Blog Post 2 COSMETIC SURGERY

 

COSMETIC SURGERY

 

Plastic surgery is something many people do that's intended to improve the appearance of a part of the body. People use cosmetic surgery to change a feature they've never liked. Celebrities do it all the time, and others don't even know or notice that a person wasn't actually born like that. Some people think that it will give greater self-confidence and add sense of well-being. Below you will see amazing before and after pics of celebrities!

 

 

 

Megan Fox looks totally different with her nose job.

 

 

Nicki Minaj has gone through some drastic changes!

 

 

 

Some people like Eiza Gonzalez don't even look the way they used to look before.

 

 

 

Assignment 8

Assignment 8
You must write at least 3 sentences for questions 1,2,5, and 6. You should answer in your own words and will need to do internet research to complete the assignment.

1. Go to http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/new-fantasyland/ and look around it a little bit. Now go to http://www.byteland.org/angeloflife. Now why do you think the .com website is more exciting than the .org website? 

I think is more exiting because it doesn't involve an organization. It can be anything and is very likely that is not educational. Sometimes .org has information of a specific thing and over all, they tell you what their goals are or what they do.

 2. Why do you think the Disney website has more hyperlinks, advertisements, and other distracting options to click on?

Disney is a very powerful and famous company that knows how to persuade and gain attention of the public, for that reason Disney has more distracting options because its interesting in comparison to an organization that is not that powerful. Also, Disney receives money for ads, because everyone visits that page. Since Disney has so many movies they can have an infinity of options.

3. If you had to construct/create your own webpage from the beginning, what would you want it to be about and why?

I would do it about beauty because many girls would visit it. The webpage could include tutorials, ideas and sections. I would do it because I think its a very interesting topic for girls. I maybe could include a store of beauty product from makeup clothing.


4. How many programmers do you think would have to work with you to make your website possible? Would it seem impossible to construct/create a webpage by yourself? Why? 

At least 10 persons, one that updates it and makes the page look cute and feminine. Another who adds a new topic or beauty tutorial, the one who takes care of the online store, and another one that owns it and tells everyone what to do, that would be me. It would be hard but not impossible to construct the page by myself for that reason I would ask for help.

5. What would you want to name your website? Type that name into the web-address bar, is it taken already?

I would name it bellaahora.com, which means "beauty now." It would help girls look pretty in seconds with a lot of advice. It is not taken yet.


6. Explain why webpages with flash videos, images, and color take longer to load than pages with only text?

It takes longer because there is a lot of content in webpages with a lot of things and EVERYTHING needs to load. The best thing for a webpage is to look nice and clean because that way the user stays in. Webpages with so many ads videos and images plus color make the visitor dizzy.

makeup

Makeup is like magic to me. Is like a game where I can experiment different looks and have fun.

It can make you look different and you feel good every time you find the perfect lipstick or eye shadow. It also makes a transformation which can make you look flawless.

To learn how to do makeup there are many, good, short, and clear tutorials!

You can visit this website that teaches you about makeup. Furthermore, you can create your own style, gain ideas or try different looks to be different in each occasion of the day. Be either natural looking or have some accents, bronze the skin etc., to me the fun never ends.

My favorite makeup blogger is Yuya but i also enjoy watching Lauren Curtis tutorials.  I appreciate tutorials like this one!

 

Lauren Curtis knows the science behind makeup. She knows everything to achieve a natural looking face, and much clear too. Her videos are actually very helpful to me.

 

Finally,  there a variety of tools that is needed for makeup. There are many small or big tools and all of them have a purpose. This website sells makeup and cosmetics for an incredibly cheap price.

 

Listen to this song.

Assignment 7: New York Times Article

In at least 3-5 sentences answer the following questions?
1. What problems does the article mention that children run into when they use search engines?
The article mentions that children have trouble to retrieve information. Because of that reason,  many companies are tying to make searching more easy and clear, not only for kids but also for adults. Kids do not always have the right context for a subject and companies like Google are trying to fix that, in order to get the correct result.

