Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Mod 4 Annotation Reflections
Even though I have tried to be uninfluenced by my own beliefs and needs my annotation is probably not as unbiased as i would hope it to be. Therefore I would have to say that a snapshot of the page in question would probably be of better use to an outside user as they can then judge for themselves whether the information contained within is relevant or of a certain standard.
Mod 4 Evaluating the Web: Annotation
The site I have been given is http://www.abacon.com/compsite/conversation/netiquette.html
Here is my annotation.
Internet Behavior and Ethics: Netiquette
This site is both a reference site for the subject of netiquette and an Advocacy site as it tends to portray this topic as a needed tool rather than an unbiased discussion on the pro's and cons of netiquette. I was unable to discover much about the author Daniel Anderson, but the publisher Allyn and Bacon are a leaders in the field of humanities and social studies publications for higher education. The content of this site is merely an outline of the topic the real information on this topic lies in the links to other relevant sites of which only three work out of the four located here.
I do not feel that this site has been maintained and updated regularly the last time any addition was made to this page was in 1999 and although the topic of netiquette is not likely to change much over the short term, maintenance would have repaired the broken links and possibly added some more. I didn't find many sites linked to this one only nine which conveys to me that this page although useful has not been widely recognised.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Module 5 Information Ecologies
As an ecology has many components communication cannot be considered an ecology as it is only one species of organism within the ecology of the Internet. Even though there may be different family groups within a genus, this does not constitute an ecology. The same applies to communication there are different forms of communication, but still they are only one genus or family and therefore are only a part of an ecology not the whole.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Mod 4 Organising Search Information Task
This gives me access to their sites as soon as I'm online. As to the other information I need to save I have chosen to do this in my outlook contacts book. The first site was American Beauty Florist unfortunately the author of this site could not be found, here is a screen shot of that contacts page.
The summary I copied from the site and pasted in to notes section, here is a copy just in case its not clear on the screen shot above.
“American Beauty Florist in Huntington Beach, CA specializes in the following flowers and gift arrangements:
Large inventory of fresh flowers Tropical Plants European/dish gardens Contemporary and traditional arrangements High-style floral arrangements Silk arrangements Dried floral arrangements Weddings Funeral designs Extensive gift line Gourmet and fruit baskets Gift baskets Greeting cards Candles Stuffed Animals Balloons "(American Beauty Florist)
The second site was saved in the same manner and although the site authoring was done through superpages the author him/her self could not be identified. Below is the contacts page for the second result.
Our deep commitment to customer service
Carrying only the freshest flowers in town
Our always-reasonable prices
Preparing every arrangement with special care and an eye for detail
We Offer:
Dependable, same-day delivery service
Wire delivery of flowers anywhere in the world
Most importantly, time to listen to our customers
When you order an arrangement from Love N’ Bloom, you can be sure that they will always say exactly what’s in your heart.Love N' Bloom can service any occasion — from a birthday to an anniversary to a bereavement. If you order a floral arrangement, a fruit or gourmet basket, or a gift, any selection can include a bottle of special wine, champagne, or even a balloon bouquet.”( Love N" Bloom)
Lavender Memory Flowers and Gifts has been proudly serving Huntington Beach. We are family owned and operated with one location serving Huntington Beach and surrounding area's of Orange County, California. We are committed to offering only the finest floral arrangements and gifts. Which is backed by our service that is friendly and prompt. We feel all our customers are important so we have our professional staff which is dedicated to making your experience a pleasant one. This is why we always go the extra mile to make your floral gift perfect.
_______________________________________________________________
Areas Covered
Our shop serves the following areas: Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, Seal Beach, Westminster, Garden Grove and Sunset Beach
_______________________________________________________________
Business Hours
Our shop is open 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, Monday through Friday and from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm on Saturday.
We are closed on Sundays.”(Lavender Memory Flowers and Gifts)
In refection setting up all these contacts can be a little time consuming, but if the events that they portend to occur at least annually you will be saving time and embarrassment down the track.
