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Monday, December 14, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
This week in MIST...
This week in MIST class I gained knowledge on iPhone development. Given the task to create a directory page we sought knowledge from the book Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript by Jonathan Stark. This book will be an essential tool for anyone building applications or developing for the iPhone.
In the Database Management class we overviewed Energy Informatics. Energy Informatics can be defined as the analyzing, designing, and implementing information systems to increase energy efficiency. This is a very interesting and relevant topic today; especially because of global warming and the increase of energy being used daily. The information systems ties together elements to provide a complete solution. Information systems automate aspects and provide interfaces for suppliers and consumers.
Focusing on Energy Informatics, systems supply information to manage energy supply and demand to minimize emissions. Systems also enable consumer to control energy usage to reduce energy consumption.
Dr. Watson illustrated UPS case study Energy Informatics. The study including UPS truck drivers usings reverse, idling, and gave mechanical report on the trucks. The study found when drivers kept reversing at a minimum, it decreased accidents and travel times causing more efficient routes. When drivers idle, energy is used, especially when turning on the engine before the driver is ready to leave for their destination. Training the drivers to turn the engine on last saved on energy wasted while idling. Lastly the mechanical report notified managers of potential failures; thus increasing uptime and efficiency.
In the Database Management class we overviewed Energy Informatics. Energy Informatics can be defined as the analyzing, designing, and implementing information systems to increase energy efficiency. This is a very interesting and relevant topic today; especially because of global warming and the increase of energy being used daily. The information systems ties together elements to provide a complete solution. Information systems automate aspects and provide interfaces for suppliers and consumers.
Focusing on Energy Informatics, systems supply information to manage energy supply and demand to minimize emissions. Systems also enable consumer to control energy usage to reduce energy consumption.
Dr. Watson illustrated UPS case study Energy Informatics. The study including UPS truck drivers usings reverse, idling, and gave mechanical report on the trucks. The study found when drivers kept reversing at a minimum, it decreased accidents and travel times causing more efficient routes. When drivers idle, energy is used, especially when turning on the engine before the driver is ready to leave for their destination. Training the drivers to turn the engine on last saved on energy wasted while idling. Lastly the mechanical report notified managers of potential failures; thus increasing uptime and efficiency.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
MIST blog
This week in MIST class I gained knowledge on Net Neutrality. It was fun to hear classmates debate on this current event topic; mainly because it will affect us all. I think I am still against net neutrality because I am not comfortable with the FCC being a “lawful” body. I think both sides had valid points and it should be interesting to see how net neutrality plays out.
Another interesting topic was e-commerce. The types of e-commerce are Business to Consumer, Business to Business, Consumer to Consumer, Peer to Peer, and Mobile commerce. E-commerce is made up of 7 dimensions. Those dimensions included ubiquity, global reach, universal standards, richness, interactivity, information density, and personalization. All pieces allow business to make transactions on the Internet. Similarly in order for businesses to be successful they should have a business model. The business model has eight key elements. These elements include value proposition, revenue model, market opportunity, competitive environment, competitive advantage, market strategy, management team, and operational model.
Another interesting topic was e-commerce. The types of e-commerce are Business to Consumer, Business to Business, Consumer to Consumer, Peer to Peer, and Mobile commerce. E-commerce is made up of 7 dimensions. Those dimensions included ubiquity, global reach, universal standards, richness, interactivity, information density, and personalization. All pieces allow business to make transactions on the Internet. Similarly in order for businesses to be successful they should have a business model. The business model has eight key elements. These elements include value proposition, revenue model, market opportunity, competitive environment, competitive advantage, market strategy, management team, and operational model.
