Sunday, September 28, 2008

Three key principles of Information Organization

there are three key principles of Information Organization: Knowledge needs to be organized for communities (Communities), In designing tools to support the organization of knowledge, guiding principle must be that of user orientation and predominant usage (User Orientation), Standardization and networking provide infrastructures, which facilitate effective and efficient access to information and documents (Standardization and Networking). The list below are the sub-principles of the three principles, each principles contains break parts that will help me understand further the thoughts of the three major principles.

Communities:
• Libraries have always been established to serve a community
• Needs of the community for information, documents, education and recreation are established through user studies, service delivery, committees ('focus groups'), involvement with stake holders in the community and other interactions with the community
• Libraries deploy their resources (human, financial, documents) according to this need
• Similarly the producers of databases and publishers, who organize knowledge embedded in document and databases, do so with the understanding of the marketplace, and the type and format of information that is likely to cultivate and maintain a loyal customer base
• Portals could be viewed as the electronic agency that tailors document access and information services for specific communities
• Nature of communities varies with the type of portal - public, commercial, internal, etc. • However, the imperative to develop a community is clear.
• Public service needs to be offered to an identifiable community for resources to continue to support the portal
• Commercial portals need to be convinced that their Internet activities are having a positive effect on awareness, reputation and trade
• Creation of communities cannot be left to chance
• E-organizations need to go beyond defining relationships with the customers, to taking a lead in the definition of the culture and values of the community they are seeking to create
• This definition will assist consumers to identify with a community to which they can contribute

User orientation:
• In the design of access points, index terms, search keys, and, more traditionally, headings, the principles of user orientation and reference to the user's cognitive and semantic frameworks has been long established o E.g.: AACR for rendering personal and corporate names
• Literary warrant or basing subject access on the literature of a subject is a well-established principle
• Most subject-based tools offer both alphabetical access (through natural language terms) and hierarchical access through a series of related topics
• Classification schemes have been the primary mode of offering access to related subjects
• Traditional classification schemes were hierarchical in nature, as are the menu structures embedded in many web sites
• Limitations of classification schemes has become evident with the growth of knowledge - resulting in cross-classification (location of a topic in multiple hierarchies)
• Many menu-based hierarchies do not use a classification notation - rather use natural language to represent subjects (alphabetic-classed approach)

Standardization and networking:
• Global L&I community has achieved great success in international networks and networking activities
• Support exchange of bibliographic data and documents and a host of other services o Examples: MARC, ISBD, Dublin Core, Z39.50, OAI, etc.
• Demonstrate the sharing of expertise and perspectives in relation to the organization of knowledge
• Use of these standards also leads to standardization in the interfaces offered to the user: o Searching effectively across a range of different libraries and databases, so that search skills learned in one environment are transferable to other environments o Locating documents or information on the basis of citations in other sources

Learn About Information Environment!!

An Introduction to the readers let me characterized the meaning of Information Environment. An Information Environment can be describe as the set of network or online services that support publishing and use of information and learning resources. At the moment online services providing digital resources tend to operate in a stand-alone manner. The user is therefore required to navigate a complex set of different websites with different search interfaces in order to locate relevant resources. Similarly the resources offered tend to be characterized by a lack of mediation to provide vital signposts to explain context and relevance to the user. It has been recognized that this is one of the key features limiting take up of digital resources. In other words Information Environment is an environment where you can find the information you need in the easiest way.

To take part of the Information Environment services I will allow my self to be in a role of a user like a student user as of my current state now, but not just an ordinary student user but also a good contributor of comments and suggestions to the developer about the services they made.

As a student specially an Information Technology (IT) student there are many things I want to know about the changing technology, I want to know more about things that I’m not aware of specially things that are related to my course. An Information Environment services can help me in my goals because here I can find the answers to my questions not just that I can have my advance research in a simpler way without any delayed, well aside for the speed connection that I’m using. With my teachers that gives us many electronic assignment researches its hard for me to research in an environment that so confusing. So I need a better way to research without puzzlement in my mind. Information Environment could be a great help not just for me but to all students who will going to use it. It allows us to gain knowledge and to advance our mind to things that we are not aware of.