Mod 4 Boolean Search Task
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Mod 4 Engine Search Task 3
Tubs of Tulips, Huntington Beach CA 92605 -- MerchantCircle.com
Tubs of Tulips is located at Huntington Beach, CA. Phone: 714-843-6150. ... Florist Worldwide and Local Delivery 24 Hours Find this company on the map ...www.merchantcircle.com/business/Tubs.of.Tulips.714-843-6150 - 30k - Cached - Similar pages
Huntington Beach Florist Flowers Delivery Service
17 Jan 2009 ... We are the leading Huntington Beach Florist, a local Huntington Beach Flowers shop with on-line delivery service you can trust to send ...www.firstchoiceflowers.com/ - 10k - Cached - Similar pages
Valentine flowers, Valentine's Day Flowers,florist Fountain Valley ...
27 Jan 2009 ... Valentine flowers and arrangements, florist Huntington Beach, ... of White Hyacinth, Red Tulips,. Bouvardia and tied with a sheer ...www.theflowerplacefv.com/Valentine-flowers-valentines-day-Fountain-Valley-florist.htm - 56k - Cached - Similar pages
Local business results for Florist, Tulips near Huntington Beach, CA, USA
Tubs of Tulips - maps.google.com.au16440 Pacific Coast Hwy, Huntington Beach - +1 714-843-6150Directions and more »
FLORIST IN LOS ANGELES - www.centurycityflowermart.net9551 W. PICO BLVD, LOS ANGELES - +1 800-576-7372
9 reviews, directions, hours, and more »
Ruffled Tulip - www.theruffledtulip.com401 El Camino Real, Tustin - +1 714-544-01771 review, directions, and more »
More results near Huntington Beach, CA, USA »
Send Tulips in Huntington Beach CA - A Secret Garden Florist ...
Send Tulips from A Secret Garden Florist & Gifts for delivery in the Huntington Beach, CA area. A Secret Garden Florist & Gifts in Huntington Beach offers a ...www.asecretgardenflst.net/huntington-beach-florist/tulips-92385c.asp - 15k - Cached - Similar pages
And these are the results from Copernic"s Advanced search
1.
Huntington Beach Florist Huntington Be...
Buy flowers from your local florist in Huntington Beach, CA - LAVENDER MEMORY FLORIST & GIFTS will ... TEMPTING TULIPS Arrangement $45.00, $55.00, $65.00 Shown at $55.00
lavenderexpress.com [Found on Windows Live, Yahoo! Search]
2.
Huntington Beach Florists and Flowers Hu...
Huntington Beach flower delivery by a local Florist. ... Fast flower delivery in Huntington Beach Same day ... Pink Tulips
www.e-florist-inc.com/Huntington-Beach-florist.asp [Found on Windows Live, Yahoo! Search]
3.
Huntington Beach Flower Shops - brillian...
Huntington Beach Flower Shops - Local Listing: Moore ... Tubs Of Tulips: 19488 Beach Blvd. 16440 Pacific Coast Hwy ... American Beauty Florist: 21562 Brookhurst Ave. 17851 Beach Blvd.
www.avonibp.co.uk/californiaflower/huntingtonbeachshops.htm [Found on Windows Live, Yahoo! Search]
4.
California Flowers Brea Fullerton Yorba ...
Golden Hills Florist ... Our Delivery Area In Orange County Includes Brea, Fullerton, Yorba Linda, Anaheim Hills, La Habra, Placentia, Orange, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Lad...
www.goldenhillsflorist.com/ [Found on Ask.com, Yahoo! Search]
5.
Huntington Beach Florists - Flowers Hunt...
A Secret Garden Florist & Gifts, your local Huntington Beach florist, sends fresh flowers ... 35.95 - [TFWEB487] Tulips and Pine
www.asecretgardenflst.net/ [Found on Windows Live]
Mod 4 Engine Search Task 2
As you can see below the top result was a little different.
Huntington Beach Florist Huntington Be...
Buy flowers from your local florist in Huntington Beach, CA - LAVENDER MEMORY FLORIST & GIFTS will ... TEMPTING TULIPS Arrangement $45.00, $55.00, $65.00 Shown at $55.00
lavenderexpress.com [Found on Windows Live, Yahoo! Search]
And the amount of results found was.
Results: 1 - 20 of 66
After comparing the two searches I would have to say the Copernic gave the better results. It sent me a direct link to a buisinesses web page were as Google sent me to a buisiness directory.
As for the why, well Copernic had the resources of multiple search engines, and Googles first result was of a page that supported Google advertising. Im would have to say that the Google result was influenced more by financial concerns than an accurate search using my parameters.
Mod 4 Engine Search Task 1
The top result I got was.