Friday, November 6, 2009
iPhone Development Webpage List
Some sites I have found in regards to iPhone development are:
General iPhone Web page best practices - http://www.evotech.net/blog/2007/07/web-development-for-the-iphone/
Working with the viewport - http://daedalus.rcboyce.com/viewport/
CSS for good iPhone Web pages - http://building-iphone-apps.labs.oreilly.com/
The WebKit and using it's features for iPhone Web apps - http://www.cherrysave.com/web-design/6-webkit-tricks-to-easily-create-stunning-iphone-web-designs/
the iUI - http://www.joehewitt.com/blog/introducing_iui.php
General iPhone Web page best practices - http://www.evotech.net/blog/2007/07/web-development-for-the-iphone/
Working with the viewport - http://daedalus.rcboyce.com/viewport/
CSS for good iPhone Web pages - http://building-iphone-apps.labs.oreilly.com/
The WebKit and using it's features for iPhone Web apps - http://www.cherrysave.com/web-design/6-webkit-tricks-to-easily-create-stunning-iphone-web-designs/
the iUI - http://www.joehewitt.com/blog/introducing_iui.php
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Findability
Findability is the ability to quickly find the right information inside the enterprise, across formats and repositories. According to Google the demanding for data as “instant information” becomes increasingly critical to business productivity. Below is a figure from SEO 2.0 Blog which describes SEO, usability, information architecture, accessibility, development, marketing, copywriting, and design as pieces that create the findability domain.
Figure 1. Findability. From SEO 2.0 Blog: Findability, New and Better SEO? Experts Disagree; 12+ Findability Resources. (2009) Retrieved from http://seo2.0.onreact.com/findability-new-and-better-seo-experts-disagree-12-findability-resources
Figure 1. Findability. From SEO 2.0 Blog: Findability, New and Better SEO? Experts Disagree; 12+ Findability Resources. (2009) Retrieved from http://seo2.0.onreact.com/findability-new-and-better-seo-experts-disagree-12-findability-resources
MIT weekly overview
Matt Krivanek from sherpawebstudios.com gave in-depth insight on Search Engine Optimization (SEO). He advised the class the market share for SEO brakes down into two categories. Those categories are organic and pay per click while organic, based on site design, structure, and who links to it, constitutes for 70% and pay per click, paying for result position, is the remaining 30%. To help increase SEO for your site, some “on page factors “are control, deployment ease, key word density, and conversion. On the other hand “off page factors” include no control, and other pages linking to your website.
Also in order to maximize SEO there are important factors to consider; both negative and positive. Positive factors include title tag – few exact words; body text – frequent use, within first 200 words; H1, H2, Hx Tags – use entire Hx family; bold/strong – HTML; domain/URL; filename; img ALT; inbound link anchor text; inbound link popularity - tag; clean, lightweight markup. Alternatively negative factors include server often inaccessible to bots; content similar/duplicate; external link quality; and meta keywords .
After writing a midterm on this topic I found this lecture topic interesting. Because of the real data and examples used gave insight on how SEO is used in the everyday business world.
Also in order to maximize SEO there are important factors to consider; both negative and positive. Positive factors include title tag – few exact words; body text – frequent use, within first 200 words; H1, H2, Hx Tags – use entire Hx family; bold/strong – HTML; domain/URL; filename; img ALT; inbound link anchor text; inbound link popularity -
After writing a midterm on this topic I found this lecture topic interesting. Because of the real data and examples used gave insight on how SEO is used in the everyday business world.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Web 3.0
Learning about the semantic web was very interesting. I gained an understanding of different stages of the Web (1.0, 2.0 and 3.0). See this YouTube video on the evolution of the Web Each different stage has had its strengths and weaknesses. Web 1.0 including static web pages which were used as information only pages with little interaction from users. Web 2.0 allows users to interact, and control their experience while being dynamic and customizable. There is so many databases and search engines which makes Web 2.0 possible. Now the Internet is trying to grow into its next stage Web 3.0 or semantic web. Web 3.0 is derived on machine rules based driven pages. There is lots of information on Web 3.0 which causes the web to rely more heavily on structure. Robin Fay gave our class a presentation on the semantic web. Here is a link to her PowerPoint: http://contentdivergent.blogspot.com/2009/10/semantic-web-social-web-and-progression.html.
Web 3.0 it made of different layers which include a framework, schema, ontology language and resource identifier. According to Robin Fay, “libraries, museums, and other resources already have huge record sets of structured data for their resources,” which the data will be derived from. But before we can truly get Web 3.0 Fay states, “we need smarter computers, better web standards, better behind-the-scenes structure (RDF), more built in metadata generation tools on social networking sites, and better search engines.” Sounds to me like the Master’s of Internet Technology students will contribute in the evolution of Web 3.0 in some form or fashion.
