Hello all.
Well, I just finished my Scopus / Google Scholar assignment. It wasn't as hard as I was expecting it to be. I have never used any of the programs that we used for the assignment, but I didn't really have any problems with any of them. The Scopus document definitely helped me figure out the first part and then the Google Scholar part was easy. I wish there was an easier way to capture the references other than doing it one by one. I also watched a youtube video on how to use Google Scholar which was helpful. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYEYGortVf0). Hopefully everyone else doesn't have a hard time using it.
Apple's iPad is doing really well. (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127292959). I'm hoping to get Best Buy to come demo one at the library I work at. If anyone is working at a library, Best Buy will come to your library to do tech related programs for free through their community outreach program. Also along the lines of Apple, they actually passed Microsoft in market cap. That is just crazy to think about. So many more people still use the Windows platform but Apple's profits are skyrocketing. Soon they may be making more money than Microsoft. I mean, check out the graph in this article. Crazy! (http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2010/05/another_milestone_for_apple_pa.html)
I also read an article on Cnet.com about gadget interfaces that went along with something I read in the textbook recently. It discusses how much better it would be if gadget interfaces, especially those for cell phones, were made more consistent. This article goes in depth with different products, but it definitely reminded me of what I read in Discovering Computers. (http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20006229-248.html?tag=newsLeadStoriesArea.1)
Ok, I'm going to go read now for 2000. Hope everyone had a good holiday!
Monday, May 31, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Week 2 comes to a close...
So, I'm finally almost caught up. I'm finishing my essay for 2000 and I just have some podcasts to watch tonight! I'm so excited! I feel like then I will finally be on top of things!
So far, I've learned a lot about different operating systems that I don't know. I really am quite interested in Linux and I'm thinking about switching one of my computers over. I want to check out some of the graphics programs they have since I don't have photoshop and I really, really miss it. I was thinking about switching over before but after looking at http://tldp.org/guides.html it made me a lot more interested.
On the technology front, there is a lot of crap coming down the pipe about Facebook. Everywhere you look, there's a new article about different privacy breaches. I'm really thinking about deleting my facebook, (I was before and I pretty much made everything private), but it is really easy to use to keep in contact with other people I haven't seen. Thus the beast of social networking. It just takes up so much time.
Ok, back to papers. Update soon!
So far, I've learned a lot about different operating systems that I don't know. I really am quite interested in Linux and I'm thinking about switching one of my computers over. I want to check out some of the graphics programs they have since I don't have photoshop and I really, really miss it. I was thinking about switching over before but after looking at http://tldp.org/guides.html it made me a lot more interested.
On the technology front, there is a lot of crap coming down the pipe about Facebook. Everywhere you look, there's a new article about different privacy breaches. I'm really thinking about deleting my facebook, (I was before and I pretty much made everything private), but it is really easy to use to keep in contact with other people I haven't seen. Thus the beast of social networking. It just takes up so much time.
Ok, back to papers. Update soon!
Friday, May 21, 2010
Week 2 Pt. 1
Here is the link for the Newsweek article I mentioned in the last post: http://www.newsweek.com/id/235565.
It's a discussion of how the iPad could change many different industries. Very interesting. I would like to get my hands on an iPad just to try it out. I love my iPhone so maybe I would love that as well....since it is sort of a really big iPhone....
I finally got my computer to let me watch the first lecture. It's not the Blackboard or anything like that's fault. It's just that my computer (at least this one) hate playing videos. Just absolutely hates it. After watching the lecture, I finally figured out why everyone is freaking out about the different programs we need to download. So far I haven't had any problems. I need to read more about the remote server connection. I did get it to work but I wasn't able to find the article I needed for 2000. More practice I suppose. And the Pittcat+ plug in is working on my Firefox, so I'm very happy, especially since I feel like I have so many things to catch up on.
I wish I was in the classroom however, it would make things a bit easier to concentrate on. (Part of that is my computer freezing every 20 minutes). I also would have liked the hands on part of the lecture. Getting to see the parts in person and look at them is quite a bit different than looking at a diagram in the book. I found the part of the lecture about solid state drive interesting so I looked up some more info about them. I found an article stating that Apple will give consumers the option of picking a SSD for the new version of the MacBook and MacBook Pro. (http://www.obsessable.com/feature/solid-state-drives-101-why-should-you-care/). There has been a lot of information in the lecture as well as in the book that I wasn't knowledgeable about. I knew a lot of the terminology but reading the textbook definitely helped to clear up a lot about different parts of the computer and what their functions are.
I also found this article interesting. It doesn't have to do really with what we are talking about in class currently but it does have to do with the ever changing aspect of technology. The article is more information about Google TV. Google just announced on Thursday that it is going to launch Google Tv which will allow users to surf the web and watch tv on their televisions. (http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20005527-1.html?tag=smallCarouselArea.0)
Ok, so now it's time to watch some webcasts! And download the podcasts to my iPhone! Yay!
It's a discussion of how the iPad could change many different industries. Very interesting. I would like to get my hands on an iPad just to try it out. I love my iPhone so maybe I would love that as well....since it is sort of a really big iPhone....
I finally got my computer to let me watch the first lecture. It's not the Blackboard or anything like that's fault. It's just that my computer (at least this one) hate playing videos. Just absolutely hates it. After watching the lecture, I finally figured out why everyone is freaking out about the different programs we need to download. So far I haven't had any problems. I need to read more about the remote server connection. I did get it to work but I wasn't able to find the article I needed for 2000. More practice I suppose. And the Pittcat+ plug in is working on my Firefox, so I'm very happy, especially since I feel like I have so many things to catch up on.
