Milot's Blog

Milot's Blog tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mgoci//19 2007-04-20T21:42:14Z Movable Type 3.33 start.bus.emich.edu - EMU Business Email Account tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mgoci//19.1792 2007-04-20T20:28:00Z 2007-04-20T21:42:14Z

EMU Google Gmail - start.bus.emich.edu I finally got to use EMU's Gmail account and I love it. I updated my contact information so I can stay in touch with your favorite classmates. I like the features, the personalized weather, contacts,...

Milot emich]]>" label="emich]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> emu bus mail]]>" label="emu bus mail]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> gmail]]>" label="gmail]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> start.bus.emich.edu I finally got to use EMU's Gmail account and I love it. I updated my contact information so I can stay in touch with your favorite classmates. I like the features, the personalized weather, contacts, and the 2GB storage. I like the live chat without having to connect, to invite people is easy. For some reason, I’m having some problems with the calendar. When I update events, it does not show them on the page of my email account. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong until I figure it out; I don’t know what it is. I think this might be my main permanent email account for now on. Currently, it's free of spam and I'm going to keep it that way and use one of my older accounts when it comes to giving my email to a company or someone I don't trust. ]]> Window XP - Is Back??? tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mgoci//19.1791 2007-04-20T19:00:27Z 2007-04-20T19:26:17Z

If you think VISTA is taking over XP...think again. DELL has reinstituted XP as an option for small business computers. The main reason being that more time is needed to transition to Vista. The idea to bring XP back was...

Milot ideastorm]]>" label="ideastorm]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> vista]]>" label="vista]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> vista vs. xp]]>" label="vista vs. xp]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> Windows]]>" label="Windows]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> Windows Operating System]]>" label="Windows Operating System]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> www.ideastorm.com is Dell's interactive consumer-manufacturer site. Apparently DELL did not just hear the complaints; they actually listened to their consumers and made change. I visited the ideastorm webpage where you can register and post comments or blog. ]]> My Favorite Places - Iteration 3 Review tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mgoci//19.1787 2007-04-20T15:06:41Z 2007-04-20T15:26:05Z

SITE This is by far the most sophisticated website in our class. I like the setup and the menu, easy to navigate. In terms of graphic design, I think this site deserves better. The popup screen that requests users to...

Milot is449]]>" label="is449]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> iteration 3]]>" label="iteration 3]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> iteration3review]]>" label="iteration3review]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> myfavoriteplaces.com]]>" label="myfavoriteplaces.com]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> SITE This is by far the most sophisticated website in our class. I like the setup and the menu, easy to navigate. In terms of graphic design, I think this site deserves better. The popup screen that requests users to enter their unique name before even exploring or navigating the site is just brainy. The log off option is also a clever feature along with the RSS feed option. I think what the website is missing is some type of menu with some information on the website such as, ‘About.’ It would be useful to have information on the purpose of the web page and how to use it (although, it’s fairly easy to understand how it works. I also like the idea of the local search; the identification of the IP address. In my opinion, this is not my favorite website. ]]> Where is my caffeine? - Iteration 3 Review tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mgoci//19.1786 2007-04-20T14:52:52Z 2007-04-20T14:54:46Z

Where my caffeine website has an awesome layout. I like the setup and the idea. I like how this team focused their idea in the local sector. User interaction is there, people can finally cast their vote to their favorite...

Milot is449]]>" label="is449]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> iteration 3]]>" label="iteration 3]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> iteration3review]]>" label="iteration3review]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> Where my caffeine website has an awesome layout. I like the setup and the idea. I like how this team focused their idea in the local sector. User interaction is there, people can finally cast their vote to their favorite coffee shop using the least amount of time possible. Map looks good, it’s clear and zooming in will make pinpoint the locations closer and not as clustered. I like the suggestion box to continuously get feedback from web users. The site is functional, although it has some weakness. For example, I do like the idea of their photo menu using Flikr but today, when I visited the website and clicked on Beaner Photos link, I got multiple photos of Beaner coffee as well as a photo of two GIs who don’t seem to be drinking coffee! I do like the website and the fundamental idea. ]]> Iteration 3 review - Team Extreme tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mgoci//19.1785 2007-04-20T14:02:33Z 2007-04-20T14:23:00Z

What I liked about team extreme is how they adjusted their project based on people’s desires. When they started in iteration 1, aside from the website not looking that nice, some features were still under construction. By iteration 2, their...