Web 3.0 it made of different layers which include a framework, schema, ontology language and resource identifier. According to Robin Fay, “libraries, museums, and other resources already have huge record sets of structured data for their resources,” which the data will be derived from. But before we can truly get Web 3.0 Fay states, “we need smarter computers, better web standards, better behind-the-scenes structure (RDF), more built in metadata generation tools on social networking sites, and better search engines.” Sounds to me like the Master’s of Internet Technology students will contribute in the evolution of Web 3.0 in some form or fashion.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
So you want to make a video that's going to be viewed on or downloaded from a web site. What's the best way to go about that? Before you blurt out, "YouTube", here are some things to consider first.
Streaming vs Downloading
This will depend on how you want users to view your video and your budget.
The easiest, cheapest thing to do is to have visitors download the file from your web site. It works but it requires your visitors to get the entire file onto their computer before they can watch it.
Streaming video is the more expensive option. A streaming video allows the user to view the video as it's being delivered to them instead of waiting for the entire file first. It costs more because it requires the server to be running an application specifically for streaming video. However, in addition to users being able to view the video faster, a streaming video can detect a user's connection speed, broadcast live events, and handle larger traffic loads.
There is an option in between the two called progressive downloading. It mimics streaming in that it allows users to start viewing the video as soon as the beginning of the file has been downloaded but it lacks the additional benefits of streaming video. It's cheaper than streaming since it doesn't require the additional software on the server.
Which to pick? If you want visitors to be able to keep the file you can allow them to download it. If you want users to start viewing the video as soon as possible but don't have a big budget or do anything else special with it use progressive streaming. Sites with large amounts of traffic and want to do live events, like Hulu, need to use streaming.
Format
There are a few formats available: Windows Media, Quicktime, MPEG-4, Flash, and, more recently, Silverlight.
If you are a business, use Flash or Silverlight. You want as many people as possible to be able to view your video so you should use a format that works across multiple platforms and browsers. Flash edges out Silverlight in that regard since Silverlight does not work in Opera on Macs yet and Microsoft does not plan to update IE6 so that Silverlight will work in that browser.
This article comparing different aspects of Flash and Silverlight is useful for considerations beyond compatibility such as the ease of creating animation, sound quality, and accessibility.
You'd want this on your personal web site as well but since Flash video is expensive. In this case a MPEG-4 format that works in multiple players may be the way to go. However, if you do plan to have your videos on a site like YouTube or Vimeo they will convert your file to flash for you.
The Video Itself
This is information I learned years ago in a New Media class so it is not universally applicable. If you want people who are on slower connections to be able to see your video clearly you should consider this during video production if you intend to stream your video.
No rapid movements: Avoid having a lot of unneccessary movement in the video and nothing fast. The video will become pixelated and blurry on a slower connection.
Close up shots: Do not use wide shots for videos intended to be viewed on slower connections. The less color information the better. Like fast motion, a wide shot will be blurry when streaming on a slow connection.
The Pew Research Center has a survey of dial-up vs broadband use but note that they do not ask about how fast anyone's broadband was and the survey is only relevant to the United States.
Copyright Law: Using Other People's Stuff
The Center for Social Media has a video and article for their Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video. Generally, if your video has copyrighted material in it then it should fall under at least one of the scenarios that constitutes fair use:
*That's not mine, I'm quoting the home page of Adult Swim
Streaming vs Downloading
This will depend on how you want users to view your video and your budget.
The easiest, cheapest thing to do is to have visitors download the file from your web site. It works but it requires your visitors to get the entire file onto their computer before they can watch it.
Streaming video is the more expensive option. A streaming video allows the user to view the video as it's being delivered to them instead of waiting for the entire file first. It costs more because it requires the server to be running an application specifically for streaming video. However, in addition to users being able to view the video faster, a streaming video can detect a user's connection speed, broadcast live events, and handle larger traffic loads.
There is an option in between the two called progressive downloading. It mimics streaming in that it allows users to start viewing the video as soon as the beginning of the file has been downloaded but it lacks the additional benefits of streaming video. It's cheaper than streaming since it doesn't require the additional software on the server.