Being a user well a very observant user I just can say that the service I was using is a perfect search engine there should be some bugs and disrupt that I dislike or I’m not convenient with. As a good student (tsar) I just can’t leave things behind or outpace that problem, I will leave some comments about my observations not just my poor observation about the software but also my good observations about it. By doing this I can help the developers improved their programs by fixing those problems. I can send my suggestions so that they can think about it when they will go to update their search engine environment.

Now let’s move on and characterize the meaning of Information Organization and how it will help me in performing my role as a simple user and a contributor. Information Organization is simply organizing information to bring essentially like information together and to differentiate what is not exactly alike. To be simple, Information Organization based in what I read and know it is a way of organizing the things that should be done and needed by a user or even a information environment developers.According to an article that I read there are three key principles of Information Organization: Knowledge needs to be organized for communities (Communities), In designing tools to support the organization of knowledge, guiding principle must be that of user orientation and predominant usage (User Orientation), Standardization and networking provide infrastructures, which facilitate effective and efficient access to information and documents (Standardization and Networking). The list below are the sub-principles of the three principles, each principles contains break parts that will help me understand further the thoughts of the three major principles.

Communities:
• Libraries have always been established to serve a community
• Needs of the community for information, documents, education and recreation are established through user studies, service delivery, committees ('focus groups'), involvement with stake holders in the community and other interactions with the community
• Libraries deploy their resources (human, financial, documents) according to this need
• Similarly the producers of databases and publishers, who organize knowledge embedded in document and databases, do so with the understanding of the marketplace, and the type and format of information that is likely to cultivate and maintain a loyal customer base
• Portals could be viewed as the electronic agency that tailors document access and information services for specific communities
• Nature of communities varies with the type of portal - public, commercial, internal, etc.
• However, the imperative to develop a community is clear.
• Public service needs to be offered to an identifiable community for resources to continue to support the portal
• Commercial portals need to be convinced that their Internet activities are having a positive effect on awareness, reputation and trade
• Creation of communities cannot be left to chance
• E-organizations need to go beyond defining relationships with the customers, to taking a lead in the definition of the culture and values of the community they are seeking to create
• This definition will assist consumers to identify with a community to which they can contribute

User orientation:
• In the design of access points, index terms, search keys, and, more traditionally, headings, the principles of user orientation and reference to the user's cognitive and semantic frameworks has been long established o E.g.: AACR for rendering personal and corporate names
• Literary warrant or basing subject access on the literature of a subject is a well-established principle
• Most subject-based tools offer both alphabetical access (through natural language terms) and hierarchical access through a series of related topics
• Classification schemes have been the primary mode of offering access to related subjects
• Traditional classification schemes were hierarchical in nature, as are the menu structures embedded in many web sites
• Limitations of classification schemes has become evident with the growth of knowledge - resulting in cross-classification (location of a topic in multiple hierarchies)
• Many menu-based hierarchies do not use a classification notation - rather use natural language to represent subjects (alphabetic-classed approach)

Standardization and networking:
• Global L&I community has achieved great success in international networks and networking activities
• Support exchange of bibliographic data and documents and a host of other services o Examples: MARC, ISBD, Dublin Core, Z39.50, OAI, etc.
• Demonstrate the sharing of expertise and perspectives in relation to the organization of knowledge
• Use of these standards also leads to standardization in the interfaces offered to the user: o Searching effectively across a range of different libraries and databases, so that search skills learned in one environment are transferable to other environments o Locating documents or information on the basis of citations in other sources

I can tell that the three key principles of Information Organization stated above can help me perform my role in the sense that I can easily distinguished the right and wrong or the “I must” and “I must not”. I can say that because these principles tell us the right things an information environment should do. It helps me realize and know what our community needs. It also provides a simple and friendly ways to the user because of the organized design and nature friendly systems that make it simpler for me to use. It provides me also a high limitation of data searching because menu structures embedded in many web sites. And also classification schemes have been the primary mode of offering access to related subjects I want to hunt. Also as the principle discuss about networking it will be easy for me to connect and to exchange data through the net. I can easily stored and locate my data in their database, not just that, I can also transfer my data easily and safely.

