Blog # 15

I was at work one day just about to leave. As I was clocking out I heard music playing in our store. I went to investigate more and the music was coming from my managers iPhone. When I looked at her phone and realized it was not itunes I asked her about it. She said it was a Internet radio station called Pandora. Since i was ready to go home I did not ask her more about it.
A few weeks later i was giving an assignment to learn more about Pandora. With my manager being as young as she is 24, and on the same intellectual, I thought she would be the perfect person to interview.
Osita: How long have you had Pandora?
Cyndi: 2 years
Osita: How did you find out about it?
Cyndi: Through a friend at school
Osita: How often do you use it?
Cyndi: Not very often anymore. About once a week
Osita: What do you like most about it Pandora?
Cyndi Its always available.
Osita: Do you like Pandora?
Cyndi: Yes
Osita: Ever thought of deleting it?
Cyndi: No
Osita: Would you recommend it?
Cyndi: Yes
Osita: Who would you recommend it to?
Cyndi: Anyone that does not like to download music.
Osita: What age would you say its for?
Cyndi: 18-40
Osita: What would you change about it?
Cyndi: Play the song u search first instead of songs alike
Osita: Itunes or Pandora and why?
Cyndi:Itunes. Your own mix of songs and u can skip as many songs as u like
Osita: What do you like least about it?
Cyndi: You can only skip so many songs
Osita: Desktop or mobile version? Why?
Cyndi: Mobile because you take it wherever
Osita: Do you think its here to stay?
Cyndi: I don't doubt it...it's pretty handy to use especially on road trips

Blog # 14

Dear Editor,
I have stumbled across Internet radio. There are really thousands of internet radio stations, but there's a particular called Pandora that caught my eye.
Pandora.com is a free Internet website. That is already good for me. It also has no commercials, so i do not have to listen to any bland advertising. It also has no radio host which I also love. The variety of music they have is also very impeccable. There was no artist or song that I typed in that I could not bring up. What really stood out to me was that a person did not have to sign up and join to experience any of the music.
Pandora also offers a mobile version of the website. This is the number one thing that won me over. I have portable Internet radio at my disposal at any time. That is live streaming music at your finger tips ready when you are.
There is only one downfall I did run into on Pandora. A person can only skip ahead of 6 songs per hour. That isn't really something major considering what people get from the websites. Unlimited skips would be a nice touch to an already great site.
If I was to rate any Internet station Pandora.com would definitely be at the top of the list

Blog 13

I am an avid music listener, so any place I can experience new music I am all for it. Although I am not familiar with Internet radio but, Pandora.com is very user friendly.
It is Internet radio without commercials. To access I started by going to Pandora. Music should already be playing, but if you do not like the music you can type in an artist name or song. It then brings up my selection or various artist and songs that match the genre to what I selected. All this is free to the browser. Yes, free. There is no membership nor subscription necessary. Now I could have signed up and joined to save my preferences that I enjoy but I do not have to.
Now if you do not have Internet accesses, don't fret. There is a mobile version that works almost exactly the same as the desktop version. I have an android smart phone, and I can honestly say the only difference between the desktop and the mobile version is that my phone is portable. I don't even have to use my Internet. I just downloaded the application from my application store and I'm good to go. It is also available for iPhone users. CEO Joe Kennedy really created something here. If you have not experienced Pandora get in tuned.

Blog # 12

I thought it was a pretty alright day in class. I didn't come to class last class period so I didn't know what to expect. The newsletter project that was given seems fair enough. It is very possible to have a very good newsletter done if we manage our time wisely. It also helps that we are already familiar with. I think our group can have some fun with it.
The only thing I didn't like is that I have 2 other classes I have to do projects for. They are very lengthy as well. It would've been nice if the newsletter was our last assignment but we have an advice letter after that. I can't complain because that is just college. I am just going to have to buckle down and do it. I believe in myself and i know I can get it done.