Which to pick? If you want visitors to be able to keep the file you can allow them to download it. If you want users to start viewing the video as soon as possible but don't have a big budget or do anything else special with it use progressive streaming. Sites with large amounts of traffic and want to do live events, like Hulu, need to use streaming.
Format
There are a few formats available: Windows Media, Quicktime, MPEG-4, Flash, and, more recently, Silverlight.
If you are a business, use Flash or Silverlight. You want as many people as possible to be able to view your video so you should use a format that works across multiple platforms and browsers. Flash edges out Silverlight in that regard since Silverlight does not work in Opera on Macs yet and Microsoft does not plan to update IE6 so that Silverlight will work in that browser.
This article comparing different aspects of Flash and Silverlight is useful for considerations beyond compatibility such as the ease of creating animation, sound quality, and accessibility.
You'd want this on your personal web site as well but since Flash video is expensive. In this case a MPEG-4 format that works in multiple players may be the way to go. However, if you do plan to have your videos on a site like YouTube or Vimeo they will convert your file to flash for you.
The Video Itself
This is information I learned years ago in a New Media class so it is not universally applicable. If you want people who are on slower connections to be able to see your video clearly you should consider this during video production if you intend to stream your video.
No rapid movements: Avoid having a lot of unneccessary movement in the video and nothing fast. The video will become pixelated and blurry on a slower connection.
Close up shots: Do not use wide shots for videos intended to be viewed on slower connections. The less color information the better. Like fast motion, a wide shot will be blurry when streaming on a slow connection.
The Pew Research Center has a survey of dial-up vs broadband use but note that they do not ask about how fast anyone's broadband was and the survey is only relevant to the United States.
Copyright Law: Using Other People's Stuff
The Center for Social Media has a video and article for their Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video. Generally, if your video has copyrighted material in it then it should fall under at least one of the scenarios that constitutes fair use:
- Commenting ON OR CRITIQUING OF COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL
- USING COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL FOR ILLUSTRATION OR EXAMPLE
- CAPTURING COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL INCIDENTALLY OR ACCIDENTALLY
- REPRODUCING, REPOSTING, OR QUOTING IN ORDER TO MEMORIALIZE, PRESERVE, OR RESCUE AN EXPERIENCE, AN EVENT, OR A CULTURAL PHENOMENON
- COPYING, REPOSTING, AND RECIRCULATING A WORK OR PART OF A WORK FOR PURPOSES OF LAUNCHING A DISCUSSION
- QUOTING IN ORDER TO RECOMBINE ELEMENTS TO MAKE A NEW WORK THAT DEPENDS FOR ITS MEANING ON RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE ELEMENTS
*That's not mine, I'm quoting the home page of Adult Swim
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Midterm Paper
So for the midterm we were assigned a paper on Web Analytics and Web Attractiveness. I was not able to link my paper through Scribd to my blog. I uploaded the midterm to Scribd as a private document so no one will see it, but Scribd does not allow private documents to be embedded to other sites. Also if I chose the doument as public I can embed the document but Blogger does not allow a mix of public and private posting. So I just sent Dr. Piercy an e-mail with my attached midterm for grading. Wish me luck!!!
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Software as a Service
I checked out Google Docs at docs.google.com and Zoho at www.zoho.com. Google docs allows translation and detect languages in Google spreadsheets. Google also have forms which allows add pages and allow navigation to a specific page within a form. It also allows equations which can include the =sum() and =sumproduct() functions. Images can be exported into .xls files. The files can also be e-mailed as an attachment. With the presentation application you can automatically cycle through slides in presentation mode and enable time delay, autostart, and loop.
Comparatively with Zoho it allows integration with Google Docs. Zoho allows the user to sign in and import data from multiple sources to see auto-generated reports immediately. Zoho has spreadsheet, word processor and presentation applications to allow users to drag-and-drop on report building functions. Also Zoho has a centralized data maintenance. All data can be uploaded in a single data store which lets connecting multiple reports easier.
