Thursday, October 28, 2010
Muddiest Point for 10/25/10
I actually have a question about last weeks readings. For the Google video that we watched, Larry page mentioned that Google does not accept money from company's to have their website put first on a search result's list. He mentioned unlike some of our "competitors". So my question is which search engines accept money to have certain people's websites put first? I assume none of the large and legitimate engines like Yahoo or bing. But do other medium sized engines do so, ie: msn.com? I was just wondering because if they do then I don't think I would want to use them. Thanks.
Reading Notes for 11/1/10
HTML tutorial: This tutorial was really great. It was succinct and informative with plenty of examples. I feel like I have learned much more about webdesign just from reading it. I was surprised to hear that HTML is not like coding, which probably just shows my ignorance. They seem rather similar in structure to me. In both you are writing something we can understand into something the computer will understand. And what you are writing affects the layout and conceptualization of your project.
HTML cheat sheet: I think I will definitely be referring back to this whenever I get a chance to use HTML. Maybe for Assignment 6?
CSS Tutorial: This was a great tutorial as well. Just reading about the way websites used to be structured before all our advances in technology made me smile. I remember using the dial-up modem to call AOL and finally after 2 minutes getting access to the internet, watching videos that took a very long time to download, and having very bland/ non-interactive (compared to today) screens where the photos would take sometimes just as long as the video itself to download. Even all the colors that they showed of the 216 out of 256 approved colors reminded me how basic all of those early webpages were. I'm glad we've progressed so fast!
The Beyond HTML article was another good article. It was a bit complex, but in general quite readable. Towards the end of the article they mentioned that some libraries used CMS products " Macromedia Contribute, one used Zope, and the remaining library used DBMAN." (under survey of CMS activities in libraries, last page). I was wondering if "LibGuide" was a CMS product? I assume it is. I have used "Libguides" before and I know a lot of librarians/libraries find them very organized and helpful. (Although I do not know how expensive it is).
HTML cheat sheet: I think I will definitely be referring back to this whenever I get a chance to use HTML. Maybe for Assignment 6?
CSS Tutorial: This was a great tutorial as well. Just reading about the way websites used to be structured before all our advances in technology made me smile. I remember using the dial-up modem to call AOL and finally after 2 minutes getting access to the internet, watching videos that took a very long time to download, and having very bland/ non-interactive (compared to today) screens where the photos would take sometimes just as long as the video itself to download. Even all the colors that they showed of the 216 out of 256 approved colors reminded me how basic all of those early webpages were. I'm glad we've progressed so fast!
The Beyond HTML article was another good article. It was a bit complex, but in general quite readable. Towards the end of the article they mentioned that some libraries used CMS products " Macromedia Contribute, one used Zope, and the remaining library used DBMAN." (under survey of CMS activities in libraries, last page). I was wondering if "LibGuide" was a CMS product? I assume it is. I have used "Libguides" before and I know a lot of librarians/libraries find them very organized and helpful. (Although I do not know how expensive it is).
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Reading Notes for 10/25
The article by Jeff Tyson was really interesting. It was a simplified explanation of how to understand the web. It described the internet as a large, expansive, and ever-growing network of networks. It was also interesting to hear that no one person really owns the internet. Which makes it all the more fascinating that the largest moneymaker is not owned by a single entity, but held by all of us.
The article by Andre K Pace was a little hard for me to understand. That was until I looked up the definition for ILS on Wikipedia and realized that it was the everyday system used for circulation and organization of materials in libraries. I have used both Millennium and Voyager in previous library jobs. And like most people find both to not be user friendly. I can see why the concept of the homegrown or the opensource alternative is so tantalizing. The ability to modify and change the lack of user-friendly capabilities is important. I think if libraries paid more money for the products, as the author mentions, we could see some real changes for the better. Or as the article stipulates (toward the end) we should dismantle and rebuild our ILS systems.
The Sergey Brin and Larry Page video was funny and nice to watch. It was also interesting to hear from Larry Page about their advertising structure. How Google does not gain profit from having people pay to have their search result put first, but that they specifically denote pertinent advertising to what you searched. This is how they make their money. I think that concept makes for a better business model as people can trust you. When people search on Google they know that the options they are receiving are based on mathematically based algorithms not who has deeper pockets.
