HOMEWORK – Bring an image in and to FINISH the doc
ILLUSTRATOR
1 – You need to do some things outside of class.
- YOU CAN CHANGE A LASSO TOOL’S BRUSH SIZE?
- With Vector Graphics you ncan trace images
- In Photoshop there is a PANEl, in Illustrator there is a PALET
With Bibliography, you must make sure that you are TYPING your Bibliography (into MS Word) as you are reading!
Assessment:
- Always state your assumptions.
- Definition of the problem.
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– What is the difference between a Broadband modem and a Dial-Up modem
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QUESTION - Protocols that make up TCP: http, ftp, smtp ?
- Largest computer in the world:
http://www.top500.org/site/3154
- largest Operating System: - http://www.top500.org/stats/list/36/os
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- What is a patch panel.
- What is a switch? Combine computers together.
- Our convetional switch is a Layer 2 Switch.
- A Layer 3 Switch – acts has ROUTING capabilities!
Protocol which allows buffering of content
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- IP Address numbering for a Centralised Approach (A router will conect two networks together.)
- Numbering for a network with two switches
192.168.100.50
- Server will share the two (or so) IP addresses.
- [Switches connect pcs together. Routers connect networks together]
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What happened?
We had just finished the Multimedia lesson. I delayed starting my assessment because of a problem I ahd had with the Adobe Photoshop software.
What was bad?
Everything I was doing was bad – as by wasting time thinking about how to solve my photoshop softeare, I should have rather been spending time working on my assessments.
“If racing against mere men makes you tired, how will you race against horses?”
“If you stumble and fall in the open ground, how will you do in the thickets of Jordan?”Jeremiah 12:5
What happened?
During the process of evaluating Employability Skills – Handling, Processing and Communicating Information, I discovered that my confidence levels still need some more boosting so that I may become immune to all such future attacks.
What was bad?
I barely concentrated during lessons because I felt intimidated by an experience of 5 years back which took place around the same time in the year. This was another counter productive move on my part.
I need to be completely immune
We went through another class session on confidence with other class mates and are fea things were suggested.
How could I have made it better?
“A wise man scaleth down the city of the mighty and casteth down the strength of their confidence!”
What’s your confidence? If it is the feelings, then you shall be easily brought down at any time. But if it is the information of truth, then you shall remain strong and immovable always.
Action Plan:
I have now promised myself that I shall not have a relationship with any woman until I have finished my course in May 2010
December 9-27, 2009
This week we went through the aspects of employability and the need to make sure that one is appropriately ready for any job offer in their way.
What happened?
After an issue with an employer upset me affecting me to the point that I did not concentrate for a number of days, it became apparent to me that I was now lacking employability qualities
What was bad?
Low level of employability skills. I need not only to sharpen my employability skills which are mainly the ability to handle tension and controversy difficult circumstances.
How could I have made it better?
I should have armed myself so that no matter what the challenges are I would be able to handle the tension. I must now begin studying contemporary literature on inner strength building. I am now persuaded that all the problems that confront mankind are there to improve him and not to destroy him. I must now determine to develop myself instead of wasting time licking the filth that attempts to cling to my feet with each day.
“How errie are the issues of adversity which like the toddler wears yet a jewel in his head.”
William Shakeskeare 1615AD
This week we went through the aspects of employability and the need to make sure that one is appropriately ready for any job offer in their way.
Today I learnt about the technique of destroying destractions.
What happened
I noticed that I have had the problem of allowing my mind to be sidetracked after every time just after I have failed to appropriate or decipher a problem.
We leanrt on the matter of protitising needs during our PPD lesson.
What was bad?
1.I could not interpret some definitions for some items: ‘Teepee’; ‘Canvas’ and ‘Shortening, or lard’
2. My ability of prioritising was 50 pointrs aaway from the expert’s. This was a very scoring.
How could I have made it better?
1.I need to expand my knowledge of English definitions. I should utilise a few help tips offered by experts in the language definitions field. An examplee which I should have used here:
http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/b-greek/2004-June/030517.html
2. Moreover, I must begin to improve my prioritising skills
Tactful use of Note Taking mechanisms. I should have gone through learning documents such as –
What happened?