Personally I preferred Zoho over Google Docs. It seems to be more user friendly and looks more like the word processor, spreadsheets and presentation applications I use everyday. I think the only shortfall is Zoho is not an American household name yet like Google is right now
Comparatively with Zoho it allows integration with Google Docs. Zoho allows the user to sign in and import data from multiple sources to see auto-generated reports immediately. Zoho has spreadsheet, word processor and presentation applications to allow users to drag-and-drop on report building functions. Also Zoho has a centralized data maintenance. All data can be uploaded in a single data store which lets connecting multiple reports easier.
Personally I preferred Zoho over Google Docs. It seems to be more user friendly and looks more like the word processor, spreadsheets and presentation applications I use everyday. I think the only shortfall is Zoho is not an American household name yet like Google is right now
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Rich Media: Video
The video I chose to watch was Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog Act One on:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/28327/dr-horribles-sing-along-blog-act-one.
The technologies and infrastructure needed to create and distribute the program on the Web are a list of different programs. The Hulu website offers streaming video of TV shows and movies from NBC, Fox, and Disney, News Corp. Hulu provides video in Flash Video format, including many films and shows that are available in 360p and the considered high-definition format of 480p. Hulu now has a beta version of Hulu Desktop. This out of browser is a standalone program that allows users to watch Hulu without using their web browser. It is compatible with existing computer remote controls and requires a Flash player and runs on Windows and OS X. The blog has made it to iTunes and to DVD. So the technology needed is to have a Rich media program such as Flash or Sliverlight. Also a restraint would be storage space to save the streaming videos.
Now CBS is going all anti-Hulu on us. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/09/cbss-quincy-smith-want-to-make-case-against-hulu.html
They have an argument there is no authentication for consumers to prove they subscribe to a cable or satellite service; although CBS has online video on their site.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/28327/dr-horribles-sing-along-blog-act-one.
The technologies and infrastructure needed to create and distribute the program on the Web are a list of different programs. The Hulu website offers streaming video of TV shows and movies from NBC, Fox, and Disney, News Corp. Hulu provides video in Flash Video format, including many films and shows that are available in 360p and the considered high-definition format of 480p. Hulu now has a beta version of Hulu Desktop. This out of browser is a standalone program that allows users to watch Hulu without using their web browser. It is compatible with existing computer remote controls and requires a Flash player and runs on Windows and OS X. The blog has made it to iTunes and to DVD. So the technology needed is to have a Rich media program such as Flash or Sliverlight. Also a restraint would be storage space to save the streaming videos.
Now CBS is going all anti-Hulu on us. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/09/cbss-quincy-smith-want-to-make-case-against-hulu.html
They have an argument there is no authentication for consumers to prove they subscribe to a cable or satellite service; although CBS has online video on their site.
Course Blog
This week in the MIT program I was informed about Rich Data media. A rich data media application we overviewed was Silverlight. Silverlight offers cross-domain support for applications. Silverlight plug-in is just a 1MB download and is supported in windows XP and above. Silverlight also has a browser plug-in and is in the same market competing with flash. It may be develop in Windows. And it is compatible with Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Safari. Silverlight allows a webmaster to use code such as PHP, JavaScript and even more advanced coding such as AJAX. This is a good option for multimedia streaming. Microsoft designed Silverlight with the same codec utilized in BlueRay and HD DVDs. Video will be good, even on a graphic heavy website. Some example of sites using Silverlight are http://www.bing.com/visualsearch ; http://silverlight.net/showcase/ . In order to use Silverlight a user will have to install Silverlight unto their PC.
Rich media can allow interactivity, entertainment, repeat visitors, easier understanding, international communication, portability, collaboration, cheaper, and greener. To incorporate Rich Media in the browser the application will have a plug-in and HTML 5. Alternatively outside the browser requires software client, widgets, or rich internet applications.
Rich media can allow interactivity, entertainment, repeat visitors, easier understanding, international communication, portability, collaboration, cheaper, and greener. To incorporate Rich Media in the browser the application will have a plug-in and HTML 5. Alternatively outside the browser requires software client, widgets, or rich internet applications.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Twitter Tools
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Python Twitter Tools (PTT) includes a Twitter API, command-line tool, and IRC bot. It is developed by Mike Verdone and the Python Twitter Tools developer team. Its methods are directly bound to the Twitter API's URLs. http://mike.verdone.ca/twitter/. It can be used for a business to finding users tweets and setting your own tweet from the safety and security.
