Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Week 5 Comments
1.
http://laine05.blogspot.com/2009/09/reading-notes-for-week-five.html?showComment=1253923087961#c2730528695391562520
2.
http://jordanmoorelis2600.blogspot.com/2009/09/week-5-readings.html?showComment=1253924214113#c4076074373292371141
http://laine05.blogspot.com/2009/09/reading-notes-for-week-five.html?showComment=1253923087961#c2730528695391562520
2.
http://jordanmoorelis2600.blogspot.com/2009/09/week-5-readings.html?showComment=1253924214113#c4076074373292371141
Week Five Readings
Data Compression Wikipedia
I can see the usefulness of data compression. It would make it easier to send large amounts of data without having to send them full size. I didn't know exactly how the process worked before, so it was interesting to have that explained. I can see how librarians would want to use lossless compression to keep the compressed file as close to the original as possible. I have used zip data compression before.
Data Compression Basics
This goes into a very technical, very through description of how compression works. I like how it includes examples so you can see the how this plays out in the actual doing- not just a bunch of description on a page. It does tend to get a bit technical and I found myself getting confused about all the different compressions. I understand the basics, but when it gets really mathy- then I start to not understand.
Imaging Pittsburgh
The project has an admirable goal: to make a large amount of photographs avaliable to the public in a way that has never been done before. The photos are a great way to look into the past, printed words can pale in comparison to visual representation. In this article, several class topics come into play, such as metadata, digitization and compression. I enjoyed seeing how a project uses the concepts we are learning. It makes the topics seem more important than before.
Youtube and libraries.
I think that this article presents a good point. Libraries need to adapt and use more technologies in order to stay relevant. That means using technologies that are popular to reach new audiences. By creating videos about your services it makes it easier for the information to get out. Also you don't have the embarrassment of having to ask.
I can see the usefulness of data compression. It would make it easier to send large amounts of data without having to send them full size. I didn't know exactly how the process worked before, so it was interesting to have that explained. I can see how librarians would want to use lossless compression to keep the compressed file as close to the original as possible. I have used zip data compression before.
Data Compression Basics
This goes into a very technical, very through description of how compression works. I like how it includes examples so you can see the how this plays out in the actual doing- not just a bunch of description on a page. It does tend to get a bit technical and I found myself getting confused about all the different compressions. I understand the basics, but when it gets really mathy- then I start to not understand.
Imaging Pittsburgh
The project has an admirable goal: to make a large amount of photographs avaliable to the public in a way that has never been done before. The photos are a great way to look into the past, printed words can pale in comparison to visual representation. In this article, several class topics come into play, such as metadata, digitization and compression. I enjoyed seeing how a project uses the concepts we are learning. It makes the topics seem more important than before.
Youtube and libraries.
I think that this article presents a good point. Libraries need to adapt and use more technologies in order to stay relevant. That means using technologies that are popular to reach new audiences. By creating videos about your services it makes it easier for the information to get out. Also you don't have the embarrassment of having to ask.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Week Three Muddiest Point.
Why do computers save parts of files in different places and not just all in one place?
Week Four Comments
1.
http://annie-lis2600-at-pitt-blog.blogspot.com/2009/09/week-4-reading-notesr.html?showComment=1253332767901#c1471318031092540300
2.
http://jfilipek2600.blogspot.com/2009/09/week-four-notes.html?showComment=1253332993158#c7525598879593603351
http://annie-lis2600-at-pitt-blog.blogspot.com/2009/09/week-4-reading-notesr.html?showComment=1253332767901#c1471318031092540300
2.
http://jfilipek2600.blogspot.com/2009/09/week-four-notes.html?showComment=1253332993158#c7525598879593603351
Week Four Readings
Database Wikipedia
- Alot of technical terms that are confusing, I am unsure of what it means to have a schema.
- Dante's Informational principal
- Most databases are relational- this is in tune with what I have experienced.
- Different types of databases require different things
- I'm looking at the databases and seeing which ones I have used in the past.
-Librarians will use databases alot in the coming years.
