This was quite an interesting project this time...
I looked at both...very different in its approach to getting a project done...I will have to say that both has it own benefit...
The RPC seems a bit more simple and easy to use(hjust 5 steps)...however, the Assignment Calculator calculates exactly what you should be doing each day(a 12 step process) before the project is due, making it easier on you! Especially, if you're limited on time...The great thing is that both send you emails, indicating what needs to be done...I checked my email and I've yet to receive anything...yet :)....
For me, personally, I'm not sure if it would benefit me other than the fact of learning some other new resources to get information...The Assignment Calculator seems to be more intune with a thesis paper...to which I only use for limited classes....although I think these gadgets would be useful in your life...for example, lets say you had to write an essay on why you should be hired...very helpful eh?? What if you owed money to a loan shark...and couldn't seem to convince him otherwise that you'll pay him later??? Both these gadgets would definitely come in useful!!!
To make it simple, I'm not sure If I'm a big fan of this...partly because it is exactly what I do anyway...but it's definitely a great reminder...it also gives you great tips on what resources you could possibly use, making it very handy indeed!
Monday, January 26, 2009
Thing 13: Online Productivity Tools
Hey guys!!! To let you know...I spent about half an hour typing in this ****** window, and it kicked me off BLOGGER...so that is the reason why I haven't been posting lately...hahahaha....*winks*...alright, alrighty...I know I've disappointed many people from not keeping updated with my posts(since you all LOVE my posts), but this Thing 13 was actually one that I've been waiting forever to do...just bc i thought it was REALLY REALLY cool!!! lol...
anyways...to start...I decided to use iGoogle because I already have a Google account....the thought of having more accounts(passwords/userids) have been quite a headache...(sorry guys)...I was surprised how easy it was...and how easy it would be to just ADD everything and nothing at all...if i didn't need something, all i had to do was click delete!! So just to let you know what I added: weather, date & time, map quest, movies, sudoku, yahoo mail, youtube...and many more!! However, I did do some of the other ones that was expected...I tried Ta da list, Remember the Milk, Backpack, and Zamzar...to put it plainly, i DETESTED it. Why? Because every single time, I'd have to make sure I was logged in OR I had to add something before it even showed on my page....and how am I suppose to remember all those links right? Well, you can be a smart*** and tell me that HELLO, you have delicious.com...BUT no, that means i'd have to log into delicious.com just to find the links...and then i'd have to log into whatever website I had to add the things I needed to(ex.ta-do-list...things i need...like new glasses?) Simply...too time consuming...
Although, I do have to say...it was quite easy and fun...I loved the fact that I could check my yahoo email from there...except, once you logged in, you couldn't log out...so that i was a bit disappointed...i'd have to say...anyways....
The question of rather or not if I would set it was my homepage...probably not...I think I still love yahoo's homepage :D
anyways...to start...I decided to use iGoogle because I already have a Google account....the thought of having more accounts(passwords/userids) have been quite a headache...(sorry guys)...I was surprised how easy it was...and how easy it would be to just ADD everything and nothing at all...if i didn't need something, all i had to do was click delete!! So just to let you know what I added: weather, date & time, map quest, movies, sudoku, yahoo mail, youtube...and many more!! However, I did do some of the other ones that was expected...I tried Ta da list, Remember the Milk, Backpack, and Zamzar...to put it plainly, i DETESTED it. Why? Because every single time, I'd have to make sure I was logged in OR I had to add something before it even showed on my page....and how am I suppose to remember all those links right? Well, you can be a smart*** and tell me that HELLO, you have delicious.com...BUT no, that means i'd have to log into delicious.com just to find the links...and then i'd have to log into whatever website I had to add the things I needed to(ex.ta-do-list...things i need...like new glasses?) Simply...too time consuming...
Although, I do have to say...it was quite easy and fun...I loved the fact that I could check my yahoo email from there...except, once you logged in, you couldn't log out...so that i was a bit disappointed...i'd have to say...anyways....
The question of rather or not if I would set it was my homepage...probably not...I think I still love yahoo's homepage :D
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Thing 12 - Tagging
"Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking manager that allows you to bookmark a Web page and add tags to categorize your bookmarks. Tags can be used in Del.icio.us to organize your bookmarks--and let others know what you have bookmarked."
THAT's CRAZYNESSSS...I believe I had to read that 3 times before I THOUGHT I was starting to understand it....hehehe :D or maybe i'm just slow
My definitions for Tag and Bookmark:
TAG: Categorize/List
BOOKMARK: Adding/Faorites
Del.icio.us is a social "addingfavorite" manager that allows you to "add" a Web page and to "cateogrize/label" your "favorites". Labeling can be used in Deli.icio.us to organize your "FAVES" and let others know what you have "added" as your faves.
---beginning to make more sense eh? :D
I'm smiling....
I just finished adding my account in Del.icio.us and adding in my bookmarks and tags...I'll have to say...after a few stumbles...pretty easy....I actually LIKE it...