2. What suggestions have been offered for how search engines can improve their product to lessen children’s problems searching?
Companies can improve their search engines, and each one has their own ideas. One of the ways, Google is doing this is by showing related articles and with the Wonder Wheel . Bing thinks is better for kids to find the info they need in pictures. Google also increased the length of its search box and the size of the font. Voice-activated search can also help kids.

3. Do you search using keywords or questions? How does the article characterize these two types of searching?
It really depends on the task or assignment I'm doing to use keywords or questions. The majority of the time I use questions because keywords show me many things related to the topic and a question will give me something related to what I want. The article mentions that to find the information you want, it is necessary to type the right keywords. Kids, tend to ask more questions according to Scott Kim, chief technology officer at Ask.com.

4. Have you tried using images or videos to search? How does the article characterize this type of searching?
I have tried using images to search and find info but I don't like it because the majority have more information than what I want. Some videos are also very boring, I watch only if they are short and clear. The article mentions this help kids because related searches for example, videos can be helpful to children who often focus on their hands and the keyboard when they search and see that space first when they glance up.

5. What advice would you give to Internet search engine developers (like Google or Bing) for how they should improve their product? Do you think any of the improvements mentioned in the article are particularly promising? Why?
Advice I would give is to make pages for example Wikipedia to be more clear. It is so messy you don't even want to click the page and for Google to give you approved and verified information and not what the people think. I think all of the improvements are good because for example I learn different ways and sometimes I need pictures or I don't know what keyword to put in.

Assignment 6: Results of Online Polls

1. Do you think the results are 100% accurate? Why or why not?  I don't think it was a 100% accurate because not the whole class answered the polls. However, I think my class mates did a pretty good job answering based on their opinions. They were true to their answers in the most part.
2. How much of an impact do you think the wording of the questions has on the answers you received? It has some impact because they answer based on how clear the question is and their understanding. Still, they were easy questions that weren't hard to answer based on their personal likes.
3. Did you get the results you expected from your online polls? Why? I did because I know my classmates personality and what they like mostly. I think everybody answered honestly and did not lie.
4. If you wanted to do an online poll with the students of Tecnologico de Monterrey asking them how much time and effort they spent doing homework this year, what are the steps you would take to complete that online poll? First I would choose a type of poll that works better for answering the question. Maybe an open answer question works better because they can put the number of hours and explain why. Later I would tell each grade to take it to calculate the results at the end.
5. Do you think online polling could help the administration of Tec de Monterrey find out more about their students? Or do you think that the results would not be accurate? Why or why not? Maybe it could help depending on the question that is being asked. They could get to know a little more of some students but not everyone because in cases of education and teaching many lie.
6. How do you think the results of your polls would be different if you asked your classmates the questions in person? In person, they can give me way more detail and explain me why they chose that answer, than if it was by a social media etc. Also, they can choose something else that is not included in the answer and that could help me make my polls and questions better.
7. In what ways do you think online polling using Google Spreadsheets can be improved? Or was it easier to create an online poll than you originally thought? Explain. I think it wasn't hard if its explain correctly. Google Spreadsheets needs more directions to know where to go and that way trouble decreases by a lot in order to work efficiently. It can be improved by a lot, maybe making shortcuts because there is a lot of clicking to get started.

Asignment - Polls

Multiple choice

Checkbox

Choose from a list

Open answer

Assignment 5

Assignment 5

 

You must write 3-5 sentences for each response except for question 4 and 8.


1. In your own words describe how the workplace culture at Google encourages innovation and unique creations for the company? How does working at Google and the environment there affect its workers?
 

It encourages innovation because they offer many services that make employees happy at work so that way they work well and are looking forward to do excellent things and to keep their work at Google. Google makes their life's more easy making work and enjoyable experience.