Metadata
I can see the point of how metadata has become more universal. As the guardians of information in the modern age, we must be on the ball with making it more accessible. This means becoming more and more familiar with creating and using metadata. With a stronger structure in place, we will be able to find and distribute information with more ease.
An Overview of the Dublin....
This article provides an interesting case study on how the topincs mentioned above come into play in a real world situation. While I get the gist of what is going on, I find the examples to be rather confusing. I am not very familiar with computer programing, so those figures add to the confusion rather than help me understand. I think that increasing the ease of use of metadata is a good thing, and something that librarians could be in on. Perhaps they make the plans and others execute them?
- Alot of technical terms that are confusing, I am unsure of what it means to have a schema.
- Dante's Informational principal
- Most databases are relational- this is in tune with what I have experienced.
- Different types of databases require different things
- I'm looking at the databases and seeing which ones I have used in the past.
-Librarians will use databases alot in the coming years.
Metadata
I can see the point of how metadata has become more universal. As the guardians of information in the modern age, we must be on the ball with making it more accessible. This means becoming more and more familiar with creating and using metadata. With a stronger structure in place, we will be able to find and distribute information with more ease.
An Overview of the Dublin....
This article provides an interesting case study on how the topincs mentioned above come into play in a real world situation. While I get the gist of what is going on, I find the examples to be rather confusing. I am not very familiar with computer programing, so those figures add to the confusion rather than help me understand. I think that increasing the ease of use of metadata is a good thing, and something that librarians could be in on. Perhaps they make the plans and others execute them?
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Week Three Comments
http://2600kristineharveaux-lundeen.blogspot.com/2009/09/week-3-readings.html?showComment=1252632062862#c2377522987712576263
http://laine05.blogspot.com/2009/09/reading-notes-for-week-three.html?showComment=1252632359941#c3937674339673584365
http://laine05.blogspot.com/2009/09/reading-notes-for-week-three.html?showComment=1252632359941#c3937674339673584365
Week Three Readings
Introduction to Linux: A Hands on Guide
With this reading I was biased by what I had heard about Linux in the past, that it was hard to use, etc. I now have a much better appreciation about where the system came from and how it got started. UNIX seems like it had a big part in allowing different computers to communicate with each other. I am also intrigued about how Linux is an open source and that anyone can publish and change what is out there. However, I would be concerned with the fact that you would never quite know what you are getting when you downloaded it. Also it does seem really confusing to use and I am not sure that it would be worth learning the system.
http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/osx/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X
I love Mac OS X. I have been running it for over two years now and have never had anywhere near the amount of trouble that my Windows machines gave me. I find it to be extremely friendly and visually appealing. I found the wikipedia article easier to understand and a better introduction to the joy that is Mac. However the only way that one can really get to know a system is to try it out themselves.
An Update on the Windows Roadmap
I am glad that Microsoft is continuing to support XP, so that people aren't forced to upgrade if they don't need to. While reading this I was glad that I have a Mac. I think that more people see what a pile of junk Vista was, and while they are trying to fix the flaws inherent in the system, it doesn't seem to make a difference. Again my bias is showing, but I hate Windows. The few times I used Vista I was not impressed. They are trying to rip off the coolness of a Mac, and Windows 7 looks to be the same. As a Mac user, there my loyalty lies, and nothing at this time will change that.
With this reading I was biased by what I had heard about Linux in the past, that it was hard to use, etc. I now have a much better appreciation about where the system came from and how it got started. UNIX seems like it had a big part in allowing different computers to communicate with each other. I am also intrigued about how Linux is an open source and that anyone can publish and change what is out there. However, I would be concerned with the fact that you would never quite know what you are getting when you downloaded it. Also it does seem really confusing to use and I am not sure that it would be worth learning the system.
http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/osx/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X
I love Mac OS X. I have been running it for over two years now and have never had anywhere near the amount of trouble that my Windows machines gave me. I find it to be extremely friendly and visually appealing. I found the wikipedia article easier to understand and a better introduction to the joy that is Mac. However the only way that one can really get to know a system is to try it out themselves.