Base on what I know about the three key principles of Information Organization stated above and in the conclusion that I made I can now decide what I should do about making my information environment system more effective to the user. Thanks to the ideas that I gathered from the principle. It will be easy now for me because I have a guideline. Well that is, if my role is an Information Environment programmer and developer. But base in the role that I have given above, I’m just a simple user like student user and a contributor of ideas. The three key principles of Information Organization can help me perform my role by simply ahmm…it serve as a parameter for me to know what should an information environment services contains of. I can justify whether it gives the right ideas or provides the right things and information needed by a simple user like me or does it serve its community well, by giving the correct information and not just a false statements. It will help me in my observations and contributions, if they are lack of things that the principle provides, I can send comments to them that they are lack of these things and so on… and they should be providing these things. Well I guess that’s what the three key principles of Information Organization used to be, a guide and point towards knowledge. That’s why the three principles of Information Organization help me a lot in performing my desired role.

Now let’s proceed to the challenges and consequences that I will be dealing with in performing my desired role.
There are lots of challenges that a user will be facing in performing his simple role. Being a student user there are lots of challenges that I will be going to encounter especially in finding or researching hard topics, and hard understanding about the topic. Even if Information Environment services gives all the necessary answers to my questions I can’t guarantee that all those answers are correct and that will satisfy my needs. The real challenge is that I will have to read and understand those answers so that I can come up with a right solution. Well patience is important with research; I should keep my patience so that I can manage my work well.


As a contributor there are lots of challenges that I will be dealing with in my contributions. I can tell that because I can’t assure that my comments and suggestions will be read by the developer. I can say that because I’m not the only person who uses and contributes in the engine so I have to be patient and persistent in giving contributions. To gain fame and name in the environment I have to be active in their forums and activities so that I will be known as a well contributor. There is also a possible chance that my suggestions is too high and ambiguous that they can’t provide it, or my comments are so harsh that they can’t accept it so I need to be more observant and open minded about those things so that I will not embarrassed my self.

I can say that my role in the Information Environment of my choice is not that hard and challenging unlike those who made and developed it which is more far from my ideas because my role is just a finishing in their services and a client to test it. But without me or any user they can tell that their information environment service fails because recognition can be given for those who gain more comments and suggestions and visited and used by most people who are interested with the environment. And I know they needed me because they know their work is not perfect and there should be problems that they did not notice in making it so they need some observant user to help them out. So I can say that I’m a real BIG part of the Information Environment without me, there will be no Information Environment services. Thank you!! (whew) ^_^

Thursday, September 25, 2008

My HoroscopeToday


I'm a "VIRGO"

Your ego got bruised, and it's perfectly healthy to spend some time nursing it.

In Detail
Your ego got bruised recently, and it's perfectly healthy to spend some time nursing it. But you should try to start shifting back into normal life, today. Getting back to the action will help you snap out of any self-pity you've been feeling and remind you how capable you are. You have learned something from this humbling experience, so arm yourself with this knowledge, today. It will help you avoid making all of the same mistakes you made before.


^_^ tama jud xa!! whew...

Saturday, September 20, 2008

In-sourcing and Out-sourcing

As we all know, out-sourcing is getting a third party outside the company or infrastructure while in-sourcing is making use of own personnel in a company with an expertise.
If I’ll be the one who will going to present my evaluation about the said topic about in-sourcing and out-sourcing. And if I’ll be the one who will going to take the position of deciding what I’m supposed to use. I would suggest using in-sourcing because in my opinion, if my company contains personnel with great talent and expertise about making systems, programs, etc. why not make use of their abilities?! By doing this, I can help them improved their abilities as well as I can help my company’s systems being unique among the other and can hold confidentiality. Why I say so? Because if you use systems that are out-sourced, I can’t assure that it will hold confidentiality. It would be easy for other people especially the one who use the same systems that I use, to hack and crack my data. Because most of out-sourced programs have weaknesses that most people know even students and if I will going to use that oww that’s bad in my side.
And aside that, using an in-source I can easily determine or debug and add some changes in the systems easily because the one who made it was in my company. By doing this it will took me less effort and saves time. Well when we talk about money, though I can say I can spend more money in in-sourcing than out-sourcing it doesn’t matter because what I ponder is making my data safe and secure. Well it depends also specially if you are close with your personnel you can talk prices…for convenience and for the good.
However my opinion is just based, if and only if you have very honest and trustworthy personnel. Not only that, if they have talents and expertise in making systems. Why not try them it’s better to used your personnel it’s also a way to interact with them.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Secondhand Serenade


