Thursday, October 29, 2009
Muddiest Point Week Ten
It's been so long since I've made a web page and I know that the page was being editing in Notepad but how did you get the page to display in a web browser to check to see how your edits look?
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Muddiest Point Week Nine
Honestly, you explain everything too well in class. I wish I had a muddiest point for you.
Let me think of something...
How can they keep making so many new IP addresses? Will they someday run out? What exactly does it mean when a website logs your IP address?
Let me think of something...
How can they keep making so many new IP addresses? Will they someday run out? What exactly does it mean when a website logs your IP address?
Friday, October 23, 2009
Readings For Week Nine
w3schools HTML tutorials:
This was a very straight forward guide to HTML and how it works. I used to use HTML a lot but the blogs and things I was using it for starting incorporating those tags as buttons so I haven't had to do it for awhile. I have also used FrontPage to make websites in a previous computer science class. This guide is really good for refreshing your memory and also, if you have zero clue of what HTML is and what it does.
HTML Cheatsheet
This site is a just a list of HTML tags. It is really good for quick reference if you forgot how to write something. It doesn't go into as much detail as the first site so it's probably more helpful for people who already know the basics and just need to remind themselves of something.
CSS Tutorial
I don't know that much about CSS so it was good to read a basic article about it. It is for more advanced options about formatting the website and changing the background and colors. I was never very good at this and never really figured out how to make a whole layout for a website without using software of some kind. I'm better at editing pre-existing things rather than creating my own entirely. A lot of the more complicated stuff, I didn't really understand but it was useful for making the basics of CSS a little more clear to me.
Beyond HTML
This article was about the development of a management system that would maintain the special research websites the Georgia State library created. They wanted to create a system that would allow for easier access for the librarians so they could edit the content they wanted on the website and make it available for the public. They wanted to make a system that would support images, pdf's, word documents, and powerpoint presentation among other things. They are different options librarians could pursue with this software depending on what they wanted to do with the system. It seemed like a option for libraries to consider if they wanted to have something that could be edited and provide a lot of resources to their patrons.
This was a very straight forward guide to HTML and how it works. I used to use HTML a lot but the blogs and things I was using it for starting incorporating those tags as buttons so I haven't had to do it for awhile. I have also used FrontPage to make websites in a previous computer science class. This guide is really good for refreshing your memory and also, if you have zero clue of what HTML is and what it does.
HTML Cheatsheet
This site is a just a list of HTML tags. It is really good for quick reference if you forgot how to write something. It doesn't go into as much detail as the first site so it's probably more helpful for people who already know the basics and just need to remind themselves of something.
CSS Tutorial
I don't know that much about CSS so it was good to read a basic article about it. It is for more advanced options about formatting the website and changing the background and colors. I was never very good at this and never really figured out how to make a whole layout for a website without using software of some kind. I'm better at editing pre-existing things rather than creating my own entirely. A lot of the more complicated stuff, I didn't really understand but it was useful for making the basics of CSS a little more clear to me.
Beyond HTML
This article was about the development of a management system that would maintain the special research websites the Georgia State library created. They wanted to create a system that would allow for easier access for the librarians so they could edit the content they wanted on the website and make it available for the public. They wanted to make a system that would support images, pdf's, word documents, and powerpoint presentation among other things. They are different options librarians could pursue with this software depending on what they wanted to do with the system. It seemed like a option for libraries to consider if they wanted to have something that could be edited and provide a lot of resources to their patrons.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Readings for Week Seven... or is it eight now...
How Internet Infrastructure Works:
This was an informative article on how the internet works. It was very accessible to the average reader and explained everything really well. I liked the diagrams. They were helpful with seeing how connections are established between networks. It really clears up how the internet infrastructure actually works because we've been discussing this idea in other classes and it never entirely made sense to me.
Dismantling Integrated Library Systems:
This article addresses the problem of reassembling a new library system. Libraries serve a larger amount of people because of the internet so they must find a way to accommodate the online users. Changes in this system can be difficult and many times libraries want to build their system from scratch rather than adjust the previously existing system. I didn't entirely understand the whole article but I can see that libraries have a lot to think about when it comes to changing their systems.
