computers

speakers last thursday!

I just wanted to say that the guest speakers on friday were very helpful. First off, they made me realize that blogging is actually useful in the real business world. Prior to, listening to Andy I really had no idea how companies would actually use blogs.
Second of all, I think that Rich should implement some kind of blog onto his website. It seems that he has a great success rate with his clients and the emails he sends them. By creating a blog on his site he will be able to let his customers interact with each other while producing more hits to his site.
Third of all, would Rich's for of advertising (on that sponsored side of the google page) work for companies like GM, which are big and not related to computers. What im saying is that maybe part of the reason for his extremely high success rate is that he is in the computer business so naturally more people are going to use the computer to get his product. Perhaps, this skews his results a little bit.
Anyway, i know this analysis was a little late but I havent had access to a computer for awhile
-go yanks

Sports blogging!

I know sometimes it can get a little bit redundant to be constantly looking at blogs about computers, RSS, and ER diagrams... so i took the liberty of looking for a blog forum that entails something of great interest to me and maybe to you too! This site detroit sports is a great site to get timely Detroit sports updates via blogs. As midterms and finals steadily approach and the Pistons get ready to defend their championship, you probably won't be able to catch every single game on tv. My recommendation is to check out this site and remain a well-educated Detroit sports fan.

Idea and a question!

This past summer at my work the managers were talking about having a suggestion box in the office. This box would be used to anonymously make suggestions on how to better the office. We ran into a few problems with this for a few reasons:
-our office was too small so everyone saw when and if someone made a suggestion (thus limiting suggetions)
- Managers were fairly well acquainted with each employees handwriting since it was a relatively small office (about 35 people).
My thought was to implement a blogging board into the business and allow people to comment on the recommendations, rather than simply having management make the decisions. I thought this would be a good idea as long as the author of each post could remain anonymous. Which leads me to my question - Can you make it so no one can see who the author of the post is? For example, my posts say my name at the bottom, can you eliminate that? If anyone knows, please let me know.

Blogs for rulemaking!

I was sitting in my Business Law class the other day and we were talking about rulemaking in the government. One of the procedures for rulemaking is that each proposed rule be open to criticism from the public. Currently, the government does this via the website - regulations.gov. I think this would be a good site to institute a blogging format to post opinions and suggestions about rules. This way everyone could view each others thoughts and be notified when new opinions popped up.
Just some food for thought!

Why normalization, ER diagrams, and BIT??

Today I was walking through the halls of the b school and I overheard two apparent BBA1's talking about BIT and that it was for computer dorks. I could not help but think that they could not be more wrong. I personally used knowledge from BIT 301 during my internship this summer and I worked in an accounting/finance department. It doesn't matter what field you are working in, you will use a database, or information technology. So for those of you who think that BIT is for dorks that like to sit in cubicles and not interact - you are wrong! Coupling BIT with another concentration (like finance or accounting) makes you a more well rounded employee and a greater asset to your company. Countless times during my work experience computers went down and databases were designed improperly - to be able to have someone readily available to fix these problems is invaluable (trust me it takes the IT department days before they respond to a request!) Anyways, I just wanted to reassure you that BIT can and will help you advance your career.
Just some food for thought!

RSS is not for Dummyz

I am commenting on the following blog - Tranquilidad's Initial Thoughts. I definitely found this website (RSS for Dummyz) to be extremely helpful in clearing up some questions I had regarding RSS. It makes RSS crystal clear by spoon feeding you exactly what RSS is. If you have any questions regarding RSS and don't feel comfortable asking them in class (though you should feel comfortable with the great professor we have) take a look at the site. Thanks tranquilidad for posting that link so I am not an RSS Dummy!

Advertising & RSS Feeds

Ads & RSS!
Above is a link to a site that talks about putting ads in RSS feeds. In my opinion, ads on RSS feeds would not be good. Though it might generate revenues, it creates extra "noise" on the feeds that hinders the traffic. As some people have posted on this site, the feeds will indirectly add to revenues by increasing traffic to your site - meaning no need for ads. In general, I personally dont want ads, pop ups, or text inserts on RSS feeds. Let me know what you think?

A test post

This is my first post... im so excited for BIT 320. Taking this class is like riding on the millenium force at cedar point. woohoo