I wish I was in the classroom however, it would make things a bit easier to concentrate on. (Part of that is my computer freezing every 20 minutes). I also would have liked the hands on part of the lecture. Getting to see the parts in person and look at them is quite a bit different than looking at a diagram in the book. I found the part of the lecture about solid state drive interesting so I looked up some more info about them. I found an article stating that Apple will give consumers the option of picking a SSD for the new version of the MacBook and MacBook Pro. (http://www.obsessable.com/feature/solid-state-drives-101-why-should-you-care/). There has been a lot of information in the lecture as well as in the book that I wasn't knowledgeable about. I knew a lot of the terminology but reading the textbook definitely helped to clear up a lot about different parts of the computer and what their functions are.
I also found this article interesting. It doesn't have to do really with what we are talking about in class currently but it does have to do with the ever changing aspect of technology. The article is more information about Google TV. Google just announced on Thursday that it is going to launch Google Tv which will allow users to surf the web and watch tv on their televisions. (http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20005527-1.html?tag=smallCarouselArea.0)
Ok, so now it's time to watch some webcasts! And download the podcasts to my iPhone! Yay!
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Newbie!
Hi there,
Well, this is my brand new blog! I haven't really had a blog that I kept up with for a long while. I've tried various times with a personal blog but always end up letting it fall by the wayside.
A short introduction about myself. My name is Lois and I live outside of the Philadelphia area. I'm currently enrolled in Pitt's MLIS online program and trying to decide what I want to concentrate on. I work at a library in the Montgomery County system as support staff. I also schedule programs for all ages and am in charge of running them as well as all the publicity and our bulletin boards. Also, I work part time at Ulta Cosmetics. I graduated in 2008 with a BS in Digital Communications with a second major in Studio Art from Lebanon Valley College, where I also worked in their library in the Periodicals department (which is where my interest in library school has started).
I live with 4 cats, my boyfriend, my best friend, and soon my little brother who goes to West Chester University. My boyfriend and my best friend are in a band together (www.myspace.com/trunkstales) so I'm usually going to their shows/helping make merch/listening to them practice. I love music. I have a huge vinyl collection/cd collection. I go to shows a lot and have a lot of friend in bands that I love going to see. I'm a vegetarian and I love cooking and I have a large number of vegan/vegetarian cookbooks. As well as other books. Tons of books...
So far, I'm pretty excited / overwhelmed to start. Mostly overwhelmed because I feel a bit unprepared. I'm really excited I finally have my loans (which was an ordeal in itself) but I really am sort of worried that I don't quite understand how everything works yet. And also, this week my jobs overloaded me with hours (50!) and there is a lot of reading to do. A bit more than I expected for some unknown reason. However I feel a bit better because it seems like some of my classmates feel the same, overwhelmed and all. I have read the first chapter and did the activities / quizzes in Discovering Computers. I really found the time line interesting and it was a great refresher since I haven't really kept up too well with technology since my Digi. Comm. classes in college. It's also really neat to see the updates just since the book came out (the Kindle/other ebooks and the iPad came to mind). This made me laugh: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20004818-1.html?tag=mncol (I'm also a huge Star Wars fan). I also read a really interesting article about the iPad in Newsweek and I'll try to find a link to it for my next post. So for now, my blog is low on the class related topics and high on my personal life, haha.
Well, this is my brand new blog! I haven't really had a blog that I kept up with for a long while. I've tried various times with a personal blog but always end up letting it fall by the wayside.
A short introduction about myself. My name is Lois and I live outside of the Philadelphia area. I'm currently enrolled in Pitt's MLIS online program and trying to decide what I want to concentrate on. I work at a library in the Montgomery County system as support staff. I also schedule programs for all ages and am in charge of running them as well as all the publicity and our bulletin boards. Also, I work part time at Ulta Cosmetics. I graduated in 2008 with a BS in Digital Communications with a second major in Studio Art from Lebanon Valley College, where I also worked in their library in the Periodicals department (which is where my interest in library school has started).
I live with 4 cats, my boyfriend, my best friend, and soon my little brother who goes to West Chester University. My boyfriend and my best friend are in a band together (www.myspace.com/trunkstales) so I'm usually going to their shows/helping make merch/listening to them practice. I love music. I have a huge vinyl collection/cd collection. I go to shows a lot and have a lot of friend in bands that I love going to see. I'm a vegetarian and I love cooking and I have a large number of vegan/vegetarian cookbooks. As well as other books. Tons of books...
So far, I'm pretty excited / overwhelmed to start. Mostly overwhelmed because I feel a bit unprepared. I'm really excited I finally have my loans (which was an ordeal in itself) but I really am sort of worried that I don't quite understand how everything works yet. And also, this week my jobs overloaded me with hours (50!) and there is a lot of reading to do. A bit more than I expected for some unknown reason. However I feel a bit better because it seems like some of my classmates feel the same, overwhelmed and all. I have read the first chapter and did the activities / quizzes in Discovering Computers. I really found the time line interesting and it was a great refresher since I haven't really kept up too well with technology since my Digi. Comm. classes in college. It's also really neat to see the updates just since the book came out (the Kindle/other ebooks and the iPad came to mind). This made me laugh: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20004818-1.html?tag=mncol (I'm also a huge Star Wars fan). I also read a really interesting article about the iPad in Newsweek and I'll try to find a link to it for my next post. So for now, my blog is low on the class related topics and high on my personal life, haha.
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