Tuesday, June 29, 2010
The final chapters....HP7 Trailer
http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/harrypotterandthedeathlyhallows/
Cloud Computing Article
I found this article on Cloud Computing and thought that people might want to take a look. It discusses the research challenges for enterprise cloud computing. Below I have pasted the abstract to give you a little more information, enjoy!
Abstract:
Cloud computing represents a shift away from computing as a
product that is purchased, to computing as a service that is
delivered to consumers over the internet from large-scale data
centers – or ‘clouds’. This paper discusses some of the research
challenges for cloud computing from an enterprise or
organizational perspective, and puts them in context by reviewing
the existing body of literature in cloud computing. Various
research challenges relating to the following topics are discussed:
the organizational changes brought about by cloud computing; the
economic and organizational implications of its utility billing
model; the security, legal and privacy issues that cloud computing
raises. It is important to highlight these research challenges
because cloud computing is not simply about a technological
improvement of data centers but a fundamental change in how IT
is provisioned and used. This type of research has the potential to
influence wider adoption of cloud computing in enterprise, and in
the consumer market too.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
8 Habits of Highly Excellent Bloggers
I am feeling quite technical these days! I was searching for some things to blog about and I came across this article and thought I would share. I wasn't exactly sure how I was supposed to do this but then I look and literally with a click of a button I sent the info to my blog account and one more click and it was posted! I hope that someone will find this useful, just a neat article on how to help us blog better:)
Koha Assignment
Well that's about it for now on my thoughts about our assignments to date. I looked at the next one and I am really hoping there is a good bit more explanation because I have NO idea how to start that one! Hope everyone has a nice weekend.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Now that was a helpful question
Well, we are over the half way point and I am hoping that everyone is feeling better than they were at first. Only 6 more classes to go!
Friday, June 18, 2010
A little breathing room is nice!
I like that the next assignment for Koha we are able to pick our own topic to catalogue. It will be a nice change of pace because I have to admit that most of the information and data we have collected hasn't been the most interesting information to me:)
We are half way there, hope everyone is getting by ok and enjoying their summer!
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Another assignment done!
I found that this assignment was a little more time consuming than I thought it would be, probably took me a couple hours total. There is just so much information that a person an input that I can only imagine how long it would take if they filled out every single field. This is an interesting way to keep track of collections and materials. I found that searching and savings articles was much easier for me than using websites. I wasn't exactly sure how to get full use of the "file" field when I didn't have an actual document to attach. I will admit that this assignment was a bit frustrating because the instructions on the syllabus didn't really provide much detail. Maybe a little more detail will come for the next assignments in the beginning so poor Tim doesn't have to answer 50 separate questions on the discussion boards.
Good luck to the rest of you on this assignment. Again, time consuming but not too difficult once you get going!
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Watch what you put online
https://sremote.pitt.edu/inquirer/home_top_left_story/20100609_Ex-teacher_learns_the_hard_way__Watch_what_you_put_online.html
Monday, June 7, 2010
I did it!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Cheeseburgers - Off topic but still awesome
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Microphone at Walmart
On another note I saw that you can just use your headphones for a microphone and that is an awesome tip. I figured I would just do that but since the mic was only $8.88 I just went ahead and purchased since I will need it for my Storytelling class as well. Also, I go through headphones like a crazy lady! It seems that I can only find pairs that last a couple months at most before they start going out in one ear or the other. I have tried the pair that came with my ipod, the around your ear kind, cheap pairs, moderately expensive and the same thing happens every time. If anyone can recommend a quality pair that will last I would sure appreciate it!