Reflection over Websites Blog 11

Group 3 went over some very interesting sites. I can honestly say if they didn't introduce me to them I would've never came across them. Each one was unique in its own way. One of the sites tends to my personality perfectly. I don't know why I am just hearing of it. The other website I know is going to come in handy for future references.
Instructables.com was one of the websites group 3 went over. It is a website that post real neat homemade projects. One of the projects that came to my attention was this compass table. Its fairly simple to to construct. You just need to make a wooden table. Have enough compasses to to cover the table. Have a thick glass to cover the magnets on the table. Then magnets and coasters to move the needles on the compasses. Put everything together and its an awesome table.
If wikipedia is too broad for you maybe helium.com is a better fit. Helium.com is a more in depth wikipedia; with a few more perks. A really cool feature on helium.com is they have debate questions. I am an avid debater so I am always quick to jump to that section. It also gives me quick assess to selling and buying cars. I am in the market for a car so it is very useful

Website Reflection Blog 10

Most of the websites we visited in class were useful. I could use almost each one, and the ones i couldn't i could tell a friend about. Group 1 and 2 had some interesting websites. Group 1 had a math site that i might use on a regular basis. Group 2 however, had 2 sites that left an impression on me. I've already told a few of my other friends about it. They said they liked it as well.
One f the members in group 2 had a website called kaplanco.com. It's a really handy site if you were looking into child care. It has a good size catalogue for toys and learning instruments for children. It also has class supplies and a floor planner if you were making a room. A unique item that stood out to me was a touch screen computer. Learning software already came on it so its just plug and go. You wouldn't have to worry about having messy keys because its touch screen. You would just have to wipe the screen to clean it.
Another site that stuck out to me also came from group 2. Its called artyfactory.com. The art is phenomenal. On top of that it shows you how to draw mostly all the artwork. One thing that caught my eye was he African mask. They were well drawn. Myself being Nigerian I can relate to that.

Blog #9

My blog was very put together and thought out. My summary was a good length and very understandable. My classmates were intuned to what I had to say. It was well thought out and provided useful information. The class learned alot. Anyone who wanted to buy a PS3 can make a more accurate opinion.
However, even though my summary was very impressive it had few mistakes. There wasn't many but enough to raise my summary from a 97 to a 100. I had a few mispelled words and puncition errors. There were also some sentence fragments. Mrs. Crawford as well as the class helped with the revisions. M summary is honestly better now thanks to the help of them.

Blog 8

In 2009 Sony predicted its first annual lost in 14 years. They predicted to lose about Y260 billion. That is 2 billion US dollars. Sony was to suffer this much because of its the most expensive game console on the market. Most of Sony's sales come outside of Japan; Therefore the currency exchange is not much in their favor. The company planned to cut 16,000 jobs to stop some of the bleeding.



Sony may be fighting an up hill battle. It is said that it might be it might be coming up last behind the Nintendo Wii and the Microsoft XBox 360. This however is due to a game demo at E3, a gaming showcase. That game shown that was suppose to be released on PS3 was a fake. Then the PS3 operates on a blue ray player which is very costly and hard to make a game on. Then there's the price. The low end model cost $499 while the full version was $599. Both prices are more then its competition. Where the PS3 will succeed however is that it is the only console with a blue ray player built in. It also is much cheaper then a normal blue ray player that just allows you to play blue rays.



On March 1 2010 Sony issued a statement on their blog requesting PS3 users to not play their PS3 for 24 hours because data might be lost. It was a bug that caused a glitch in the game. The bug affected the internal clock of the system setting it back to January 1st, 2000. (leap year) Playing the game during the 24 hour period could result in lost data that you could not obtain. It is not sure that the bug was actually fixed or if it will happen again in 2012 when it's actually leap year. Which ever one it is Sony's new media specialist will be there to get the correct media out.

Blog 7

The best was saved for last. Our group couldn't of gone 1st because the wouldn't of been able to compare. Our presentation was entertaining, funny, and very helpful; Not to mention easy to relate to. We presented much insight about the iPhone. I had no idea so much could be learned from it.
I believe our group's presentation got the most laughs. I know everyone was enjoying it. Modesto wrote a hilarious script. It was also very helpful. Much more useful then your regular phone calendar which some students were trying to shut us down with. Then to top it off it was very easy to relate to because mostly everybody has either a Mac Book, iPhone or iTouch. One of the girls in the class then downloaded it to their iPhone.
The only thing I didn't like about our presentation was that we were short handed. Our teammate Jennifer did not show up and she was the main speaker in our commercial. We recovered nicely though. We had to have another classmate fill in for her and she did very well. It was almost like she was part of the group. I would definately not mind doing a similar assignment like this again.

