My Nostalgia...When everything was worth remembering...

Everything was a blur at the start of the term
I was clueless of my course...
I was never sure of what I want
...Of what will I have to undergo
It was all a blur...
But
...somehow it was worth it
I
Learned many things
that I can never comprehend before
Now, I found myself
appreciating what knowledge passed to me
It was hard
very hard that I thought I couldn't bear
But this course
gave me an Idea
that life isn't a solo flight
You ride with everybody
you collaborate
you learn to understand each and everyone's view
you help each other to provide a better outcome
By this, you make friends
Friends that will always be there...
My course
is about
how
we can
manage
not only
ouselves
but also
how we can
manage
everything
about LIFE

Nostalgia 12: Amazingly Amazing!

The top 5 international languages:

1. English
2. French
3. Spanish
4. Mandarin
5. Nippongo

If we want to be really successful in the future, we should at least know 2 of these languages. Why? Why ask?! It helps us communicate with the top countries who used these languages. It's just a matter of being more prepared :D If you know this languages then your up to a great career. Well, of course, you need to be qualified first for most!

The programming language is just like a real language. We need to learn different kind of languages so that we can get better jobs. Typically, once you learned Java, you will most likely learn the other languages easily, since these languages are from Java. Well, it will be probably be the same in the other languages, I think...As sir Oli told us, we will be able to learn these languages msot likely since as a programmer, we weill have to extend our capabilities and skills to learn new languages, especially when there's new languages every year. Learning the different programming languages is just like learning real languages, it helps us in many many ways. :D (Actually, it's much more easier, as sir Oli told us :D)

The most used languages are: ( I dunno if this is the right ranking...but I think these are the programming languages...hopefully...)

1. Java
2. .NET
3. web languages
4. SQL
5. Cobol

Well, Sir Oli also lectured us about how our generation is luckier because we don't have to experience the language that requires only two numbers, 1 and 0...the bianry...My brain would crush if it's still the case. The previous programmers are really really persistent and intelligent to have passed that stage! Anywayz, so far, we are studying Java, the language mroe understandable than binary numbers. By that, we could further our intellect to other languages that are newer.

* Our lesson didn't end up just like that. Since, sir Oli told us about how an HTML and javascript can make your blogs more interesting. And because some of us are highly capable of doing such thing, sir Oli asked the beings to demonstrate to us how to use the two language in our blogs. :D

*Wednesday - The day I learned that cramming isn't good and that I really really suck at dancing. Well, I have always known that I'm a stiff person so it really didn't hurt that much anymore. Well, at least I have known that I'm not the only one. But really, the others were awesome!!! Really, some people are just gifted, and I didn't get any...too bad :D

-That's all...end of blog :D

Nostalgia 11: The World of Technology

This week was the most interesting so far...I guess... :D

Well, our lesson this week is how information is transferred through an internet. We even watched a video clip about it. I think it was called "The Dawn of of the Internet". It shows how the information is transferred through the net, where in, it is interpreted, organized and sent. The information has a unique name or code for its adress that is called an IP adress, this address is further interpreted by converting it to binary codes for the computer to read...The router is used to organize or to assure of the pathway of this files. So then after this so-called adventure of the information, it is sent to the server, then the server will reply and process repeat again.

Because of this lesson, sir told us a few things about how Goks is like the information holder throughout DLSU. I mean, this is where the LAN is resides. So without Goks, there woudn't be any internet or cycling of information within DLSU. Sir Oli also told us about what kind of wires can be used in LAN. the wired one and the wireless one. The wired one is much faster than the wireless, but somehowe, the wireless is mroe convenient in a way you won't need wires...DlSU have a wire that is called a fiber optic to connect the other buildings to eachother. This wire is so fragile and thin that it can easily break, that's why it is severely coated. Reall, it is as thin as a hair strand :)) Anywayz, DLSU used this so that the transmission would be in a split second. This wire transmits so fast that it cost 15000 per meter! Well, no we all know why our tuition is big :D Sir Oli even told us that Philippines partake in building a stellite with the other countries...Although we proudly say that it is our, where in fact it is every coutnry in asia's satellite...really...We even have a sticker in it...And we named it Agila1 and Agila 2...It is really something :D Anywayz...That's all for now...for next week would be my most hatest week coz it's the dance week...the punishment for getting a negative score!!! NO!!! :((

Nostalgia 10: A week of pure torture!

The week of torture, the best title to fit this hellish week. This week is pure of deadlines and mountain of projects that needs to be done. Really, they just gotta put all the things in week!!!

So then, the start of monday became our doom that week. After our field trip in makro, the next monday, Sir Oli told us to submit a paperwork about makro, that is actually a midterm paper, and it is to be sumbitted the following wednesday...What a long span of time that I we don't have to sleep anymore!!! Ok, I'm ranting already... :D

Our lesson was all about how information is organized. So, we were grouped into five, and Sir Oli gave us an envelope each, containing informations. We were set-up in way that we are going to have an immediate meeting, and we need to present the given data that is asked. We were timed with only minutes to matter...So then, with a lot of information to handle, the information itself was lost. Sir Oli told us that without a computer or proper software to use, our information is more or less not accurate than of with a machine or computer. So..he was right...Thoguh he told us that some group in the other class got it all right...It was quite impossible for us somehow coz no one got it correct in oru class...what a pity...Although our group almost got it...except for a few tiny mistakes in computing...tsk tsk...So then...our week ended with a grade of a negative 30 so we have a consequence to partake...really...Life is hard...