An Update on the Windows Roadmap
I am glad that Microsoft is continuing to support XP, so that people aren't forced to upgrade if they don't need to. While reading this I was glad that I have a Mac. I think that more people see what a pile of junk Vista was, and while they are trying to fix the flaws inherent in the system, it doesn't seem to make a difference. Again my bias is showing, but I hate Windows. The few times I used Vista I was not impressed. They are trying to rip off the coolness of a Mac, and Windows 7 looks to be the same. As a Mac user, there my loyalty lies, and nothing at this time will change that.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Muddiest Point: Week Two
I didn't really have a muddiest point this week. Everything seemed fairly straightforward, but it was a great overview and review for those of us who aren't "computer people".
Week One and Two Comments
With todays class, I am now posting the links for the comments I made in for weeks one and two
Week One
http://jfilipek2600.blogspot.com/2009/09/notes-from-week-one-readings.html#comments
https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3120806507352967540&postID=2415180640946465672
Week Two
http://meredithsteinfelslis2600.blogspot.com/2009/09/assignment-2.html#comments
Week One
http://jfilipek2600.blogspot.com/2009/09/notes-from-week-one-readings.html#comments
https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3120806507352967540&postID=2415180640946465672
Week Two
http://meredithsteinfelslis2600.blogspot.com/2009/09/assignment-2.html#comments
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Week Two Readings
Computer Hardware wiki
I found this to a be great source for someone like me who is less than familiar with the internal workings of a computer. I especially found the picture a great reference, letting me know just where and how all the various components interact with each other. I also took grat interest in the various outdated parts, mostly in data storage. Does anyone remember when Zip drives were the coolest thing around and we carried them in our Old Navy khakis?
Moore's Law (I'm going to try something different just to see how it works)
- The point of rapidly increasing memory brings me back to an article I read a few years ago about how storage will become so avaliable that we would literally be able to capture everything that happens to us.
- Decreasing cost: I remember when my 1 gig flash drive was $70 on sale, now they give them away with breakfast cereal. Also my $400 Ipod of 2005 and my new physically smaller Ipod of this summer with the cost of $200
-On the whole I find this article confusing. The problem is that wikis are usually updated by those who have a great interest in what they are writing on, and therefore it can be somewhat more difficult for those of us laymen to get the gist of the articles.
-The video was much more informative, it cut the excess and got to the heart of the matter quickly.
- I got to thinking that as we get more and more transistors on a chip how powerful and small technology will become and the problems associated with it. For example cheating in the classroom.
Computer History Museum:
- Just a quick look at the sight shows us how far we have come.
- Everything has become smaller and much more powerful
- People were willing to take chances which payed off big.
- The internet is not even 20 years old, yet it seems like we have always had it, at least to me. I cannot imagine a life where I could not consult the internet for information.
- I was shocked at how video games were not really represented, as they were a huge impact and may have been the first computers in many people's homes. I know my older siblings had a Atari 2600 that I remember when I was young.
- Advertising shows how the computer has become marketed to a wider and wider audience.
I found this to a be great source for someone like me who is less than familiar with the internal workings of a computer. I especially found the picture a great reference, letting me know just where and how all the various components interact with each other. I also took grat interest in the various outdated parts, mostly in data storage. Does anyone remember when Zip drives were the coolest thing around and we carried them in our Old Navy khakis?
Moore's Law (I'm going to try something different just to see how it works)
- The point of rapidly increasing memory brings me back to an article I read a few years ago about how storage will become so avaliable that we would literally be able to capture everything that happens to us.
- Decreasing cost: I remember when my 1 gig flash drive was $70 on sale, now they give them away with breakfast cereal. Also my $400 Ipod of 2005 and my new physically smaller Ipod of this summer with the cost of $200
-On the whole I find this article confusing. The problem is that wikis are usually updated by those who have a great interest in what they are writing on, and therefore it can be somewhat more difficult for those of us laymen to get the gist of the articles.
-The video was much more informative, it cut the excess and got to the heart of the matter quickly.
