CS 1300

Advice

2007-12-03T00:35:00.001-08:00

Do the homework!

Website and Stumper

2007-11-28T18:21:00.000-08:00

Stumper
1)Patrick- His picture looks really cool, and is difficult to find out where it is.
2)Xin Ma- Her picture gives off a cool feel to it, and I actually know where it is.
3)Bart's- His picture is in a very familiar place...the library.

Website (not in order)
1) Mary-Alice- Her website was really engaging on easy to look at.
2) Kealey- Her website was really well done and obviously she spent a lot of time on it.
3)Whitney-Her website was well organized and easy to read.

Stumper

2007-11-20T08:49:00.000-08:00

Can you guess where this picture was taken?

My Website

2007-11-20T08:37:00.000-08:00

Please take a look at my website.

Power Point

2007-10-23T09:02:00.001-07:00

Things to do in a Power Point

1) Make things clear and easy to read

2) Use the Power Point as an outline not a word for word script

3) Make eye contact with your audience throughout your presentation

4) Print needs to be legible

Things not to do

1) Don't read directly off the projection screen, this requires you to turn your back to your audience, use the computer the notes part is there for a reason

2) Don't use obnoxious animations or sounds, if they are appropriate they can add a lot to a presentation

3) Don't use irrelevant pictures, they just distract people

4) Don't use illegible fonts, or really small font sizes

The three slide shows I liked the best were: Xin Ma's because it was very well crafted and clever, Bart Taylor's because it was concise and to the point, and Miti's because it was well crafted with a good use of irony.

http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~jlane/Bad/bad%20powerpoint_files/frame.htm

Spencer Lane

Copyright

2007-10-01T17:46:00.000-07:00

If I was searching for an image to post on a webpage the majority of the time I would have to cite it. The way I would cite it is: I would usually place an endnote at the bottom of the webpage with all the other sources. There are other ways I can do this too though; I can also place the citiation under the picture itself. There are also times that I do not have to cite it, if it is on a stock exchange website, then I would not have to site it because the pictures are already in the public domain. That is another time that citiation is not needed is when the copyright on something has expired and is in the public domain.

Web 2.0

2007-09-24T19:42:00.000-07:00

After reading the Time magazine article about how we are the people of the year in 2006 it actually makes me even more nervous for the future of Web 2.0. One of the biggest worries in American culture today is the problem of obesity. With the ever expanding World Wide Web, while it's making it easier for people to get information out; it is also making laziness, identity theft, and identity fraud easier. When things such as Facebook and MySpace are used for networking and keeping in touch with people they are very useful and helpful to society. However, when they are used to meet people and as dating services they become exponentially more dangerous, because there is actually no way to tell who you are talking to on the other side. As for what the future holds in store for the World Wide Web, there is no telling where it could go, 20 years from now we could never have to leave our living rooms to do anything. But in my opinion that would be one of the worst things that could happen to America.
The article I read was Web 2.0 Does Work, which more or less just reinforced what the Time magazine article was talking about. It mentioned how services such as Second Life and MySpace have allowed people to start networking and meeting new people, and maybe even starting the life that they have always wanted.

Spencer Lane

Microsoft Word

2007-09-06T07:52:00.000-07:00

My previous expierence with Microsoft Word, primarily deals with writing papers. However, I have also used it to make flyers, mail merges, and other forms of media as well. I would like to talk about more of the drawing aspects of word, because that it was I'm not as familiar compared to the other options of word. I'm also using word 2003 still because the new version has not come out for Mac.

Introduction for CS 1300

2007-08-23T09:07:00.000-07:00

Hello,

Hi, I'm John Spencer Lane, I go by my middle name of Spencer. I was born in Portland, Oregon, but I moved to Tucson, Arizona when I was two or three. I have played basketball since I was five, and have every intention to play for Trinity. At the present time I am undecided on my major, but I am leaning towards a Political Science major with a minor in either Economics or the Classics. As for computer skills, I have a 15 inch MacBook Pro with a 2.33 ghz hard drive. The operating system I am using is Mac OS X 10.4.10 (Tiger). The only special concern I have is that I have used a Mac all my life (including while in school) and apparently this is a PC based course.

Spencer Lane