 2. How does employee freedom, like the 20% of free time Google encourages its employees to spend on any project they want, deliver better business?

It encourages because they get time to relax, get free food and accomplish other needs that no other job offers, and that gives them time to get stress off their minds for a while and be active workers when its time to get back to the office. At the time of creating projects, Google lets them spend their time but then later they have already accumulated ideas to succeed in their jobs.
 


3. What are the requirements to work for Google? And what is different about the way they hire employees at Google?

Google looks for smart people who can get things done. They need leadership and role-related knowledge. The company is less concerned about grades and transcripts and more interested in how they think. The difference is the ability to hire is random.



4. How many search queries does Google handle a day?

In 2012 the average searches per day was of 5,134,000,000.


5. In your own words discuss how Google's constantly refined search algorithm changed the way we all access and even think about information.

It makes it much easier because they immediately give you some options about what your typing. Also, helps it to become more curious about other things related or even random things. It saves time and makes it more reliable when you want to search information.



6. Take a look at the following story about Google's top secret data center. Now why would Google want to keep its server room as a secret?

Because it has countless information that needs to be secure from anything. Only critical employees are needed because they can hack the system and there would be many problems throughout the web, for that reason is very private. If someone could enter the server room they might steal their ideas.



7. What are the benefits of working as a Google employee?

There are many services and is a friendly environment. Its all amazing, from getting free food, to free doctors visit and much more. You have free time that you could spend it in the library or in other places and the offices are different making working for Google a joyful experience.



8. Name at least 5 different positions at Google (ex: software engineer, Google tester, interaction designer) and describe what they do?

-Software engineer: a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs.
-Product manager: investigates, selects, and develops products for an organization, performing the activities of product management.
-Business analyst: analyzes the organization and design of businesses, government departments, and non-profit organizations, they also assess business models and their integration with technology.
-Interaction designer: they study devices with which a user can interact, in particular computer users.
-Test at Google: Tests anything related to Google, from products to webpages.



9. Talk about at least 3 projects that Google is currently working on. What do they want to accomplish? How long will they take to complete?

 -Driverless car program- To drive safer but still no word on when will this be available.
-Google Glass- Lets you read your tweets, and a lot of other things without having to pull out your phone. It is expected to release a consumer version of Glass next year.
-Android@Home- Aims to connect your entire house to the internet like something out of a sci-fi movie. No date or known time to get this done.
Other projects:
-Elevator to space
-Android-powered smart watch


10. Look at the following story about why recent college graduates should not work for Google. Why does the writer argue recent graduates should not work at Google?

He thinks is no longer a start-up because he thinks is better for working in a small company. If they worked for a small company they have more responsibilities than just following a crowd of people. Is better to do and accomplish someone's little idea or project and make it happen.



11. How is Google the same or different than other search engines, like Yahoo or Bing?

There are many similarities between search engines like Google and Bing however it is somewhat different. Google is different because they are the leader in the Search space and in addition a very mature and sophisticated search engine. Bing is infancy and has yet to develop some of the rich indexing capabilities that exist with Google. Bing does not support the Canonical tag and does not offer Canonical URL management in their Webmaster Center.

Review exam 1

Review Exam 1

The difference between analog and digital: The main difference between analogy and digital signals is that an analogue signal is continuous and a digital signal is discrete. Analog technologies record waveforms as they are, while digital technologies convert analog signals into numbers. Digital communication systems offer much more efficiency, better performance, and much greater flexibility than analog.

Random Access Memory (RAM) - access memory is a form of computer data storage.

Read-Only Memory (ROM) -  computer memory on which data has been prerecorded.

World Wide Web – an information system on the Internet that allows documents to be connected to other documents by hypertext links, enabling the user to search for information by moving from one document to another

Data (computer) –  large quantities of standard information used for reference

Program - A software application or software program is the most commonly found software on the computer

Hypertext – A simple method of organizing and accessing text and other data through the use of hyperlinks

Hardware – The machines, wiring, and other physical components of a computer or other electronic system.