1. This week I got too overly occupied with the criticism I encountered regarding problems I encountered in Estonia. This adversely affected my studying and in particular my refleciton exercises, which were now spent on meditating the negatives and subsequently affected my self confidence.
How could I have made it better?
I should have not allowed myself to be
Firstly, it’s important to get a clear idea of what self confidence really means, otherwise you won’t know when you’ve got it! So, self confidence means:
1) Being calm. For every situation in life you need to run on the appropriate level of emotion. Too much emotional ‘leakage’ into an experience can spoil the experience. You make great strides towards confidence when you begin to relax in a greater range of situations.
2) Being cool. The second part of self confidence is about being able to relax with uncertainty. To be ‘cool’ in a situation really means relaxing with not knowing how things will pan out. If you truly tolerate uncertainty, you can do pretty much anything.
7) Laugh at the fact that you made a mistake. Laugh at yourself.
8)Visualise yourself being
6) Don’t task your mind with negatives. Instead of: ‘I don’t want to screw up’ (which sets the task of ‘screwing up’ for your brain), set the blueprint for what you do want! Your brain doesn’t work towards what to do by being told what not to do. And nature has given you a wonderful natural tool to set the right task blueprints with.
5) Understanding that what you expect is what you get. The law of expectation. Your brain is an organ that needs clear goals to work towards. When a task has been set in your brain it will do everything it can do to bring about the completion of that task. If you’ve tried to recall someone’s name but can’t, hours later you’ll often find their name pops into your head.
3) Not being too concerned with what others think of you. You know when you imagine what some place is going to be like before you go there but when you get there it is totally different to your imagination? That’s how reliable your imagination is! Stop trusting your imagination so much. I’ve long since stopped bothering to imagine what others think of me because so often I’ve turned out to be wrong.
What was bad?
Although I later learnt and rejuvenated myself, I had given up too early.
How could I have avoided this?
According to frymulti.com, “Learner motivation is one of the most important components of learning in all formal and informal settings. Some students naturally seem motivated to learn; others need inspiration and stimulation,” Dennis R Buckmaster, Natalie J Carroll, (2008) However, I should not wait to be motivate by anyone but should learn to create self motivation despite the distractions that may be surrounding me. This was my main weakness in 2008 and I shall not repeat it.
Bibliography:
Dennis R Buckmaster, Natalie J Carroll, (2008) Student Motivation – A Literature Review, 2008 Providence, Rhode Island, June 29 – July 2, 2008
Life long learning is a process of daily acquiring information through informal channels which information builds up to make the body and substance of a person’s entire information and intelligence base. I believe Life Long learning is an important aspect of my entire learning processes, as it addresses the challenges faced with in the fast changing IT environment which environment my career is in.
Between the year 2000 and the year 2004 the industry experienced a number of unpredicatable changes which fast development led to IT specialists formulating a theory they canonised as “Web 2.0.” This phenomenon was imposed by the O’Riley conference of 2004. This was an attempt to reach a common definition on the technological gains in web based application technology.
Apart from this development, there are many other developments which have not been canonised and it is my endeavour to find these out and perchance, canonise them myself. I can only do this through strategically implementing Life Long Learning into my personal learning plans.
Moreover, there is also the development of the creation of malicious software and hardware. This has led to the destruction of computer property across the world costing millions of pounds. because viruses are man made, their knowledge can only be obtained by a person who is persuuin knowlege on a daily basis, and not just in a school setting.
In conclusion, I see Life Long Learning as an important tool for reaching solutions for the fast growing information age that we are now living in.
I have benefited and will continue to nenefit from life long learning personally, academically, and vocationally.
While on my most recent work placement, I discovered that there is a lot I do not know about the It industry and in particular the aspect of setting up servers and data connections. I failed to perform on this area. Had it not been because
What Happened?
[Monday]
This week began with an attempt to finalise the website with an upload and configuration of the data search & input e-peripherals. I stumbled over the fact that I have no ASP environment (necessary for easy database connections) on my computer, and this became a thorn in the flesh when it became apparent that the remote server also does not support ASP (Active Server Pages) I then resorted to downloading a trial version of Microsoft Visual Studio & ASP.net and left them downloading for use the following day, Tuesday. Time is now running out an by end of day 3pm Tuesday, I must have finished and begin to test and finalise now. On Wednesday, I must begin User Acceptance Testing and Implementation.