The article by Andre K Pace was a little hard for me to understand. That was until I looked up the definition for ILS on Wikipedia and realized that it was the everyday system used for circulation and organization of materials in libraries. I have used both Millennium and Voyager in previous library jobs. And like most people find both to not be user friendly. I can see why the concept of the homegrown or the opensource alternative is so tantalizing. The ability to modify and change the lack of user-friendly capabilities is important. I think if libraries paid more money for the products, as the author mentions, we could see some real changes for the better. Or as the article stipulates (toward the end) we should dismantle and rebuild our ILS systems.
The Sergey Brin and Larry Page video was funny and nice to watch. It was also interesting to hear from Larry Page about their advertising structure. How Google does not gain profit from having people pay to have their search result put first, but that they specifically denote pertinent advertising to what you searched. This is how they make their money. I think that concept makes for a better business model as people can trust you. When people search on Google they know that the options they are receiving are based on mathematically based algorithms not who has deeper pockets.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Muddiest Point for 10/15-10/16
I have a question about LAN and WAN. Is it possible to be connected to a LAN and a WAN at the same time? I was talking over skype with a friend in England when she lost her internet connection and we couldn't talk to one another. However, she later told me that she still had local access according to her computer. So I was wondering if you could have both LAN and WAN at the same time, and lose your WAN connection. I thought you could only have one type of access or the other, not both.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Assignment 3- JING
Video:
http://www.screencast.com/users/pshenoy/folders/Jing/media/b8f1abab-aeae-4588-9b3b-79e5e5b5f2a0
Annotated Picture 1:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pshenoy/5049714395/
Annotated Picture 2:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pshenoy/5067658957/
Annotated Picture 3:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pshenoy/5068393026/
Annotated Picture 4:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pshenoy/5068460698/
Annotated Picture 5:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pshenoy/5068417426/
http://www.screencast.com/users/pshenoy/folders/Jing/media/b8f1abab-aeae-4588-9b3b-79e5e5b5f2a0
Annotated Picture 1:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pshenoy/5049714395/
Annotated Picture 2:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pshenoy/5067658957/
Annotated Picture 3:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pshenoy/5068393026/
Annotated Picture 4:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pshenoy/5068460698/
Annotated Picture 5:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pshenoy/5068417426/
Friday, October 8, 2010
Muddiest point for 10/4/2010
I have a question about unstructured data. An example of unstructured data is pure text which includes implicit structures. But isn't the whole point of unstructured data that it is not defined? In terms of implicit structure for the pure text, does that mean how writing in English has structure in terms of letters making words, words making ideas, and spaces to signify a pause? Or is it something else that implicitly structures pure text? Does pure text have to be written in formal English or rather in a way that ideas are conveyed?
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Reading Notes for 10/04/2010
Wikipedia Article: This article gave a good overview of the concept of a database. I was interested to see how they divided the databases into different types such as End-User, Analytical, and Distributed databases under Data Warehouses. I asked a software engineer friend of mine about these organized subdivisions and he said that they were not well know terms. I assume then that they classified them this way in order for lay men, like myself, to be able to have a better grasp on the different types out there.
Gilliand Article: Metadata is something that is part of many different types of librarian-ship and our current life in general. I liked how this article described the typology of the different data standards into structure, content, value, and format. It gave me a clearer picture into how information about information is organized. I was interested to read about MeSH headings as data value, thesauri, or controlled vocabulary. I have heard that term in reference to Mesh before as I work in a medical library. The article states "these are the terms, names, and other values that are used to populate data structure standards or metadata element sets." Which I think describes it well.
Miller Article: The Dublin Core Data Model article was I think a difficult read and maybe for individuals who understand it on a higher level. There was also a lot of coding written into the article. My understanding is that the DCDM is used for classification and identification of works across multiple disciplines, thereby implementing a standard for use. It is also very specific for an electronic environment. The Model tries to address many different characteristics and requirements.
Gilliand Article: Metadata is something that is part of many different types of librarian-ship and our current life in general. I liked how this article described the typology of the different data standards into structure, content, value, and format. It gave me a clearer picture into how information about information is organized. I was interested to read about MeSH headings as data value, thesauri, or controlled vocabulary. I have heard that term in reference to Mesh before as I work in a medical library. The article states "these are the terms, names, and other values that are used to populate data structure standards or metadata element sets." Which I think describes it well.
Miller Article: The Dublin Core Data Model article was I think a difficult read and maybe for individuals who understand it on a higher level. There was also a lot of coding written into the article. My understanding is that the DCDM is used for classification and identification of works across multiple disciplines, thereby implementing a standard for use. It is also very specific for an electronic environment. The Model tries to address many different characteristics and requirements.
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