Tubs of Tulips, Huntington Beach CA 92605 -- MerchantCircle.com
Tubs of Tulips is located at Huntington Beach, CA. Phone: 714-843-6150. ... Florist Worldwide and Local Delivery 24 Hours Find this company on the map ...
www.merchantcircle.com/business/Tubs.of.Tulips.714-843-6150 - 30k - Cached - Similar pages
The number of hit received for my query was
Results 1 - 10 of about 5,400 for Huntington beach, Florist,Tulips. (0.26 seconds
Monday, February 9, 2009
Mod 4 Tools for using the Web
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Mod 3 WEB 2.0
It seems like the perfect tool in the modern age giving the user the control of the information they wish to store or disseminate over the web and also to recieve like minded topics to improve their experience, From what i understood it sounds as though web 2.0 evolves to suit the user. where as standard html site is rigid in its application and is not as interactive friendly.
Mod 3 Blogs
Links can also be Incorporated into a blog to allow the reader to access further info on the subject of the Blog.
Blog stands for Web Log and can be used as a diary or tasks or events such as we are doing on this course. or as a way for people to communicate their thoughts and ideas whether they be intellectual or artistic. With the use of the comment ability of the log a two way conversation can be initiated making the dissemination of ideas or info more of a message board feel.
I find that using this blog to convey my thoughts is an easier medium for me to use. Its about me sharing my opinions without having to actually contact someone. Phew.
Mod 3 Copyright
Would I be violating copyright law if I were to use the Curtin logo at the top of an assignment. My view on this would be no i would not the reason being I am actually a part of Curtin University, the logo is on an assignment handed out by and completed for Curtin Uni, and unless i was to publish the document for public viewing I believe that I would be within the limits of copyright law to use it for projects within Curtin university.
Now to see what the law has to say hmmm apparently I would be infringing copy right unless I had the permission of Curtin University to use the logo. http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:HU7gNAZpyeYJ:www.copyright.org.au/pdf/acc/infosheets_pdf/G028.pdf+logo+copyright+law&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=au
I hope this link is helpful, it helped clear a few things up for me.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Module 3 HTML Task 1
Now finishing the question what differences are there between blog and html and which do you prefer. Well after the stress encountered at the end of this task I am tempted to say I prefer blogging as it is so much simpler to use, but I must admit I enjoy the creativity you get from typing source code and seeing the outcome. I did see however than when I tried to load the source code here on my blog it did not display properly, so I am assuming that the html editor on here is limited as to what it can accomplish. The main difference as to uses of blogs compared to html pages is I believe that blogs are more user friendly faster to use and require absolutely no knowledge of html source code.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Chat task
Monday, January 5, 2009
Newsgroups
Email lists v's Discussion Boards
I wouldn't want all that email directed at me it would be frustrating and time consuming sorting through it all to find a specific piece of information and quite frankly I would have better things to do.
As for discussion boards they are generally located online and the users have to sign into a website to access the community, the boards can be set up in such a way that it is easier to find a group that is talking on a subject or topic that you wish to participate in. The downside being there is no immediate response to your posts and you may have to check in frequently to find your answer. Although I have found that generally in an active discussion board most questions are usually already answered you just need to look.
I would say that a discussion board is definitely more suited for learning purposes or research, and email lists would be better suited for hobbyists, gossip and general news.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Email Task
Arghhh what am i doing, Im going look at the answers some of the other students are posting in order to get some idea of how to go about this task. At first all i could glean from the message i sent to myself from Yahoo was my email address, the subject of the message, and its content, but after reading the blog from Lin http://net11lwade.blogspot.com/2008/12/email-task.html it was revealed to me that there is a greater depth of information to be discovered. I opened my email in Office Outlook right clicked and chose message options. Wow!! low and behold there at the bottom under Internet headers was the mother load as you can see below I managed to glean some new facts concerning my email.