2.
TweetSum helps you more efficiently decide whether you should follow someone back once they've followed you on Twitter. http://tweetsum.com. This tool will be helpful to decipher relevant users to follow on twitter.
3.
Qwitter e-mails you when someone stops following you on Twitter with a message like this: John Gruber (gruber) stopped following you on Twitter after you posted this tweet: What's the difference between Arial and Helvetica? http://useqwitter.com/ This is helpful for business to see if users stop following them after a specific tweet.
4.
twInfluence is a simple tool for measuring the combined influence of twitterers and their followers, with a few social network statistics thrown in as bonus. http://twinfluence.com/. This is helpful by allowing a user to know who is following them actively and show their influence on the Twitter community.
5.
TweetBeep is a tool that notifies the user when it is being tweeted about. http://tweetbeep.com/. This is a useful tool for companies to keep its image in check by being on “the lookout” for any potential negativity and any positives about the company, product, or website.
Python Twitter Tools (PTT) includes a Twitter API, command-line tool, and IRC bot. It is developed by Mike Verdone and the Python Twitter Tools developer team. Its methods are directly bound to the Twitter API's URLs. http://mike.verdone.ca/twitter/. It can be used for a business to finding users tweets and setting your own tweet from the safety and security.
2.
TweetSum helps you more efficiently decide whether you should follow someone back once they've followed you on Twitter. http://tweetsum.com. This tool will be helpful to decipher relevant users to follow on twitter.
3.
Qwitter e-mails you when someone stops following you on Twitter with a message like this: John Gruber (gruber) stopped following you on Twitter after you posted this tweet: What's the difference between Arial and Helvetica? http://useqwitter.com/ This is helpful for business to see if users stop following them after a specific tweet.
4.
twInfluence is a simple tool for measuring the combined influence of twitterers and their followers, with a few social network statistics thrown in as bonus. http://twinfluence.com/. This is helpful by allowing a user to know who is following them actively and show their influence on the Twitter community.
5.
TweetBeep is a tool that notifies the user when it is being tweeted about. http://tweetbeep.com/. This is a useful tool for companies to keep its image in check by being on “the lookout” for any potential negativity and any positives about the company, product, or website.
Twitter Uses
Gartner, Inc. an information technology research and advisory company researched Twitter uses. Garnter's research netted in finding four different ways companies are using Twitter. http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=920813. These four different ways are direct, indirect, internal, and signaling. Direct consist of companies using Twitter as a marketing or public relations channel, much like an extension to their corporate blogs. This method probably seems to be the easiest way to get started. Some within the Twitter community find this as self-serving, self-promotional tweets. Gartner also warns that responding to comments can be risky when going this route, but, while that's true to a point, when done right responding on Twitter can be of great benefit to the company. Indirect method use Twitter to let their employees tweet instead. As the employees use Twitter to enhance their own personal reputations, the company's reputation is also enhanced by proxy. This can go negatively or positively for the company. Another good reason for having employees tweet instead of the company itself is if the company wants to be seen as employing influential leaders. Internal use of Twitter can be used to share ideas or communicate about what projects they're working on. Lastly signaling represents companies as Twitter "listeners." Using search tools like search.twitter.com or desktop applications like TweetDeck are easy ways to keep track of what's being said about the company, its product names, or even the industry as a whole. Smart companies are tuning in to these micro-conversations to get early warnings of problems and to collect feedback on product issues or ideas.