Nostalgia 9: Input Devices and Makro

In related to the campaigning going on this week, our lesson is, nonetheless more different, for we have discussed the new input devices that can be used for the upcoming elections in 2010. Sir Oli told us that we are having a electronic elections since all the officials will be replaced, and really, it will take so long before it ends without the use of said machines.

So then, Sir Oli let us picked between these two input devices to use for the upcoming elections, since it is not yet decided which input device to use. The two will be tested for the ARMM elections.

DRE - Direct Recording Electronic

Advantages:

• easy to use
• 0.0% of any errors (even cheating would likely be improbable)
  
• something people would really want to use because of touch-screen thingy

Disadvantages:

• take a long time to finish for the government can only give up to two machines per election room
• low endurance

OMR - Optical Mark Recognition

Advantages:

• Fast voting

Disadvantage:

• There's a possible error

Important Factors in Data Capture

• Complete
• Correctness and Accuracy
• Reliablity
• Precisions for Correction and Error Direction
• Wow! I like it factor

*Input and Output Devices Always go together
Why?

• INPUT(Capture the data)
• OUTPUT
• Presentation of needed information to make a choice of data to be captured
• Presentation of the possible choice data
• Informed Choice (Why make the choice? ; What may happen if I make a particular choice?)
• Reduction of wrong data to be captured
• Persistance of Data Captured

And For our Makro Field trip (It's like a live broadcast or something...really..)

MAKRO – Girly Velenzuela

• Computers are situated in a vacant space

• Use to operatae a chain of large volume raven

• Low price

• 1968 in the neitherlands (start of Mkaro)

• Trade in food and non-food

• Gas trading

• Capital investmentment cash and easy distribution

• Partners with SM

• Strong buying power (lowest prices for customers)

• Allow customers to conveniently find the things they need

• Macromail – communication between customers and makro

• Ordering stock control admin (things that the comp do)

• Advance data packaging software – basis of makro unique management and marketing

• Maximize thye potential of product by having a low price –downsize for customers

• “Where’s the product, there’s replenishing

• Loading system – above the lights (new stock) below the lights ( for sale)

• Top 2 for fresh food!

• Receiving time is 5 am to 10 am for wet dock (they used a flat weighing scale on the floor)

• Products should be frozen and fresh

• Presyong divisoria

• Mini IT or ALC – reports and etc.

• Dry dock – dry products

• Dock checker – “just in time delivery” and production plan

• 7 days return policy…

• Productivity – price/no of p

• Makro units

• CMM – Customer Marketing Management

Nostalgia 8: Something we MUST remember

4 Areas to Remember:

• Stages of Information
• System Development
• Organizational Knowledge
• Information Problem

- Data Capture
- Data Storage
-Processing Info
-Distribution and access to Information
-Presentation of Information

Planning - "What is the situation that requires the use of an information System?"

• Internal Improvement
• Internal Problem
• External Mandate
• Strategic Decision

* It is feasible?
- Economic - affordable
-Technical
- Organizational - accepted by people

Although Sir Oli was absent, things to do just can't get tired to us. So without wasting anytime, although, freecut, Sir Oli told us to list down some input devices and define them. I think this is for the preparation for the next week lesson :D

For this week...remembering is an important factor...

Nostalgia 7: What's up Coconut?

Surprisingly, we have a surprise quiz by group. After a traumatic experience from last week, alas, we are finally having another nightmare! Yes, as I said, we were grouped by 4 to answer the supposed "quiz". Surely, sir Oli was even kind to let us open our book, and yes, we blindly scanned the book for the supposed "quiz", expecting some test or whatsoever. But as usual, we were wrong! We don't need some book cause we just need some brains, a very critical and logical brain, that is rarely found this days. So then, he started off by telling us some problem of a coconut factory - coconut spoilage.

We as future IS people should know what questions to be asked to confront or to solve the problem. You get a point for a correct answer and a minus for a wrong one. So we did what we were told, ask some questions. Most of our questions was about the transportation and the storing of the coconut. Although some gave some close answers, still it was not enough. So at the end of the so-called quiz that is undeniably a quiz, only a few groups got a close track with the correct answer. So then, enough with the questioning, sir Oli answered the given problem.

He first enumerate the different functional units that the coconut factory have. That was the most basic thing to do - as sir Oli told us. Then, he questioned about the connection of the distribution to the sales. After some 4 questions, he had proved that the problem is the communication and collaboration of the distribution to the sales. And as IS people, we are the ones responisilbe in making an information system to help them with their problem.

With this given activity, somehow, I feel that I'm really far far far away from being fully pledge IS, although, I hope I can be at least. :D