Inside the Google Machine:
This talk was very interesting. I enjoyed hearing about the different projects that google works on. The world map of all of the people using google was very cool. They seemed they were very supportive of creativity and making information available to people, just like libraries. Maybe I'm naive, but I don't think google necessarily has to threaten the existence of libraries and I don't think it takes away from them. I was surprised by how interesting was and I ended up watching quite a few of the other talks. They were all eye-opening.
This was an informative article on how the internet works. It was very accessible to the average reader and explained everything really well. I liked the diagrams. They were helpful with seeing how connections are established between networks. It really clears up how the internet infrastructure actually works because we've been discussing this idea in other classes and it never entirely made sense to me.
Dismantling Integrated Library Systems:
This article addresses the problem of reassembling a new library system. Libraries serve a larger amount of people because of the internet so they must find a way to accommodate the online users. Changes in this system can be difficult and many times libraries want to build their system from scratch rather than adjust the previously existing system. I didn't entirely understand the whole article but I can see that libraries have a lot to think about when it comes to changing their systems.
Inside the Google Machine:
This talk was very interesting. I enjoyed hearing about the different projects that google works on. The world map of all of the people using google was very cool. They seemed they were very supportive of creativity and making information available to people, just like libraries. Maybe I'm naive, but I don't think google necessarily has to threaten the existence of libraries and I don't think it takes away from them. I was surprised by how interesting was and I ended up watching quite a few of the other talks. They were all eye-opening.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Readings For Week Six
1. Local Area Network Wikipedia- A LAN is a computer network covering a particular area that provides internet or cable. It is used by regular folks for cable and internet and also universities and businesses. I used ethernet to connect to the internet at my undergrad colleges. The dorm I lived in during my senior year had terrible wireless so I had to use ethernet in my room. The co-axial cable I used for my television fell out of the screw thingy on the wall where you put it all the time. I don't know why I could never find one that fit.
2. Computer Network Wiki-A group of interconnected computer networks, which I never would have guessed. Networks allow the computers to communicate with each other about the downfalls of being made of numerous electrical parts. It isn't all rainbows and unicorns being a computer for a business man or college student. There are many ways for the computers to be connected such as through ethernet or wireless. I knew a lot of the basic information about computer networks but the article filled in some gaps such as the various different types of networks and how exactly they are connected. I didn't know a whole lot about the hardware either so that was good to know.
3. Common Types of Networks- This is a video version of the two wikipedia articles, basically summarizing computer networks and how they work with LAN connections.
4. Management of RFID in Libraries- an RFID is a radio frequency identifier which in this case, would mean that books wouldn't have to have barcodes attached to them and would just be waved over a scanner. It would be nice to not have to stick things on books anymore. There is the idea that information like the call number and the title of the book can be stored in the RFID as well. The tags would have to be a little more durable to be used in a library, as they have to be used more than once. It is an interesting idea and an option that could be used by libraries in the future.
2. Computer Network Wiki-A group of interconnected computer networks, which I never would have guessed. Networks allow the computers to communicate with each other about the downfalls of being made of numerous electrical parts. It isn't all rainbows and unicorns being a computer for a business man or college student. There are many ways for the computers to be connected such as through ethernet or wireless. I knew a lot of the basic information about computer networks but the article filled in some gaps such as the various different types of networks and how exactly they are connected. I didn't know a whole lot about the hardware either so that was good to know.
3. Common Types of Networks- This is a video version of the two wikipedia articles, basically summarizing computer networks and how they work with LAN connections.
4. Management of RFID in Libraries- an RFID is a radio frequency identifier which in this case, would mean that books wouldn't have to have barcodes attached to them and would just be waved over a scanner. It would be nice to not have to stick things on books anymore. There is the idea that information like the call number and the title of the book can be stored in the RFID as well. The tags would have to be a little more durable to be used in a library, as they have to be used more than once. It is an interesting idea and an option that could be used by libraries in the future.
Friday, October 2, 2009
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