Twitter Account
Twitter does have some limitations on published content. The limitations include impersonation, trademark, privacy, violence or threats, copyright. For impersonation rules no one may impersonate intended to confuse, deceive or mislead users. A good example is the guy impersonating Shaq. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/sports/basketball/20shaq.html?_r=2 . Trademark infringement is another limitation. Twitter reserve the right to reclaim user names on behalf of businesses or individuals that hold legal claim or trademark on those user names. They disable accounts showing indication of trademark infringements. If anyone imposes on others privacy Twitter disable those account also. Privacy includes people's private and confidential information, such as credit card numbers, street address or Social Security/National Identity numbers, without their express authorization and permission. No threats maybe published against others. Twitter may not be used for illegal activites. Twitter may not be used to promote illegal activities. For International users, they must comply with all local laws regarding conduct and content. Twitter also blocks name squatting. So no one maybe protect a name in order to sell it later. In the same regard a user must have an agreement with Twitter to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade or resell the Services for any purpose. Lastly pornography is not allowed.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Opera
Opera started in 1994 as a research project inside Norway’s largest telecom company, Telenor. Opera Software is a Norwegian corporation, primarily known for its Opera family of web browsers. Opera Software is also involved in promoting Web standards through participation in the W3C. The company has its headquarters in Oslo, Norway, and is listed on Oslo Stock Exchange. The company also has offices in Sweden, China, India, Japan, Korea, Poland, Czech Republic and the USA. Within a year, it branched out into an independent development company named Opera Software ASA. Opera Web browser is a multi-platform product for a wide range of platforms, operating systems and embedded Internet products. Opera is operational on Mac, PC and Linux computers, mobile phones and PDAs, game consoles, and other devices. According to Opera’s website their vision is to deliver the best Internet experience on any device and their business objective is to earn global leadership in the market for PC/desktops and embedded products. Their business strategy is to provide a browser that operates across devices, platforms and operating systems, and can deliver a faster, more stable and flexible Internet experience than its competitors. Opera's mobile browsers are Opera Mini and Opera Mobile. Opera first developed a mobile browser in 1998. In 2005, Opera Mini was released as the first browser that could work on any phone with Java.
Course Blog
Class today was very interesting again. We overviewed client /server Network. The client software can be considered the web browser. The browser sends a http request which is sent to the server. The server processes the request and sends the http response back to the client. The server side consists of a web server software, application server, data server, and database. The next type of network we covered was Peer-to-Peer and BitTorrent.
BitTorrent is a protocol that offloads some of the file tracking work to a central server. This means that in order to receive files, you have to give them. With BitTorrent, the more files you share with others, the faster your downloads are. But you are vulnerable to viruses.
Next we overviewed Master/Slave network. This is usally used with Print server. The Master/Slave helps reduce bandwidth because the Slave blocks unauthorized request before it gets to the Master for processing.
Lastly it was cool to hear from Chuck Hudson, founder Aduci. He overviewed the creation of Apple program apps. He spoke about the business model of getting Apple to approve an app. Things considered are the app price, lead generator, Lite vs premium, Ads, Packages product, External license, External commission, and Paid content. There are a couple of hoops to jump through for the approval process. As the app developer you have to plan on 1-4 week approval, don’t submit until ready, make it easy for Apple to test and market externally.
Wikipedia Page Editing
The process of editing Wikipedia was fun. It was actually more restricted than I thought it would be to edit a Wiki page. I actually tried to edit T-Pain’s wiki page to update it about his iPhone app. It is a little difficult to edit because his page is semi-protected. I did request for the page to be edited but was rejected because “Not done:I am inclined to Oppose or Decline this request, because it seems to be non-encyclopædic and/or promotional in nature. Intelligentsium 23:28, 11 September 2009 (UTC) If you would rewrite this in a non-promotional tone and indicate how this is appropriate for inclusion in an encyclopædia, I would be glad to make the edit. Intelligentsium 23:31, 11 September 2009 (UTC)”. So I tried again to edit the page about the Apple iTunes application.
To see the page please go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Pain
To see the page please go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Pain
Thursday, September 10, 2009
9/3 Blog
In class we focused on business strategy. It was very interesting learning about Michael Porter's, from Harvard Business School, Five Forces model. The five forces are degree of rivalry, threat of substitute, barrier of entry, buyer power, and supplier power. In addition to the five forces there is also a Six Forces Model, which is Five Forces model plus Complementary products. Then in the business world there are Blue Ocean and Red Ocean. The red ocean is cut throat every going after each other giving the ocean its hue of red while the unknown Blue Ocean is a vast unknown new market awaiting for discovery.