- I got to thinking that as we get more and more transistors on a chip how powerful and small technology will become and the problems associated with it. For example cheating in the classroom.
Computer History Museum:
- Just a quick look at the sight shows us how far we have come.
- Everything has become smaller and much more powerful
- People were willing to take chances which payed off big.
- The internet is not even 20 years old, yet it seems like we have always had it, at least to me. I cannot imagine a life where I could not consult the internet for information.
- I was shocked at how video games were not really represented, as they were a huge impact and may have been the first computers in many people's homes. I know my older siblings had a Atari 2600 that I remember when I was young.
- Advertising shows how the computer has become marketed to a wider and wider audience.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Muddiest Point: Week 1
As the lecture was only introductory, I think that most of my issues will be answered in due time, however I am concerned at how those of us who uses Macs will have to adapt to be successful.
Week One Readings
OCLC report: Information Format Trends: Content, Not Containers (2004)
As this report was five years old, when reading it I took the position to see exactly how many of the predictions have come to pass. Within those, I looked into my own life and saw just how many different ways I received information. I found that I am a big consumer of the microcontent industry and that I get a lot of my information from nontraditional sources, for example I don't think that I have opened a newspaper except to get the crossword in over a year. I tend to use online sources, especially wikis and blogs ( ex: dlisted.com for all my celebratory gossip) It was fascinating to find how much of their new vocabulary has become common and oft used in the past half decade.
Lied Library @ four years: technology never stands still
When looking into this reading, I am glad to see how Pitt has moved in a similar direction and has many of these opportunities avaliable to us. Our computers are up to date (at least the Macs are) and we seem to have more and more avaliable to us via non traditional sources (jstor and the like) I was contrasting this to Double Fold, which presents this turn of events as something not to be desired, in fact Baker seems so much like a luddite that I am even more turned off by his argument looking at this case study. For this institution at least, moving more and more into the digital age has provided them with a more efficient and all together better way to distribute information.
Information Literacy and Information Technology Literacy: New Components in the Curriculum for a Digital Culture
This was m least favorite reading for this week, I found it overwritten and generally dull but it does have some interesting points. I do believe that we need to focus more education on how the systems we rely on work, not just how to use them. Though we will not all work explicitly in creating the new systems (indeed my only foray into programming was a disaster to rival the Titanic) to not have any understanding will leave you in the dust. With the economy in a weakened state, understanding how and why things work becomes more and more necessary as we continue to try and rise above the mass of others in an effort to be noticed and given the chance to be successful.
As this report was five years old, when reading it I took the position to see exactly how many of the predictions have come to pass. Within those, I looked into my own life and saw just how many different ways I received information. I found that I am a big consumer of the microcontent industry and that I get a lot of my information from nontraditional sources, for example I don't think that I have opened a newspaper except to get the crossword in over a year. I tend to use online sources, especially wikis and blogs ( ex: dlisted.com for all my celebratory gossip) It was fascinating to find how much of their new vocabulary has become common and oft used in the past half decade.
Lied Library @ four years: technology never stands still
When looking into this reading, I am glad to see how Pitt has moved in a similar direction and has many of these opportunities avaliable to us. Our computers are up to date (at least the Macs are) and we seem to have more and more avaliable to us via non traditional sources (jstor and the like) I was contrasting this to Double Fold, which presents this turn of events as something not to be desired, in fact Baker seems so much like a luddite that I am even more turned off by his argument looking at this case study. For this institution at least, moving more and more into the digital age has provided them with a more efficient and all together better way to distribute information.
Information Literacy and Information Technology Literacy: New Components in the Curriculum for a Digital Culture
This was m least favorite reading for this week, I found it overwritten and generally dull but it does have some interesting points. I do believe that we need to focus more education on how the systems we rely on work, not just how to use them. Though we will not all work explicitly in creating the new systems (indeed my only foray into programming was a disaster to rival the Titanic) to not have any understanding will leave you in the dust. With the economy in a weakened state, understanding how and why things work becomes more and more necessary as we continue to try and rise above the mass of others in an effort to be noticed and given the chance to be successful.
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