 Software – The programs and other operating information used by a computer.

Title (resource) –

Creator (resource) –

Subject (resource) -
Publisher (resource) -
Contributor (webpage) –
Format (resource) -

MP3 – Means of compressing a sound sequence into a very small file, to enable digital storage and transmission.

 Cyberbully - Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place using electronic technology
Database - 
 
Desktop - background image of a display screen on which windows icons and other graphical items appear.
  
E-mail - messages distributed by electronic devices by an account.

Home page - the main page of a website

Keyword -  word or concept of great significance.

 Password - words or numbers to get in an account

Paste - To insert (text, graphics, or other data) into a document or file.

Search Engines - computer software used to search data 

 URL Address - Abbreviation of Uniform Resource Locator (URL) it is the global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web.

 
User name - name used to access a webpage and view people.
 

File format – a way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file.

Hacker - someone who gets in someone else account

Keyboard - it is used for typing in the computer

Retrieve (document) - the ability to search for documents by keywords and ither attributes such as date and author.

Assignment 4

Assignment 4

1. Discuss what the main idea of the video is?
The main idea is to see how much the world has changed throughout history. Technology affects positively and negatively the people. It makes you think if you are past oriented or future oriented. For example, people cant manage waiting anymore and kids now have a different mentality.

 2. Do you see yourself as past oriented or future oriented? Why?
I see myself as a future oriented person because technology is part of me. I see time like opportunities to do something and I get anxious pretty fast. I don't look at my past like I look at my future, the future is more important to me.

 3. Do you agree or disagree with the speaker in the video? Explain why?
I agree because he says that people now a days cant wait for something, they want everything FAST!!! In addition, I also believe kids focus more on playing video games than focusing on the future. There is also many people that look at the past and not in the future and that waste their time only on job and not family anymore.

 4. Do you agree with the speaker's view that young adults' minds are being "digitally rewired"? Explain your answer.
I do because young adults are addicted to technology, they want to be updated with the world. Also, people have begun to be more lazy than ever and they just want to do nothing. They prefer to drop school than to be listening to a teacher.

 5. Why does the narrator in the video argue that young people dislike a single-function device such as a wristwatch? 
The narrator argues because we want more. The wristwatch doesn't do anything special at all. We want things like phones that can multitask.

1. Why did Sir Tim Berner's Lee decide to make the World Wide Web free when he created it at CERN?
Because he noticed that more users would wanted because it was free. Many people don't want to pay for things, and now it is a daily thing. The World War Web is something everyone wants and needs and he figured that out.

 2. What are the benefits of having "web addresses," an idea that Sir Tim Berner's Lee created?
We can look up many things nonstop! Whenever we want to look information we can with just a click, and if we want to look more we can. It is more easier than finding info in a book.

3. How does the World Wide Web allow people from all over the world to communicate?
Because it is a big network linked to many webpages. The links connect all over the world which allow people to communicate through world wide web pages. Social media allows people to also communicate.

4. Why is it important to link information? What are the benefits of having instant access to information?
Because if we link information we have better access and we know more specific details. The benefits, are many, we can find answers in seconds. Also, it can help us when we need the answer instantly and there is no time to wait.

Assignment 3

Information processing cycle

Assignment 2

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Assignment 2

Questions 1,2,9, and 10 should be answered in 3-5 sentences. 

1. What are the pros and cons of using Google Drive to complete a project like the one you just did for your Technology Presentation.

 Pros: It is easy to handle because it is similar to a PowerPoint. It saves your work by itself. There are many options to edit. It is an easy way to share your work with others plus it's free.

Cons: It doesn't do spellcheck automatically like Microsoft. there aren't many layouts you can pick from. There aren't many variety kinds of fonts, sizes or colors.

