond secret that has changed our lives!
Anywho...with the internet growing at such a fast pace, it is awesome yet a little disturbing that you can use e-commerce to buy anything for sale on the web. I do own a I-phone but I would never have thought that I would actually use it to do any sort of shopping. M-commerce the phase now coined to mean, mobile shopping, is where people on their blackberrys, I-phone, etc., and shop! I have bought a few things off of the web, but it sort of scares me to think how many people are on the internet and how, it is most likely, very easy to have your identity stolen.
There was a lot of information in the chapter but most information was a solid review or a more detailed look on things I have already known. The internet is a fascinately place, filled with so many options! It enhances the use of the computer 10-fold.
I learned that the internet was started in a cool secret kind of way, ARPANET, was started by the U.S. Pentagon as a research project. It allowed scientist that were not near each other to communicate while working on military and scientific projects, through the internet. It started with just four computers, in 1969, located in four different places so that the researchers could collaborate, through e-mail. Today there are more then half a billion computer and all are doing much more then just sending e-mails. Fascinating to me! Its like a James Bond secret that has changed our lives!
Anywho...with the internet growing at such a fast pace, it is awesome yet a little disturbing that you can use e-commerce to buy anything for sale on the web. I do own a I-phone but I would never have thought that I would actually use it to do any sort of shopping. M-commerce the phase now coined to mean, mobile shopping, is where people on their blackberrys, I-phone, etc., and shop! I have bought a few things off of the web, but it sort of scares me to think how many people are on the internet and how, it is most likely, very easy to have your identity stolen.
There was a lot of information in the chapter but most information was a solid review or a more detailed look on things I have already known. The internet is a fascinately place, filled with so many options! It enhances the use of the computer 10-fold.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Creating my Blog
So this blogging thing is new to me! But I think I am starting to like it! I have been messing around with the elements that you can add and what all you can actually do with it. I probably will always be changing things like pictures and maybe writing about things I am experiencing, hope that is ok! I am also helping my mother fix and keep up with her blogging for her business! The blog URL is http://sunrisefarms.blogspot.com/ check it out!
Week 2: Muddy
I would have never guessed that computers are such intricate machines. Yes I know how to use them, and play on them, but truly had never thought about the coding schemes, and tiny chips that go into making them. To think we started with just a crank multiplying machine, whic was extraordinary at the time, to the new age mini laptop, wirless computers, is mind boggling. Hundreds of thousands of little working units in a single chip to decode all the information on your computer! Wow! Its like a mini genius.
From the Dark ages, to present time, the computer revolution is an amazing history. A history that is still amazing and continues to grow. The dark ages started with a crank multiplying machine, which just added numbers, then in the middle ages, 1958-1990, the developement of the computers own language, to the now, the present, with the tiny brains in the computer called chips, that do virtually everything on your computer for you by the touch of a button.
I look forward to learning more about my machine, as i was not very well informed that all this hard work and effort went in, not only to create, but to continue to make our machine, or little/big workers :-), more incredible.
From the Dark ages, to present time, the computer revolution is an amazing history. A history that is still amazing and continues to grow. The dark ages started with a crank multiplying machine, which just added numbers, then in the middle ages, 1958-1990, the developement of the computers own language, to the now, the present, with the tiny brains in the computer called chips, that do virtually everything on your computer for you by the touch of a button.
I look forward to learning more about my machine, as i was not very well informed that all this hard work and effort went in, not only to create, but to continue to make our machine, or little/big workers :-), more incredible.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Week 1: Clear
As a person who has grown up on computers you learn and develop these computer skills that many people older then myself are amazed by. For example, i can type with two hands rather then search for words and then type, LOL (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOL), which many find amazing! As a rather younger person I never thought that I knew much more about computers and the proper or improper use until someone in my family pointed it out. I divulge in this information because Internet etiquette I am aware of but as of this week i can use the proper terminology to describe "netiquette" (computer etiquette).
Netiquette is the term to describe proper computer etiquette. For example, WHEN YOU TYPE IN ALL CAPITALS, this imposes you are shouting or yelling. The person on the other end of the e-mail, text message might take your expression as rude or insulting. Nowadays with the Internet being such a huge source for business and personal relationships if one is not aware of netiquette on the Internet, e-mail, text, and/or blogging, could possibly work against them. Lets say you type something to your boss that you think would be considered a "short" and "sweet" response where in fact it could be taken as short responded and "sassy" or "rude". Many times now instead of getting a knock on the door, cubicle, etc., you will receive an e-mail from a supervisor, co-worker, etc., giving instructions through Internet instead of personal communication, so it is very important to know the proper use of netiquette to determine urgency, importance, or tone of the message. For example, lets say a document that needs to be written and the timely manner at which it needs to be submitted comes from your supervisor, there is no indication from them that it is urgent, but they write that they need it TODAY, if you were not aware that caps constitutes as shouting then you would probably not realize the urgency of the massage therefore setting your self up for a disappointment. Without voice recognition it might be hard to determine through written words the tone of a person when they communicate, whether they are being sarcastic, rude, or complimentary, that is why knowing and using netiquette has become a huge tool in the ever growing boom of the relationship between Internet business and personal relationships. Another example, someone could type "call me" so you would think it is not urgent but if they wrote "CALL ME" you would assume they are shouting and call as soon as possible.
To learn more about Netiquette please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netiquette, for full history and definition.
I am glad that i have learned the appropriate terminology to describe proper etiquette on the Internet!
Netiquette is the term to describe proper computer etiquette. For example, WHEN YOU TYPE IN ALL CAPITALS, this imposes you are shouting or yelling. The person on the other end of the e-mail, text message might take your expression as rude or insulting. Nowadays with the Internet being such a huge source for business and personal relationships if one is not aware of netiquette on the Internet, e-mail, text, and/or blogging, could possibly work against them. Lets say you type something to your boss that you think would be considered a "short" and "sweet" response where in fact it could be taken as short responded and "sassy" or "rude". Many times now instead of getting a knock on the door, cubicle, etc., you will receive an e-mail from a supervisor, co-worker, etc., giving instructions through Internet instead of personal communication, so it is very important to know the proper use of netiquette to determine urgency, importance, or tone of the message. For example, lets say a document that needs to be written and the timely manner at which it needs to be submitted comes from your supervisor, there is no indication from them that it is urgent, but they write that they need it TODAY, if you were not aware that caps constitutes as shouting then you would probably not realize the urgency of the massage therefore setting your self up for a disappointment. Without voice recognition it might be hard to determine through written words the tone of a person when they communicate, whether they are being sarcastic, rude, or complimentary, that is why knowing and using netiquette has become a huge tool in the ever growing boom of the relationship between Internet business and personal relationships. Another example, someone could type "call me" so you would think it is not urgent but if they wrote "CALL ME" you would assume they are shouting and call as soon as possible.
To learn more about Netiquette please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netiquette, for full history and definition.
I am glad that i have learned the appropriate terminology to describe proper etiquette on the Internet!
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