Secondhand Serenade is an American acoustic rock solo project fronted by vocalist and guitarist John Vesely. The solo project began in California, USA, in 2004. Vesely has released two studio albums to date under the name Secondhand Serenade, Awake in 2007 and A Twist in My Story in 2008. The debut album used multitrack recording to create the sound of a band using technology, the second album took a different path, using a proper band and an orchestra to establish a more accomplished sound...this band produce nice acoustics songs such as "Your Call","Maybe","Fall for You" and many more...

Monday, August 4, 2008

If i were a consultant...

If ever I were assigned as an IT consultant in our University… Well I’ll be glad to help as long as I can ^_^. But I think it’s a hard one because we have limited resources and of course money!!As for the slow internet connection in our school, I could suggest to revise or to reassemble the infrastructure or the computer connections in our laboratories. Basically as time goes by even if the connection of the computers to the server or other connections, as long as no maintenance it will surely affect the present connection that causes it to slow down. I think we should choose the right topology that fits our connection and that will be easy to manage and to trace if ever damage will occur. Or I can suggest assigning each computer a fair share of the bandwidth. As I don’t know…maybe the server of our school is somehow old enough and should be replaced with a new one! And If ever this will be implemented we should place a person who will take care not like a janitor but a care taker of the connections that we will be building because maintaining is somehow a best way to improve the internet connection. Well as of now I can’t think of much better idea than to revise the connections of our computer laboratory. Well I hope my small mind can give an idea!! Thank you!!

Sunday, August 3, 2008

About the SONA??

In the information that I have gathered President Arroyo reduced the cost of text messaging into 50 cents so that citizen of the Philippines who are text addict can afford to have load in same price but double content. Well for me I think its quite solution but can’t really fill the need of the people. If I am the president’s consultant maybe I can think of much better solution than reducing the cost. For example, reduced the cost of unlimited texting to 10 peso, or double the text messages of all-text 20 or 10 or just lower the call services cost.The next issue is that President Arroyo contacts a private sector who offer jobs for computer literate pips specially IT people. Well I can say that it is good to implement that coz as of now many graduate students are hanging. And nowadays I think students should be familiar with gadgets and computers coz it’s a need.Next is the communication for importing products such as goods and most of all our precious rice! She said that we don’t have to worry about this rice crisis because she manage to contact neighboring countries to export their products in our country. Well I don’t know exactly how to relate it to ICT but communication is important to information!In my opinion about the SONA (State of the Nation Address) of our president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo last July 28, 2008, well actually I haven’t got a chance to watch her in her statements because I’m in school that time. My opinion was based from some information that I gathered, from my parents who watched it, my fellow classmates, and some in T.V.As I’ve heard many did not watch the SONA because they say lies are repeatedly spoken by our president. Other who watches it says that the words of our president are not true and in fact far from the truth. There are also who acknowledge her pledge and congratulates her. For me, I really don’t have the same feelings as others do about her and her doings in our country but for me it is better to listen to the one who spokes, before you criticize and judge. Even though she made many, I mean many mistakes in our country we can’t tell that, that’s all she can do! We people always focus on the bad side of a person, I mean even if a person do something good, because we focus on his/her mistakes that ends him/her a bad person! Just as our president, I mean all of our presidents; we always focus on their mistakes but not acknowledge the good sides they made. Well I’m not defending our president I’m just being fair in judging. And as of her SONA, well she said what she think she did and she promise what she think she will do and even if I have doubt about it lets just give a hope! ^_^ that’s all... Thank you!! I’m having a hard time speaking English correctly so I apologize for wrong grammar and for the late submission because I have no idea about this inserted assignment until my classmate texted me… And it’s late!!