IrDA or Infrared Data Association, defines the specifications for communications protocol for exchange of data through infrared light. The layers that define IrDA are: IrPHY, IrLAP, IrLMP, IrCOMM, Tiny TP, IrOBEX, IrLAN and IrSimple. It is used for short range...

Milot irda]]>" label="irda]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> network]]>" label="network]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> Infrared Data Association, defines the specifications for communications protocol for exchange of data through infrared light. The layers that define IrDA are: IrPHY, IrLAP, IrLMP, IrCOMM, Tiny TP, IrOBEX, IrLAN and IrSimple. It is used for short range exchange of data for personal area networks. It is wireless but the devices must a direct line of site to communicate via IrDA. For more information, you can check out the official website of IrDA at www.irda.org.]]> MySpace goes LIVE tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mgoci//19.1756 2007-04-19T18:07:40Z 2007-04-19T18:46:45Z

MySpace is going to the news business and their news has gone live. Apparently, MySpace will not give preference to any news agency. According to the Social Web Blogs, "This approach blends elements of Google News and sites such as...

Milot myspace]]>" label="myspace]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> Social Web Blogs, "This approach blends elements of Google News and sites such as Digg and Netscape, which rely on readers to submit stories and determine their prominence."]]> TOP 50 best tech products tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mgoci//19.1743 2007-04-19T16:39:45Z 2007-04-19T16:48:32Z

PC world released the top 50 best tech products of all times. Among the products, Apple dominates the list with Apple II computer (1977), Apple iPod (2001), Apple MacIntosh Plus (1986), Apple iTunes (2003), Apple Mac OS X (2001), Apple...

Milot top tech products]]>" label="top tech products]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> PC world released the top 50 best tech products of all times. Among the products, Apple dominates the list with Apple II computer (1977), Apple iPod (2001), Apple MacIntosh Plus (1986), Apple iTunes (2003), Apple Mac OS X (2001), Apple Airport Base Station (1999) and Apple Hypercard (1987). This is a good example why Apple's innovation and engineering is sound and why Apple is doing well today. Other products that made the list are, Red Hat Linux (1994), Netscape Navigator (1994) etc. ]]> The New Google AJAX feed API is released today! tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mgoci//19.1742 2007-04-19T16:19:21Z 2007-04-19T16:30:47Z

Even though the feed syndication has been popular, it had its problems and was not so simple to integrate it in mashups. This new tool will support multiple versions of RSS and Atom feeds. Google is doing this by taking...

Milot Ajax]]>" label="Ajax]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> google API]]>" label="google API]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> JSON]]>" label="JSON]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> Internet News.com, "Google presents raw XML for developers that want to see the original and also presents it in JSON because it has become very common for JavaScript developers to access server side data." ]]> Is Web 2.0 fading? tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mgoci//19.1707 2007-04-18T18:13:01Z 2007-04-18T18:35:13Z

Web users are becoming lazy; they are not using features to create, which is what web 2.0 is supposed to help. Instead, web users are mostly an audience. For example, instead of using Google's YouTube to upload videos, most of...

Milot is449]]>" label="is449]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> web 2.0]]>" label="web 2.0]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> Reuters, only 0.16% of visits to YouTube are users that actually uploaded videos. The same goes for Flickr, which is a popular site for photos, but only 0.2% used it to edit/upload photos. Despite the low number of users in terms of user involvement in Web 2.0, the number of users who visited these sites skyrocketed 688 percent in the past year. So, Web 2.0 is not going away...at least not for now. ]]> War Over - for Web 2.0 Browsers that is! tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mgoci//19.1694 2007-04-18T00:34:02Z 2007-04-18T00:52:16Z

According to PC world, Microsoft, Fire Fox, Google Reader, Opera and others have unofficially signed a peace treaty in a San Francisco conference. The peace treaty asks that the browser be used as a development platform. Instead of trying to...

