Here we go again...this time six facts!

Wow, we are already working on Tutorial 3 and 4...this is exciting!

Three facts I learned from Tutorial 3 are as follows:

1). wildcard character - I have never heard of this before, the term seems very strange to me. It lets you omit part of a search term. When putting an asterisk as a wildcard character with a certain word, the search would come up with all Web pages that include the word you were searching for.

2). Web robot - this is a program, which searches for new Web sites and then updates old Web sites that are already in the database. Again, a very unique name! A Web robot also deletes information when a Web site does not exist any longer.

3). A metasearch engine - This type of search engine combines several search engines, which makes it easier for you to get the information that you are looking for. Most of the time, different search engines come up with different information, so in order to make searching faster for you, a metasearch engine searches several search engines at the same time so you don't have to!

Here are three facts I learned from tutorial 4:

1). white pages directories - This is something I really like. I am not a big fan of books and flipping pages, so to have access to the white pages online is really great! It collects all the names and information from published phone directories.

2). E-Zines - I never heard of an e-zine before, but it seems to be an online magazine. This does not require any subscribers, which makes it more and more popular. I will definitely look into this. E-zines have become a pretty popular place for publishing fiction.

3). JPEG - I know some of you will say, oh she never heard of JPEG before but that is not the case. I just didn't know what the acronym for JPEG was. Now I know, it is Joint Photographic Experts Group, which is a newer format of the GIF format. It can store more colors and has a much better quality on images.

Gmail!

An interesting fact I discovered about Gmail is that you can send event invitations and also can add events on the Google calendar from Gmail conversations. I think this is very convenient because it lets you schedule and plan ahead without having to worry that you might forget something important. I would definitely use the calendar feature for planning events and even birthday parties that are coming up. Another feature I noticed on there was the holidays feature. This helps you keep track of important family gatherings for holidays. Apparently Gmail has an add to calendar link which automatically appears when you open a message that contains event information or dates. This feature allows you to add the event to your Google calendar. All you have to do is click on the link, fill in the information, and save the changes. It's just as easy as that!

Stefanie Austin

You've got Spam!

Alright everyone, off to Chapter 2.

Three facts I learned from this week's Chapter are:

1). Creating a Signature: When creating a signature for your e-mails, keep it simple. All you need to provide is your name, title, and contact information. This will be helpful for my new job, which requires me to set up a signature.

2). Gmail: I have never heard of Gmail before until this week. I learned that Gmail promises more than two gigabytes of storage space for every user, which is quite a lot. This great feature forced other online Web-based e-mail services to change their offerings to keep their customers around.

3). Spam: In order to reduce the amount of spam that you receive on your e-mail account, combine letters from your first name and last name to create a unique name. Another way to avoid or reduce spam is to create several different e-mail addresses to reduce the likelihood of a spammer using one of the addresses.

Three things I learned about blogging!

After reading the first chapter in our textbook, I learned:

1). A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a four - part addressing scheme that tells the Web browser:
The transfer protocol to use when transporting the file.
The domain name of the computer on which the file resides.
The pathname of the folder or directory on the computer on which the file resides.
The name of the file.
Of course I had heard about URL before, but didn't know what the definition of this was.

2). U.S. copyright law has a fair use provision that allows students to use limited amounts of copyrighted information in term papers and other reports prepared in an academic setting.

3). F11 key is a toggle. A toggle is like a push button switch on a television set; you press the button once to turn on the television and press it a second time to turn it off.

These are the three things that I learned from Chapter 1 so far. I am excited to see what comes next!