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Risk in Business and IT/IS change


About the assignment...according to the article i read in this site http://www.biac.org/statements/iccp/Final_Information_Security_for_Executives071003.pdf

Decision related to risk and its mitigation should involve senior management. It is important to identify and clarify the risk you they might encounter during the decision making. You mus formulate questions and solutions to the questions! For example, what are the risk of the business? How to minimize it? Is it acceptable? Or can be avoided?

The events likely to threaten normal operation of the system are identified in the
Risk Assessment as follows:
1. Evacuation of Building
2. Non-Availability of Staff
3. Destruction of SOC
4. Connectivity Failures
5. Software Failures
6. Power Outages
7. Hardware Failures.

So even if you have a perfect plan and decision making, still you must consider some risks and threats to avoid some inconsistency.

thats all sir!! thank you!!

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Barriers in IS/IT

Base on the article that i've read barriers in IS/IT is simply the distruction or what i mean to say the hindrance or problem in achieving the goals of IS/IT. This includes the lack of education background in both technology and programs and not enough information about it. Because of this problem many people got hard time finishing their projects. Next is the Lack of a shared, reliable computing and network infrastructure which is obviously one of the most problem because lack of facilities. Some people create a Goals that are too ambitious for the resources available to achieve them in the end they end up nothing. Human and organizational resistance to change this includes always changing their ideas that makes confusion. The intend project has Unrealistic time frames which no due time to finish it so it ends up hanging. And Changing priorities these problem is so confusing cause they end up their projects to nothing because they change their priorty for time or money or attention not for the benifit of finishing the first made project.Thats all for my understanding...i hope i give you idea!! and please dont try this at home!!!

http://www.ctg.albany.edu/publications/guides/tying?chapter=3&section=4

Thursday, July 17, 2008

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

one of the most awsome punk rock band formed in 2003.The band consists of lead vocalist Ronnie Winter, lead guitarist Elias Reidy, bassist Joey Westwood, guitarist Duke Kitchens, and drummer Jon Wilkes; all perform back-up vocals.Their album "Don't You Fake It" hit the chart hence became platinum with their singles: "Face Down", "False Pretense", "Your Guardian Angel", and "Damn Regret". They are planning to release their next album this year and I can't wait to hear it!! or else i'll be damn regret!!!^_^

Simple Plan

Simple Plan is a French Canadian pop punk band based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band has released three studio albums: No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls (2002), Still Not Getting Any... (2004), and Simple Plan (2008); as well as two live albums: Live in Japan 2002 (2003) and MTV Hard Rock Live (2005). They are known for their Singles: "I'm Just a Kid", "I'd Do Anything", "Addicted", "Perfect" During 2004 they are also acknowledge for their singles:"Welcome to My Life", "Shut Up!", "Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?)", "Crazy", "Perfect World". This year with their new album "Simple Plan", Simple Plan hits me with their songs: "No Love","Your Love is a Lie","Save You","Holding on" you better listen to it coz its awsome!!!The band consists Pierre Bouvier – lead vocals,occasional guitar,Jeff Stinco – lead guitar,Sébastien Lefebvre – rhythm guitar,vocals, Chuck Comeau – drums,David Desrosiers – bass,vocals

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Some Best Practices of IS/IT

http://www.portlandonline.com/

In the article that I have read, it talks about 23 best practices within the information systems life cycle phases. As a summary of what I have read. One of the best practices of IS is Determining the Project I think this is important because if you want to be successful in your project you have to focus and to have determination in pursuing it to finish. Next is to know your project well to gather necessary data and information, its functional term and define it clearly. The project must be for the good of the people you are working on. If your project is about to finish you must test it and if troubles appear then fix it till you complete it 100% thats also determination. And finally when you finish it...plan for a maintenance so that you can maintain the accessibility o your project.As you read this post you can identify now the good practices of Information systems. Although this is not all about the full goodness of the IS I hope you learned a bit!! thank you!! ^_^

Friday, July 11, 2008

Why IS/IT systems fails?