Milot firefox]]>" label="firefox]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> google reader]]>" label="google reader]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> ie]]>" label="ie]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> opera]]>" label="opera]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> war of browsers]]>" label="war of browsers]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> war of browsers is over]]>" label="war of browsers is over]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> web 2.0]]>" label="web 2.0]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> PC world, Microsoft, Fire Fox, Google Reader, Opera and others have unofficially signed a peace treaty in a San Francisco conference. The peace treaty asks that the browser be used as a development platform. Instead of trying to compete against one another in a survival environment, they will now focus on advancing their platforms for future Internet applications. The chief architect for Fire Fox stated that applications written in JavaScript to scale better without crashing. He stated, "When you use JavaScript as it is used today, it is very hard for browsers to optimize," he said. "If you're going to have [a Web] application crash ... you are in trouble because that can be exploited as a security hole." The peace treaty sounds like a good idea to me but I just can't imagine these vendors giving up that easy. In my opinion, this peace deal between the web browsers will not last long. ]]> Blu Ray or HD? tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mgoci//19.1693 2007-04-18T00:04:56Z 2007-04-18T00:28:18Z

Many of you who have purchased a true HD 1080p want a DVD player to support the 1080p. Two different products came to light in the past year. Blu Ray disc and High Definition disc./DVD player. Now, if you buy...

Milot Blu-ray]]>" label="Blu-ray]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> HD DVD]]>" label="HD DVD]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> Samsung]]>" label="Samsung]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> DVD player that will support both versions of discs. So, in the future, whoever loses the battle, you really don't care. ]]> Google challenges Microsoft tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mgoci//19.1691 2007-04-17T23:52:15Z 2007-04-18T00:03:38Z

Google is planning on launching a program similar to Microsoft’s PowerPoint. Who will use this software, I wondered? Well, many of us, not because it might be a better program or software but because it’s going to be free. The...

Milot google]]>" label="google]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> google powerpoint]]>" label="google powerpoint]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> microsoft]]>" label="microsoft]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> Link...for more....]]> Menlo Innovations LCC - Experience tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mgoci//19.1653 2007-04-14T20:46:23Z 2007-04-14T21:05:53Z

Let me start by informing all of you that did not make it to the Menlo Innovations trip...you missed out a good introduction to the real world, and more. I've been taking computer classes for years now learning how software...

Milot IS449]]>" label="IS449]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> Menlo Innovations EMU trip]]>" label="Menlo Innovations EMU trip]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> Menlo Innovations trip...you missed out a good introduction to the real world, and more. I've been taking computer classes for years now learning how software development & design companies work. But getting a tour in the real world is quite different. The CEO and President, Richard Sheridan was all about common sense. No strict rules, open environment, no cubicles, no long hours, and staff with good attitudes. I had learned about "pair programming" but I didn't understand the concept until I saw two programmers sharing one keyboard, one computer. I think it is a good idea for a freshmen or sophmore to take such trips to determine if that's what the want to do for their careers. All in all, it was two hours of my time well spent. ]]> SAX tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mgoci//19.1629 2007-04-13T14:35:55Z 2007-04-20T11:32:26Z

SAX is a serial access parser for XML. Some Pros: It has some advantages over DOM methods. Such as, the memory that SAX need is much smaller than what DOM parser needs. Stream reading from disk is possible. Some Cons:...

Milot IS449]]>" label="IS449]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> SAX]]>" label="SAX]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> SAX vs. DOM]]>" label="SAX vs. DOM]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> SAX is a serial access parser for XML. Some Pros: It has some advantages over DOM methods. Such as, the memory that SAX need is much smaller than what DOM parser needs. Stream reading from disk is possible. Some Cons: If you need to use trees, you can still construct them; on the other had, you don't have to when using DOM. ]]>