Return-Path: <dpr211267@yahoo.com>Received: from nskntingx01p.mx.bigpond.com ([98.136.44.36]) by nskntmtas02p.mx.bigpond.com with ESMTP id <20090103031347.XXWK24984.nskntmtas02p.mx.bigpond.com@nskntingx01p.mx.bigpond.com> for <dre12342@bigpond.net.au>; Sat, 3 Jan 2009 03:13:47 +0000Received: from n71.bullet.mail.sp1.yahoo.com ([98.136.44.36]) by nskntingx01p.mx.bigpond.com with SMTP id <20090103031346.XMRL23721.nskntingx01p.mx.bigpond.com@n71.bullet.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> for <dre12342@bigpond.net.au>; Sat, 3 Jan 2009 03:13:46 +0000Received: from [69.147.65.172] by n71.bullet.mail.sp1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 03 Jan 2009 03:13:44 -0000Received: from [69.147.65.163] by t14.bullet.mail.sp1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 03 Jan 2009 03:13:44 -0000Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp408.mail.sp1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 03 Jan 2009 03:13:44 -0000X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 828093.32569.bm@omp408.mail.sp1.yahoo.comReceived: (qmail 22741 invoked by uid 60001); 3 Jan 2009 03:13:44 -0000DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=qFn2BvK1T5EiD0Jxzqr39LIF0FCCM9W7B0ovwwgbetynoR1/451Itfwo/Q6PL/IkbK0eEm7TIM4vtER6bWp7hPwuZBoO70+A6Dqi5eOog7jUp6cBfuj2HZH3CU/ud9SBOm4aFmaqe2gYf9ywrV8ztMsnadGFGp/baljAzebaEfk=;X-YMail-OSG: SUFwRfIVM1mwT0bdby2MDFjSNlDqESUevnBrYwCrlRsAlAzq0snon_U3m7b2PwCxLWfm0owQlKmpVt4HXWbNiYmcWEwGJrob56to6ptZCnzreCH26.Is0G0npPjW91E4_h1gGihTsRLWK3fWHp5r2rzCN57HOKUYEdS6TiC8hYrbhm6dz0mazMh1IH5pbIXH8.cYv1w-Received: from [121.222.134.237] by web45603.mail.sp1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:13:44 PSTX-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.7.260.1Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 19:13:44 -0800 (PST)From: Douglas Reynolds <dpr211267@yahoo.com>Subject: Email taskTo: dre12342@bigpond.net.auMIME-Version: 1.0Message-ID: <653616.22581.qm@web45603.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>X-RPD-ScanID: Class unknown; VirusThreatLevel unknown, RefID str=0001.0A150202.495ED7EB.0073,ss=1,fgs=0X-Antivirus: AVG for E-mail 8.0.176 [270.10.2/1872]Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=======AVGMAIL-495ED7F20000======="
A lot of this is absolute gobbledy gook to me, but I am able to ascertain that the email was sent from YahooMailWebService at 19:13:44 on Fri 2nd January 2009 PST, and passed through a number of servers to finally arrive at my outlook application on Sat, 3rd Jan 2009 03:14:37, now considering that it is actually 1:42 pm which would translate to 13:42:00 maybe the final time given is in GMT. One concern I have about posting this information on this blog is am I actually making myself vulnerable to a breech of my computer system. Hopefully I'm not being overly paranoid.
Question 2
I am am not a very social creature and rarely if ever have I had the opportunity to use these functions but of the top of my head I would probably use the cc and bcc if I had to send the same document,image or other such message to more than 1 individual. As for the reply to all function hmmm lets see, if a number of emails required the same response, an example would be in the movie Bruce Almighty where Bruce answered all emails "yes" using the reply all function.
Question 3
There are a number of ways to ensure that the recipient of an attachment to an email is able to open it. Firstly through an explanation in the body of the email explaining which application opens the attachment. Secondly by sending the attachment in a format that that is widely accepted by most operating systems e.g an rtf file. Thirdly through correspondance with the recipient learning what applications their system uses and sending your attachments to suit.Question 4
My email is an absolute mess, I have no rules or filters set up. But after reading this part of the course that is something that I will be rectifying. The first and foremost will be to filter out the spam and have correspondance from the Uni redirected to my Uni folder, and highlight certain emails to quickly ascertain who they are from.
Question 5
The folder structure of my email is not very complex I have the standard in,out,deleted,drafts and junk folders and i have added a Uni folder for University correspondance to keep it seperated. As I have a number of email accounts I think its time to drag myself out of the stoneage and put some order into my electronic mail.
Curtin Trace
I also noticed that the A-toolbar trace provided less information. To be more specific it did not supply the host name of the ip addresses just the addresses in a host name column hmmmmm, also the original trace made 3 attempts at each address and recorded the time for each. I dont see that on the A-toolbar trace tool, just 1 attempt per address.