My Role

We are called the All stars for a reason. Everyone on our team gets the job done and right. Modesto and Jennie are writing our amazing script. We all brain stormed but they're putting it on paper. Travis is the prop guy. He has the iPhone so he tells us how to use it properly. Chris is our designer. Our hand out looks great because of him. I'm the researchers. I find out everything there is to know about it.
I love our topic. It fits us perfect. It's off an new age innovation (iPhone). It came out in our time so mostly everyone is familiar with it. Then the icing on the cake was one of our teammates actually owns an iPhone. This is a very broad topic. I would be able to do most of this project without research.
Our project is going smoothly. It doesn't even seem like class work. All of our schedules are flexible so meeting was no problem. We are all good friends so there is no conflict. The topic is not boring so everything flows. The most difficult part I would say would just be waiting to present.

Our Great Product

Say you are a high performing student that loves to excel. You're on a full time schedule and you have a job. Of corse do the work but you just might forget when it's due. If only there was something handy by. Something that's always with you to remind you. Not an extra device like a palm pilot, but something you already carry.
Apple has this homework application that reminds you when your homework is due. Its called homework helper. First off it's free... if you own an iPhone. It's a simple application that you can download from the apple application store. It not only organizes your homework it also alerts you when test are coming up. It's for any educational stand point. It's about as easy to use as texting.

Email Breakup

Is she a loser. Has she changed too much. Is she immature. There were a decent number of options you could've added to your break up email. Asking to stay friends was a nice touch because not everyone is 100% on that. It didn't have how many times you wanted to use their name. That would've been perfect
I think this is an amazing website. Not everyone can handle a face to face break up. It's quick and easy. Nowadays people are to busy to have to sit down and think out a break up letter. For a second i didn't like the fact how there was too little options but i realized it was genius the way i was. Short simple and to the point

Email Right

Starting or ending your email is not proper email etiquette. If this was an important message to your employer "lol, lmao, or stfu" would also not be proper. You should maintain a professional grade at all time when writing an email unless it is not necessary. All words should be spelled right. It is not a text. Capitalization and punctuation are a must.
You need to show a high level of respect. You don't want your boss thinking that you treat him like the rest of your friends. If it came down to you having to write a note on the job you want them to know they can count on you not to screw it up. Or for instance say you are trying to get hired somewhere and you just send the email with all this text lingo in there, you don't know who is going to read it. It could be an older person who has no idea what any of that means. That's a job opportunity missed due to poor emailing.

Proper Emailing

The proper way to email. Since you can not see the person who you are emailing face to face it is necessary to know correct emotions as well as acronyms. Acronyms also work well when you are in a hurry. For example you could put "ttyl" instead of having to type out talk to you later. It saves time. You should also take in consideration that not everyone has a computer as fast as yours. Therefore it would be polite to as if you can send them something. Email is also used as evidence in a courtroom nowadays so think twice before you send it because it could be used against you.

10 Commandments

The 10 commandments of emailing. The first one was attachments. You should not send those because not everyone has compatible formats. The second one was to erase everything you don't need, and you can also ignore an email like a phone call. The following one was to never send an email while you are mad. You should take a break and if you are still mad when you come back then send it. The forth was to never send an email in place of seeing the person face to face. "Do unto others" and "Rumor, Gossip, and Hearsay are basically the same commandment. You shouldn't send abusive comments to anyone because you you wouldn't want them sent about you. Don't be an extra link in the chain when chain letters are sent was the next commandment. Another one was keep your address book up to date because you never know when someone we re-enter your digital life. Then the final two commandments were saying that there is a hierarchy in communication and no one is perfect when it comes to writing their email. The hierarchy goes face to face, phone calls, voice mail then email.

Cell Phone Usage

When necessary. I think that is when it's alright to use your cell phone. I also think it's ok when you are posting a blog like this one. As long as you have a resonable explination for for use of your phone then it's ok. I don't think there is a better policy out there then that. One time I don't recomend you use your cell phone is while you are in the pool. Not a good idea. Another really bad time is at a funeral. You should be paying absolute respect.