HOBY Screencasting Fin
Posted by Brett Stacer | Posted in | Posted on 10:33 PM
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Here is my completed Screencasting project. I hope you enjoy! A special shout out to all of my HOBY peeps!
Black Friday Shopping
Posted by Brett Stacer | Posted in | Posted on 8:41 AM
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The big rush of Black Friday shopping is a hectic sale extravaganza. Most people even avoid going shopping on this day despite some of the amazing deals offered. However, what if it was possible to beat all of those lines and get some of the same great deals while sitting in your pajamas? As our society becomes more technology based, online shopping on Black Friday becomes more prevalent. While I do not think that I would ever try to fight for the best deals at four o'clock in the morning, sitting down with a cup of joe at my computer screen and saving money on gifts does not sound like such a bad idea on the day after Thanksgiving. Here is a list of some of the deals of Black Friday, both in stores and online. It's up to you which deals are worth the pain and agony of Black Friday.
- Meijer: (Opens at 5:00 am) All Video Games Priced $19.99 or Less - 50% OffBuy Any Xbox 360 Game System or Bundle, Get Grand Theft Auto IV and Halo 3 FREE - $0.00 Buy a PS3 120GB Slim Console, Get 2 Buy-ray Movies and 2 Video Games (Exclusions Apply)Nintendo DSi Video Game System w/ FREE $30 meijer Coupon Good For Your Next Purchase - $169.99 Nintendo Wii Console w/ $50 OFF Your Next meijer Purchase. Wii fit $45 and controllers for $30.
- Best Buy: (Opens at 5:00 am) [Available in stores Friday November 27, and online November 26] Many DVDs for under $13.
- Kohls: (Opens at 4:00 am) Men's clothing is all on sale. $10 Kohls Cash For Every $50 Spent
After researching and completing this project, I have come to find out that the best deals are still in stores on Black Friday. While some places do offer online deals (like Kohls and Meijer) I did not find any deal as interesting as the ones in stores. As it is, I will probably spend my time snoozing rather than waiting in lines for hours. Good luck to any of you die-hard Black Friday sales ninjas, and Happy Thanksgiving!
Cloud Computing
Posted by Brett Stacer | Posted in | Posted on 8:34 AM
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Cloud computing is a social way for businesses to collaborate information. This is done through computing information and sharing it through spreadsheet information. While the functionality may not be any different than regular spreadsheet applications, the idea of accessing the information from over the web and having current information at your finger tips is revolutionary. Also, collaborating with coworkers on a project is made much simpler when all of there contact information is provided at your finger tips, as well.
Cube Tree: This program is like facebook only for company use. This allows coworkers to share information and ideas with each other. It also allows managers to view what his or her workers are up to without leaving one's desk.
DocVerse: This program manages information from Word, Powerpoint, and Excel. Coworkers can collaborate on the project and make changes which are tracked. The edited master version is always available for the entire team to look at and work on together. Coworkers also have the ability to make comments on the changes and on the entire document as a whole.
Social Calc: This program focuses on the usage of spreadsheets to provide employees with up to date information which allows them to collaborate on projects.
Indicee: This allows companies to manage spreadsheet information and data across the company to easily compute data and get the business answers you have been searching for.
Azure: This software allows one to manage and build data to the users choice.
Rackspace: This software has a large technical support staff and allows the user to manage data online and share it with employees.
Cube Tree: This program is like facebook only for company use. This allows coworkers to share information and ideas with each other. It also allows managers to view what his or her workers are up to without leaving one's desk.
DocVerse: This program manages information from Word, Powerpoint, and Excel. Coworkers can collaborate on the project and make changes which are tracked. The edited master version is always available for the entire team to look at and work on together. Coworkers also have the ability to make comments on the changes and on the entire document as a whole.
Social Calc: This program focuses on the usage of spreadsheets to provide employees with up to date information which allows them to collaborate on projects.
Indicee: This allows companies to manage spreadsheet information and data across the company to easily compute data and get the business answers you have been searching for.
Azure: This software allows one to manage and build data to the users choice.
Rackspace: This software has a large technical support staff and allows the user to manage data online and share it with employees.
Social Bookmarking
Posted by Brett Stacer | Posted in | Posted on 8:34 AM
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Here is the information I found on social bookmarking.
- Social bookmarking is a way to share, organize, search, and manage your bookmarks with others across the world.
- Anyone can use social bookmarking as a way to find new and exciting information for a hobby, research and education, or just for fun.
- To use social bookmarking, you can sign up for a free account and start tagging your own websites that you find interesting and search other people's bookmarks, as all tags are public so a wealth of information can be shared.
- This is significant because you can share your bookmarks with others and find useful websites to help you in your field of interest, as well.
- Social bookmarking is growing each and every day as more and more people discover the usefullness of a river of knowledge flowing from one bookmark to the next. Because all of your bookmarks are stored online, you can access your bookmarks from any computer with internet access.
- This program is especially useful to students and teaschers who are doing research in their majors, or who are looking up information for homework assignments. It is easy to find a wealth of information when you look at bookmarks from your peers who are researching similar information.
- Some of the downsides of social bookmarking are that it can seem overwhelming at first and that there is no standard way of setting keywords, which makes searching other people's bookmarks a daunting task at some points.
- Benefits include the abilty to access your bookmarks from more than one computer, the ability to organize your bookmarks with keywords, and the ability to access others bookmarks, too.
- I have visited diigo, delicious, and simpy. Of these I personally like delicious the best because I didn't like simpy's interface and found that I liked the simplicity of the delicious interface. I feel as though for the amount of time I will put into social bookmarking, delicious is perfect for me. If I wanted to get more involved, Diigo would be a better match because of the ability to have online sticky notes which would be very useful in doing research. For the amount of time, though, delicious is perfectly satisfying.
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