For me since I’m new about these things I can say that it depends on the situation or problems. Since IS is an activity that process data and information in a certain organization and deal with the development, use and management of an organization's IT infrastructure. I think Information Systems (IS) fails because of wrong implementation of the project. Or the implementer did/do not follow the data that are gathered. In any case I think IS also fails because of the wrong plan and messy data gathering hence the implementer will follow it then it will fail!! ^_^

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Integrating Open Source Source Software in Schools

In the article I’ve read about Open Source there’s this question “What if the software become obsolete? Do we have to buy new software upgrades that cost us a lot? Or do we need to buy new softwares?” this may be difficult to us who do not own much money to buy or upgrade this softwares because it’s really expensive. But there is an alternative way to make it easy for us, by using Open Source softwares. What is Open Source software? It is free downloadable softwares developed and produced by companies to provide ways to make our lives easy that’s why it is called Open Source.How can our school gain advantage to these softwares? In my opinion our school will feel more comfortable contributing to Open Source because we are assured of these rights: The right to make copies of the program, and distribute those copies legally. This is because non Open Source softwares are illegal to make copies and distribute it freely. The right to have access to the software's source code, a necessary preliminary before we can change it. Although some Open Source do not include source codes of the program. We have the right to make improvements to the program. If you are familiar to the source code provided you can make changes to these and make improvements for your convenience. Thus this makes us in an advantage, because we will not be afraid of producing copies or editing it based on these rights. And as an individual we can make money out of these softwares. http://perens.com/OSD.html

Friday, June 20, 2008

"green campus computing"

http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/~mgk3k/enwr/ccs.html
http://www.uoregon.edu/~recycle/Conservation_computing_text.htm
http://www.p2000.umich.edu/energy_conservation/ec7.htm

As I read the content of this sites it tells us the growing and the functions of the Internet around the world and how it helps students, faculties, staff and administrators to be more effective in their studies and works. In my own idea, even in our school we can implement this kind of event or style because I believe that it is really important in our studies specially IT students. Even if we have limited resources or poor resources when in come to computers thus a faster internet connections can help us. But I think it is nice to have fully functional computers with complete hardwares and reliable softwares in our school to properly adopt this kind of strategy.As I first read the content I was shock to read that their campus has over 6000 computers on their campus, well I was thinking about my school’s computers! This URL talks about conserving and taking care of our mother nature in spite of our fast changing technology. In their campus they tried to reduce their waste to save nature and keep it green. Well I think that’s a good idea to be implemented in our school also. And how we will gonna do that? Its simple as this site tell us the exact ways to conserve nature. First in order to make sure the computer you buy is environmentally friendly, ask if the manufacturer has adopted these Silicon Principles, and ask about what steps have been taken to implement them. Next as we all know that when the demand is high, the supply should also high to provide the needs of demand. Thus as the number computers rises, the resources necessary to run these computers will also rise. These resources include electricity, paper, toner cartridges, floppy disks, and other peripheral devices. Still, it's possible to minimize this impact using some very simple means. So you need to conserve electricity by turning off the pc if not in use, save paper by printing necessary documents. So how our school gonna help the environment using our computers? Computers can send reports or emails to our government if you see some abuses around you especially in our nature. So in even if computers have great impact to our mother nature we can minimized it to keep it clean and green.

Blink 182


One of the most well known punk rock band is Blink 182. The band
started in early 1992 composed with the vocalist and guitarist TomDeLonge and drummer Scott Raynor, who later recruited vocalist andbassist Mark Hoppus. The first name of their band is “Blink” but lateron their career they appended “182” following an objection from theIrish band of the same name. Later on Scott Raynor was replaced byTravis Barker. Blink 182 sold over 22 million records and have a cultfollowing their lead. They created 5 albums which includes 1994:Cheshire Cat, 1997: Dude Ranch (Platinum), 1999: Enema of the State (5xPlatinum), 2001: Take off Your Pants and Jacket (2x Platinum) , 2003:Blink-182 (Platinum) .

Amber Pacific

Amber Pacific is a pop punk band formed in 2002. They released their first album “The Possibility and the Promisein” in 2005 and Truth in Sincerity in 2007. The current members are Will Nutter - guitar, backing vocals, keyboards (2002–Present), Greg Strong - bass (2003–Present), Dango - drums (2004–Present). Two of my favorites in their songs are “Poetically Pathetic” and “Thoughts before me”.