My father always used the phrase "P to the 6th" when starting a new project. This means: Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance. I have to agree with him on these pearls of wisdom he has passed down to me.
This theory of his is true for many things, such as website design. Recently I have found that two websites I tend to visit on a weekly basis have become less effective. Both these sites I feel have expanded to the point where their new applications and designs have damaged the speed at which these sites can be used. Both Facebook and ESPN are culprits in my book, of overloading on the application options available, and also the fancy page links slow down the use of their sites. Another problem I find is that when I scroll over the page to click a link I end up setting off a drop down menu that takes forever to scroll up so I can click the link I was intending to visit. With a few tweeks these sites could be back to their functioning level that left viewers, like myself, happy and possibly on longer, researching more of the information they have to offer.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
1,000 Words in the push of a button
One of my friends, Kevin, is an avid photographer. He loves to track his life and the things he encounters through photos. He has had a blog for a while now and typically would write and comment about an event he took part in or some sort of traveling he had done. More recently with his love for photography always developing, he has be adding photos to his blogs.
Kevin is a great photographer and is able to capture so many emotions and thoughts in just the snap of a picture. He is currently in Mexico on a trip to help develop his photography skills. His latest picture posts capture so much more of what he is experiencing there, than does the writing he gives. It is wonderful how he can note what he is doing and seeing and it is not until I scroll down to see the picture he has added with his comments, do I truly understand and grasp what he is delivering to the viewer.
His pictures/blog can be found at http://theviewfinderblog.blogspot.com/
Kevin is a great photographer and is able to capture so many emotions and thoughts in just the snap of a picture. He is currently in Mexico on a trip to help develop his photography skills. His latest picture posts capture so much more of what he is experiencing there, than does the writing he gives. It is wonderful how he can note what he is doing and seeing and it is not until I scroll down to see the picture he has added with his comments, do I truly understand and grasp what he is delivering to the viewer.
His pictures/blog can be found at http://theviewfinderblog.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Face Time
The internet has gone through some great and exciting (although I suppose that's a relative thing to say) over the past few years. It is becoming more and more accessible through wi-fi and cell phone developments for people to use almost anywhere! It is certainly making it easier for people to "connect", both in a literal sense to the internet, and also to people they may not have been able to so easily connect with before.
In early 2004, Mark Zuckerberg created and released The Facebook to his friends at Harvard University. He had developed a website that allowed people to set up a profile and be linked together with their friends within their college. In the beginning, Facebook was limited to just Harvard students, then quickly expanded to other Ivy League Schools, and Stanford University.
I remember as a freshman, in October 2004, this program becoming available to me at Villanova University. Not many schools were on at this point, as you needed a valid school ID and to be on the network Zuckerberg approved. It was a great way to keep connected with friends from HS that were at other colleges. Quite rapidly more and more schools were added to the list, and with that were also changes to the layout and features the site offered. Now you can post pictures and tag your friends. Keep up to date with relationship gossip, and at the same time take a quiz to see what Seinfeld character you are most like.
With all these new applications that are available to add to your profile, a lot more marketing is going on for companies paying to advertise on the site. Also now you do not need a school email, you can be anyone and almost anywhere to be a member of facebook. For example, I studied abroad in Morocco, and I have been able to stay in touch with my Moroccan friends and roommate through Facebook. Although it is great as a network for connecting with people you know, you need to be concious of people you don't know connecting with you. I can see the need for more privacy settings to come about and be used, so that private information is only as readily available as you wish it to be.
It is interesting to see how much the Facebook as grown in only 5 short years and it has no signs of stopping anytime soon! I wonder what application they will come out with next . . . .
In early 2004, Mark Zuckerberg created and released The Facebook to his friends at Harvard University. He had developed a website that allowed people to set up a profile and be linked together with their friends within their college. In the beginning, Facebook was limited to just Harvard students, then quickly expanded to other Ivy League Schools, and Stanford University.
I remember as a freshman, in October 2004, this program becoming available to me at Villanova University. Not many schools were on at this point, as you needed a valid school ID and to be on the network Zuckerberg approved. It was a great way to keep connected with friends from HS that were at other colleges. Quite rapidly more and more schools were added to the list, and with that were also changes to the layout and features the site offered. Now you can post pictures and tag your friends. Keep up to date with relationship gossip, and at the same time take a quiz to see what Seinfeld character you are most like.
With all these new applications that are available to add to your profile, a lot more marketing is going on for companies paying to advertise on the site. Also now you do not need a school email, you can be anyone and almost anywhere to be a member of facebook. For example, I studied abroad in Morocco, and I have been able to stay in touch with my Moroccan friends and roommate through Facebook. Although it is great as a network for connecting with people you know, you need to be concious of people you don't know connecting with you. I can see the need for more privacy settings to come about and be used, so that private information is only as readily available as you wish it to be.
It is interesting to see how much the Facebook as grown in only 5 short years and it has no signs of stopping anytime soon! I wonder what application they will come out with next . . . .
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Introductions all Around
As an auditor my work day is spent in front of a computer. At work I use the internet to search information for the companies that I am auditing. At home I use the internet to check email, do some product research, maybe go on facebook to send someone a message, and occasionally to make reservations/purchases. I also use the internet to look up phone numbers and establishments of interest.
My mother uses the internet on a very limited matter. She will send and check email and also occasionally research a topic she is unfamiliar with, but typically all she uses the internet for is email. She uses other resources that are more familiar and comfortable to her to do most research. Her contact with many of her friends and family is done through phone calls and face-to-face meetings, so email is not the most common form of contact for her.
My mother uses the internet on a very limited matter. She will send and check email and also occasionally research a topic she is unfamiliar with, but typically all she uses the internet for is email. She uses other resources that are more familiar and comfortable to her to do most research. Her contact with many of her friends and family is done through phone calls and face-to-face meetings, so email is not the most common form of contact for her.
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