Its a great THING to learn...why?? because remember the times when you were at a friends house or some strangers house and they were accessing the web AND told you about this absolutely crazy COOL website..and you just didn't have a Paper NOR Pen handy??? WEll....access your account in delicious and add that WEBSITE to your bookmark....easy right??
And And And ANd And...remember those times when you were doing a research paper and you found a REALLY cool website but you didn't have a paper to write down the url and now your a$$ is stuck googling it?? I don't know about you but I WAS-STILL-UNTIL-NOW clicking on that back arrow bc I kept getting to wrong website. But we're given a great solution....type in delicious(www.delicious.com) and VOILA....you have all your FAVES...and if you can't remember what the website was called....type in your tag(cool/neat/easy..etc) and AGAIN..you get your cool website that you forgot....how easy is that???!
I THINK...i THINK....I'm starting to actually appreciate this 16 THings... :)
Hey also remember...the fun part? You can threaten your friends by saying that you'll bookmark their bookmark to your personal bookmark tag list if they don't bookmark you to their tag list of "doing what nancy wants" tag...gotcha? (Hint: Go back to my definition)....
THAT's CRAZYNESSSS...I believe I had to read that 3 times before I THOUGHT I was starting to understand it....hehehe :D or maybe i'm just slow
My definitions for Tag and Bookmark:
TAG: Categorize/List
BOOKMARK: Adding/Faorites
Del.icio.us is a social "addingfavorite" manager that allows you to "add" a Web page and to "cateogrize/label" your "favorites". Labeling can be used in Deli.icio.us to organize your "FAVES" and let others know what you have "added" as your faves.
---beginning to make more sense eh? :D
I'm smiling....
I just finished adding my account in Del.icio.us and adding in my bookmarks and tags...I'll have to say...after a few stumbles...pretty easy....I actually LIKE it...
Its a great THING to learn...why?? because remember the times when you were at a friends house or some strangers house and they were accessing the web AND told you about this absolutely crazy COOL website..and you just didn't have a Paper NOR Pen handy??? WEll....access your account in delicious and add that WEBSITE to your bookmark....easy right??
And And And ANd And...remember those times when you were doing a research paper and you found a REALLY cool website but you didn't have a paper to write down the url and now your a$$ is stuck googling it?? I don't know about you but I WAS-STILL-UNTIL-NOW clicking on that back arrow bc I kept getting to wrong website. But we're given a great solution....type in delicious(www.delicious.com) and VOILA....you have all your FAVES...and if you can't remember what the website was called....type in your tag(cool/neat/easy..etc) and AGAIN..you get your cool website that you forgot....how easy is that???!
I THINK...i THINK....I'm starting to actually appreciate this 16 THings... :)
Hey also remember...the fun part? You can threaten your friends by saying that you'll bookmark their bookmark to your personal bookmark tag list if they don't bookmark you to their tag list of "doing what nancy wants" tag...gotcha? (Hint: Go back to my definition)....
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Thing 11 - Online Creations
*sighs*
*sighs*
*sighs*
*sighs*
lol OKAY!!! you've got the idea right? lol I think this new coffee isn't helping either....*smile*
Hmmm....Zoho Show and Slideshare gives you great resources to use as a business or family oriented SHARE....and NO, I'm not Frodo.....maybe....a little...especially in the beginning where he doesn't wanna SHARE his ring...but then he kinda wants to but not really.....come on...who wants to be labeled as the one who "gives" burden to others right? Point taken...never to use Lord of the Rings as an analogy... :D so all in all....SHARING is great....use Zoho Show and Slideshare....especially Slideshare bc I can just upload all my MICROSOFT ppt. documents into it and VOILA...all DONE...easy as that. No Kidding. Invite all the friends you want to. Slick as a ninja(so Teng likes to say....hey hey hey....Thg.5 VS. Thg 11...I can smell the Chipotle).
Okay.....time to cut the cord....
Until Our Next Thing...
*sighs*
*sighs*
*sighs*
lol OKAY!!! you've got the idea right? lol I think this new coffee isn't helping either....*smile*
Hmmm....Zoho Show and Slideshare gives you great resources to use as a business or family oriented SHARE....and NO, I'm not Frodo.....maybe....a little...especially in the beginning where he doesn't wanna SHARE his ring...but then he kinda wants to but not really.....come on...who wants to be labeled as the one who "gives" burden to others right? Point taken...never to use Lord of the Rings as an analogy... :D so all in all....SHARING is great....use Zoho Show and Slideshare....especially Slideshare bc I can just upload all my MICROSOFT ppt. documents into it and VOILA...all DONE...easy as that. No Kidding. Invite all the friends you want to. Slick as a ninja(so Teng likes to say....hey hey hey....Thg.5 VS. Thg 11...I can smell the Chipotle).
Okay.....time to cut the cord....
Until Our Next Thing...
Thing 10 - More Flickring Around
Ummmmm.....should I be like Homer and say, "DoooHHH" (if I spelled that correctly) :()
Hmmm...well....More flickring around seems a bit.....fun but confusing??
