Week 7: Clear

WoW! I had no idea that you should be renewing and updating your security software so much! I probably had not done an update in forever! I just spent the whole day almost cleaning up my computer. Luckily, I did not run into any viruses along the way. I also went and checked out my personnal firewall, I have Vista, thankfully, which automatically enables itself. I though that this was all done on its own, that the computer would take care of its own self, haha.
I thought it was interesting that for Mac's it is not reccommended to defragment your computer but for pc's it is. I have both types of computers at home. So I will defrag my Dell but not my apple :). Since fragmentation slows down your whole computer, hopefully by defragmenting my Dell it will improve its performance. It will allow files to be saved then as, contigous sectors, instead of fragmented pieces.
Who knew computers were this invovled.
I always try and rememer to back-up important information already on my computers. I have a couple different USB from over the years. I find saving my work to a USB is the best option for me. Not only does it save space, it saves work from possibly being destroyed.

Web 2.0 Project

Wow! This project definitely give me trouble in the beginning. I had no idea what was going on, and no clue on to what to make a story about. After an afternoon of trail riding down our limestone rock rode, and having my mind to myself, it came to me, "i'll do my project on the business!". At the beginning I had a major brain block, so I spent a couple days on working different story boards out to decide which direction I wanted to take it. I thought about doing a sales video, lesson video, location video, and none really sat right with me. I decided I would take the opportunity to go over a few little details that dressage riders (or any riders for that matter) learn. I went with the idea "From hard hat, to top hat" because not a lot of people are aware of the difference. A hard hat is for riders first starting out riding in lower levels of dressage, and a top hat is used by riders who have mastered the elements, shown, and have proven scores in all levels. The pictures in the montage are all of my family, and friends. My mother the owner of SRF Sport horses, Inc, is pictured numerous times along with me, my niece and nephew, and one of my best friends Jillian, we all are what makes up SRF, and we all share the same passion.

I really enjoyed making the project overall, and plan on using Onetruemedia.com again to create more advertisements for horses that we currently have for sale at SRF. It is a great marketing tool to catch the attention and interest of viewers.

Please view and comment on my project and how I can improve. I have added the project to my facebook page for people to comment, below is the URL!! Also participate in the poll I have credited located on the side of my blog! Thanks!

http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=a5323e22e81b3cd312a43e&skin_id=1603

http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onetruemedia.com%2Fshared_facebook%2Fa5323e22e81b3cd312a43e%2F1603&t=My%20Montage%202%2F7%2F10

I have already gotten some feedback from viewers! I am glad to hear that people enjoyed viewing it as much as i enjoyed making it! I love my life and surrounding myself with these amazing animals makes it that much better. I will make the change to the slides though, I will consider slowing them down a bit. I had them at the speed they were because it was supposed to resemble a commercial but now i know that it may have been fast! Thanks a lot for the advice!! :-)

Web 2.0 Project

Make video montages at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Week 6: Clear

Wireless input devices are huge now! I see many different types of mice, keyboards and web cams being used on a daily basis. It is funny to see how people get attached to their new found love of a wireless mice or a wireless keyboards. Wireless mice typically use infrared technology to manage your pointer will on the computer. It is a fabulous thing to have wireless devices because it does dramatically reduce the appearance of cords around your desk and office area. As long as you know how to sync and change batteries properly it really is more appealing to the eye to have.
Different types of keyboards and motion sensitive devices help reducing RSI- repetitive strain injury. RSI is the repetitive use of the same motion. For example, if you rest your wrist on the desk while waving your mouse around all day you are more likely to develop an uncomfortable condition. Some of the conditions include tendinitis, and Carpal Tunnel syndrome. Both of these conditions and lead to major problems that can affect your health and work load. New technology helps reduce these problems by allowing you to use the keyboard and mouse in a different way and/or allowing you to change how you use them on a daily basis. Also, there is new technology that lets you actually speak to your computer and your computer will actually take the commends and follow through. The computer can pick up on phonemes that we all have and can detect what words we are saying. Of course this program needs training but depending on the training it could answer simple questions or have expensive and intensive training to comprehend a huge vocabulary. The use of speech recognition in computers can be costly for the training and will need extra components such as USB headsets and microphones.

All of these information help me further my knowledge into the ever expanding use of technology. It is a pretty amazing industry. I have a feeling that, soon, with extensive training in computers we will start to see more robots around helping out in the work force.

Week 5: Clear

Flash drives, floppies, CD's, all are common terms to me. Of course the revolutionary flash drive is a life saver and a little magical wonder when it comes to documents. I can be at one computer, store my documents on my flash and go to the next to have them upload on to different computer! CD-R is a wonderful invention as well. You can buy your music on i-tunes and customize your very own soundtrack. This chapter was very interesting but clear to me. It made me more clear on things I pretty much use everyday.

Computers are becoming faster then ever. Staying cool and mass storage are making our little wizards (computers) necessary need in our lives. We can back up all our work on so many different types of devices, making it more safe to store things away from damage or computer failure. There are many different types of storage that the consumer can pick out depending on there preference.

For example, take a traditional role of film from a camera. You only were able to get about 20-25 pictures per role at 5-15 dollars a piece. Now with the new and improved digital camera, you buy a SD-card and you can shoot anywhere from 20-2000 pictures with out having to delete or remove any photos from the card. Digital cameras have improved marketing and advertising aspects of business because now you can take power shots and not worrying about over shooting or replacing the film every 20-25 pictures. Also with the CD-R it is possible to upload your pictures from your SD card to your computer and transfer them to a writable CD where they can be stored without fear of computer failure or damage to the negatives. You must store your CD properly, of course, but a CD can hold many photos, videos, and music of your liking. You can choose any type on storing device you prefer, you just have to choose the one thats best for you.