The Five Forces model interests me the most. Before anyone decides on going into a new business field they should consider this model. The rivalry aspect is about competition. They should research the degree of rivalry, any exit barriers, industry concentration, and industry growth. Next a business should be concern about threat of substitute. A substitute can vary switching cost, buyer inclination to substitute, and price performance tradeoff of substitutes. For any company going into a new market always have a barrier of entry. This barrier attributes can list from absolute cost advantage, proprietary learning curve, access to raw materials/inputs, and Government regulation to name a few. The next two forces are buyer power and supplier power. Both forces include threats of integration with each other. So the business should find a way to make themselves indispensable to the buyer and supplier.
The Five Forces model interests me the most. Before anyone decides on going into a new business field they should consider this model. The rivalry aspect is about competition. They should research the degree of rivalry, any exit barriers, industry concentration, and industry growth. Next a business should be concern about threat of substitute. A substitute can vary switching cost, buyer inclination to substitute, and price performance tradeoff of substitutes. For any company going into a new market always have a barrier of entry. This barrier attributes can list from absolute cost advantage, proprietary learning curve, access to raw materials/inputs, and Government regulation to name a few. The next two forces are buyer power and supplier power. Both forces include threats of integration with each other. So the business should find a way to make themselves indispensable to the buyer and supplier.
Monday, August 31, 2009
8-27
In class today we completed a fun yet informative Internet Infrastructure Scavenger Hunt. I had no idea Tim Berners-Lee invent the World Wide Web and wrote the first web client and web server. It is also interesting he formed World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The W3C helps develop Web standards which allows more stable web for end users to enjoy.
I also enjoyed the video about the Warriors of the Net. The video gave me insight on how the Internet works. I think, although cheesy at times, the video explained very well how the data request are processed. From the data request from the end user through the LAN to the firewall to the Internet router; the packet is now in the World Wide Web (good luck!). The packet is then sent through the destination and goes though a port based on the type of packet. 80 for http and 23 for e-mail etc. The packet goes through the reverse order until it receives the data it request. Once it has the data the packet is sent back to the end user. Simplicity at its best!
I also enjoyed the video about the Warriors of the Net. The video gave me insight on how the Internet works. I think, although cheesy at times, the video explained very well how the data request are processed. From the data request from the end user through the LAN to the firewall to the Internet router; the packet is now in the World Wide Web (good luck!). The packet is then sent through the destination and goes though a port based on the type of packet. 80 for http and 23 for e-mail etc. The packet goes through the reverse order until it receives the data it request. Once it has the data the packet is sent back to the end user. Simplicity at its best!
Sunday, August 23, 2009
8-20 Overview
In class discussion about different technologies was interesting. As we got into groups of three or so we came up with different technologies, uses of the internet, uses of businesses, social issues and etc. Some of the topics I did not know, I did know or I knew about but was not sure of their terminology. This exercise gave me awareness of the broad scope of internet technology and we barely scratched the surface.
We also overviewed the OSI model. The last time I reviewed the OSI model was in undergrad junior year. So probably around Spring 2005 or so. I believed I remembered everything about the OSI model but I was extremely incorrect. I am glad the review was broken into groups of peers. It gives us time to focus on one layer and also hear from our peers’ point of view on their assigned layer.
Our group collaborated on the Transport layer of the OSI model. The Transport layer handles flow control and end-to-end error recovery. The overall job is to provide the necessary functions to enable communication between software application processes on different computers. It has algorithms that ensure that reliable and efficient communication between devices takes place. An example of the transport layer is TCP.
We also overviewed the OSI model. The last time I reviewed the OSI model was in undergrad junior year. So probably around Spring 2005 or so. I believed I remembered everything about the OSI model but I was extremely incorrect. I am glad the review was broken into groups of peers. It gives us time to focus on one layer and also hear from our peers’ point of view on their assigned layer.
Our group collaborated on the Transport layer of the OSI model. The Transport layer handles flow control and end-to-end error recovery. The overall job is to provide the necessary functions to enable communication between software application processes on different computers. It has algorithms that ensure that reliable and efficient communication between devices takes place. An example of the transport layer is TCP.
Hello Everyone! This is my first blog. I would like to introduce myself. I am Carlton Pitts. I am currently enrolled in the Masters of Internet Technology program at the University of Georgia - Gwinnett Campus. I am hoping the gain knowledge from the professors as well as my peers in the program. I believe this will be an experience like no other and I look forward to the program.
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