So to say the least...I started out with Big Huge Labs....abosolutely fun...many varieties and easy to use..EXCEPT I probably will never use it in my professional career...so the only thing would be for family and friends...Oh yes...I do have to point out that AFTER i finished one of my "experiments" for the magazine cover page....I posted it up in Flickr...(easy to do) BUT then I spelled something wrong, so I went back to BHL but it wouldn't let me edit it(unless there is a way and I couldn't see it-but i highly doubt it) so.......i had to take another 5 minutes to do another one. But other than that...it was easy to post up not only in Flickr but also in my Blogger....OH yeah....posting it up in my blog...if you go to it...it's SUPER arse SMALL! lol so....*sighs* unless you have reading glasses (which probably won't even help) you won't be able to see ANYTHING from the posting on my blog....
Alright...now, lets talk about other API's....
Clockr....nothing ever came up....
Flickr Color Picker....??
Spell with Flickr...???
Slashpr....lets not even go there......
All in all, I'd recommend going with Big HUGE labs....but you might spend more time on there then needed....
*smiles*
Hmmm...well....More flickring around seems a bit.....fun but confusing??
So to say the least...I started out with Big Huge Labs....abosolutely fun...many varieties and easy to use..EXCEPT I probably will never use it in my professional career...so the only thing would be for family and friends...Oh yes...I do have to point out that AFTER i finished one of my "experiments" for the magazine cover page....I posted it up in Flickr...(easy to do) BUT then I spelled something wrong, so I went back to BHL but it wouldn't let me edit it(unless there is a way and I couldn't see it-but i highly doubt it) so.......i had to take another 5 minutes to do another one. But other than that...it was easy to post up not only in Flickr but also in my Blogger....OH yeah....posting it up in my blog...if you go to it...it's SUPER arse SMALL! lol so....*sighs* unless you have reading glasses (which probably won't even help) you won't be able to see ANYTHING from the posting on my blog....
Alright...now, lets talk about other API's....
Clockr....nothing ever came up....
Flickr Color Picker....??
Spell with Flickr...???
Slashpr....lets not even go there......
All in all, I'd recommend going with Big HUGE labs....but you might spend more time on there then needed....
*smiles*
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Thing 9 - Flickr
Alrighty.....I'm actually getting somewhere eh??? :D Well...let me tell you....here's my link to my first photo that I posted up:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceevue/3059522115/
Let me know what you think! I've always heard of Flickr, its just that I've never just really used it. However, I'm truly happy that it links to my Yahoo so its a bit easier to find friends by just clicking away at the emails that are already listed as friends. Alright....
1. Was it easy? YES.
2. Was it nice? YES.
3. Will I use it at school? YES.
4. What about personal life or professional setting? Definitely for personal life. Professional setting YES...it will help with my future possibility and percentages of getting hired or someone noticing my BEAUTIFUL work.
5. Do I use another photo hosting service similar to Fickr? Not really, other than myspace and facebook...does that count?
6. Does it compare? Well...I guess maybe we should try to answer the first question first...hehe.
7. How do you feel about have your photo public? Well...after playing with my settings...I clicked on Privacy & Permissions...after reading a bit...I was a bit relieved afterwards...I can choose who can upload, save, blog, and share my photos....so honestly...I feel pretty safe about it. :)
The Challege....I'm still working on it. :)
Highlights: No1. I love how you can upload a photo and edit it by using Picnik....Crop/Resize/Rotate/ChangeColor/Sharpen...No2. I learned what "tags" mean!!
ISSUES?? BUT tags isn't working for me....I tried putting in Ai MN 16 Things as my tagged and then tried to search for it..but it didn't work..I even tried to do it without no spaces...no luck..SORRY!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceevue/3059522115/
Let me know what you think! I've always heard of Flickr, its just that I've never just really used it. However, I'm truly happy that it links to my Yahoo so its a bit easier to find friends by just clicking away at the emails that are already listed as friends. Alright....
1. Was it easy? YES.
2. Was it nice? YES.
3. Will I use it at school? YES.
4. What about personal life or professional setting? Definitely for personal life. Professional setting YES...it will help with my future possibility and percentages of getting hired or someone noticing my BEAUTIFUL work.
5. Do I use another photo hosting service similar to Fickr? Not really, other than myspace and facebook...does that count?
6. Does it compare? Well...I guess maybe we should try to answer the first question first...hehe.
7. How do you feel about have your photo public? Well...after playing with my settings...I clicked on Privacy & Permissions...after reading a bit...I was a bit relieved afterwards...I can choose who can upload, save, blog, and share my photos....so honestly...I feel pretty safe about it. :)
The Challege....I'm still working on it. :)
Highlights: No1. I love how you can upload a photo and edit it by using Picnik....Crop/Resize/Rotate/ChangeColor/Sharpen...No2. I learned what "tags" mean!!
ISSUES?? BUT tags isn't working for me....I tried putting in Ai MN 16 Things as my tagged and then tried to search for it..but it didn't work..I even tried to do it without no spaces...no luck..SORRY!
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