Earlier on the day, we had an opportunity to go and go through one of the leading producing farms which supply the company with milk. I learnt a lot about the milking process, along with the digital processes that both control milking and collect data before dispatching milk produce to the company. It was a big eye opener as it became clear that the produciton processes is well automated from the lowest levels going up, until the milk produce reaches our factory. I found this very enriching. I also found out that the cows are housed, because of the weather, along also with information on how ill livestock is spotted and reported in the database.
Earlier on before this (in the morning) , I attended n invitation to do a talk session with English students at the Kurressaare Ametikool. I learnt a lot about diverse midsets caused by geographical orientation, that is, how a person’s learning can be affecte by their environment. We had a chat which lasted well into the second hour during which time I gave presentation to the class about life in the United Kingdom, while throwing light on how multifaceted and multicultural the country is, while inviting them as well to visit the UK.
I also had a question-and-answer session where they asked me questions such as “What do you do in your spare time? and when did you learn to speak English.” This also was part of the learning substance.
On the weekend, I also made a few friends, who I have been speaking regularly in the Estonian language.
[Tuesday]
ASP.net framework setup failed. I then opted for Creating an interface for editing data in Ajax.
-Upon the advice of an expert based in the US {Massimo Foti massimocorner.com} , I downloaded a new software developed by Adobe called SPRY. This software allows you to Add dynamic regions to nyour webpage that control retrieval and placement of data without any JavaScript or ASP necessities.
- I also downloade Adobe COLDFUSION software, upon the advice of Massimo Foti which works together with SPRY and Dreamweaver CS3
Tuesday
BrickWall: http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread53493.html
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2nd BrickWall: Cold Fusion software failed to load in the way explainedin the Adobe tutorial. BEEN FRUSTRATING!
Wednesday.
This morning I persued another connection route using Dreamweaver but encountered the same horrible errors of last week.
My supervisor then said to me that since the database connections were failing, that I rather concentrate in fine tuning the web design. She expressed that this was still enough for her. I then sharpened the website’s design and later in the afternoon presented it before her. She expressed satisfaction with it.
However I also added that I would persue the data connections issue in the UK and despite her lack of insistence would still report back as soon as I encounter a breakthrough.
Thursday.
We arrived at the SKYPE offices (headquarters in Tallin) We toured the company’s offices and had a quick peep at its harware equipment. It was a good eye opener. What I learned was that anything in life is possible after hearing that the company is only 6 years old, and yet it is now employing hundreds of employees across the world. This was a real inspiration. The greatest lesson I learnt today was on the issue of rest. I learnt that the company policy is strict on the matter resting and relaxing all rules, they allow their employers to even sleep in the offices if they cannot drive back early. This was a new thing to me but also something which I believe if implemented, will definitely help me in the future. They emphasise that if you are too tired and you have been involved in vigorous brainstorming activity, the best for you is to rest even at work!
What was bad?
Very little time left, and the inadequacy of software resources was a bitter bottleneck.
What could you have done to avoid/improve the situation?
Perhaps vigourous consultation with IT specialists could have helped improve my speed, but this is subject to the availability of their time and tolerance of me! Most of the IT specialists I interact with are inthe US, and their resposnes are often 48 hours away. Although I engaged my tutor, it was hard to obtain his full attention as he was busy teaching almost every day.
He did help me though, for instance in the obtaining of the MS Access software, but even then, it was hard because he only replied me late in the evening, 8PM.
With online forums, it is not difficult to get solutions, but the only important thing is that you need adequate time, to both digest, test and evaluate the solutions before you as not every solution suggested will work, since the prevailing variables can be different with each scenario.
Perhaps also if I had maintained good resting periods like they have emphasised at SKYPE in Tallin, it might have eased up my strain for a solution.
Lastly, I must now create certainty by eliminating all non-working options. There is nothing that guarantees digtity and secures destiny apart from certainty, David Oyedepo (1999) Because there are more than one options, the possibility of collusion is inherent in the decision making process, which if not managed viciously, can cause the loss of of productive time and resources.
From my certainty determination I have now defined the problem as one, the unavailability of a working MySQL server.