 2. What did you learn about your technology that you didn't know before? Explain.

We learn who made YouTube and its first video which is still viewable. We learned about the history and its transformation. It was a long process but very interesting. Now it is one of the most visited webpages.


 3. Create a test question using the information you researched from your project. You must come up with a question and at least 4 responses or answers to choose from. 

Question?: What company bought YouTube?
A. Bing
B. Google
C. Facebook
D. No one, YouTube is still on its own

4. What does URL stand for?
 Uniform (or universal) resource locator

5. What is the URL for Mr. Fierro's Blogger?
http://principlestechnology.blogspot.com/

6. What is your URL for your Blogger created for Principles of Technology class?
http://fridacamille.blogspot.com/

7. Using the notes from the Parts of a Computer System, identify and define the four parts of a complete computer system.

1. hardware- Any part of the computer you can touch. A computer's hardware consists of interconnected electronic devices that you can use to control the computer's operation, input, and output.
2. software- A set of instructions that makes the computer perform tasks. In other words , software tells the computer what to do.
3. user- People are the computer operators.
4. data- Consist of individual facts or pieces of information that by themselves may not make much sense to a person. A computer's primary job is to process these tiny pieces of data in various ways, converting them into useful information.

 8. Name 3 input devices and 3 output devices.

Input: Mouse, Keyboard, Microphone

Output: Monitor, Speakers, Printer.

9. Write about the most interesting software you have ever used on a computer. Explain why it was your favorite or what you liked about the software you have chosen to write about.

My favorite software is Microsoft Windows because it is easy to use and has many programs that are helpful for school. I like how you can use many things on the software. Its pretty and also very colorful but not that much like the new version.

10. Why do you think important technology corporations like Apple, Microsoft, and Sony create new versions of their product often? Think about why every few months to a year a new iPad or iPhone is released... Explain.

Because they want people to buy the new products and keep up with new technology. People also tell them what should the product have and they keep making them better and better. They also make them to beat their competition and be the best corporation.


11. For question 11 you will research on the World Wide Web. What are the units of measure for a computer memory storage? Fill in this table with your answers. Must fill in unit abbreviation, and approximate value.

UNIT	Abbreviation	Approximate Value (bytes)
Kilobyte	KB	1,000
Megabyte	MB	1,000,000
Gigabyte	GB	1,000,000,000
Terabyte	TB	1,000,000,000,000 (1 trillion)

 

Assignment 1

You must write in complete sentences.
Responses for questions 2 and 8 should be between 3-5 sentences long.

1.  Create an acrostic poem using your first name. So what you are going to do is use each letter in your name to create an adjective that describes you or use each letter to write something you like to do.

Crazy

Attractive

Magical

Incredible

Lovable

Adorable

2. What technologies do you use in your everyday life? Describe how and why you use the technologies you do.

Everyday I use my cellphone to communicate with my friends and family. It is a fun and easy way to see what is going on with everyone! With my cellphone I can use social medias like facebook, instagram, youtube, and many others. I also use computers for entertainment., however most of the time I use it for homework and other things that have to do with school. TV is part of my life as well because I can watch my favorite shows.


 3. The ________System unit_____ is a case that holds the computer's critical components.


4. A(n) _____Workstation_______ is a specialized, single-user computer that typically has more power than a standard PC.

5. A(n) ________Network Server____ is usually a powerful personal computer that functions as the primary computer in a network.

6. __________Supercomputers_____ are the most powerful computers made.


7. What does "PC" stand for?

Past Commander &

Personal Computer

 8. Research how computers play a crucial part in nearly every government agency. Pick an agency and discuss how that agency uses computers and why computers make their jobs easier. Some examples of government agencies that use technology frequently are the U.S. Census Bureau, IRS, Military, and Police.

Computers are crucial for many agencies like the police because of many reasons. Computers help police fight crime because they can communicate with others and also do research of cases. They get information faster and also get pictures of criminals and read records and do reports. In police vehicles they look up information, run license plates and make the world a more secure place.