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I did not realize how I felt about this class until we met the first time. After the first class I was nervous, the second class made me want to pull my hair out. But then when I sat down and relaxed I found this class to be fun and exciting. I have learned a lot, even though it may not seem that way from my Blogs. I am taking baby steps with this new information and I know that I will continue to work with it after the class is over. In reading the rest of the book I found all the information valuable but there were things that stuck out that I will use in the near future. I will and have been using corporate portals (EIP's) to help me find available jobs for my temporaries. I use and EIP for Accellent, which is one of my customers, to keep track of what positions they have open and which ones have been filled. We also use another EIP to set up drug screens and background checks that the company requires us to use. We get the results from it and start dates for the temps as well. I am also working with my boss to put together a Google Docs Powerpoint presentation for our customers as well as a training tool that will be fun and exciting instead of just reading information out of a book. I would have never known about this if it were not for this class. I know that one of the main concerns our IT people have is security. I think sometimes they are a little too much on that subject because we are limited (very) as to what we have access to especially on the internet. We do have a peer-to-peer connection to each other but all we can really do is send emails. The corporate office has internet access but it is limited. The outer offices have no internet access unless it is for a web site approved to post jobs such as Craigs List. This limits a lot of what we could be doing and progressing as a company. They are also leary of the Sales people bringing in their laptops as they think it will cause viruses to get into their computers because the laptop uses the WLAN and Wi-Fi. There are things that they do that I do not understand because everyone else in the world are using these technologies and the world is not coming to an end and computers are not freezing up all over. I plan on learning as much as I can because I am tired of hearing excuses that do not make sence and using computers that are 15 years or more old. Another thing they do is create programs that do not work and spend a lot of time trying to install it and then spending more time on fixing the problems they have created by doing this. Instead of just upgrading and updating with new equipment or programs. Another thing they talk about is the Network Service Poviders and the cost tied into it and if they needed to expand the broadband it would cost a ton of money. There is no training or information given to anyone in the company from the IT people (there are 3)regarding security or how the computers even work. If there was some kind of training in regard to computers I think people would work better and understand the computers more. If hospitals and Dr.'s offices have computer access then why can't we. The information from hospitals and Dr.'s are a lot more important and they are secure. Another thing that the company needs to look at is the social networking media that we do not have access to at work. These sites would allow us to reach more people and cut down on what we spend in the Buffalo News for Help Wanted ad's. The ability to reach more people with these connections would not only allow us to recruit more people but it may help us in getting more customers. I hope that I have shown you that I have learned a lot from this class and the knowledge I am taking with me will be used and I hope change things in my job.

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I am glad that I have learned how to link various social networking togther.

The above is for Fredonia and they are linked with many social networking sites including Linked In,Facebook, You Tube, and others. I think the You Tube is a great link because it is an art type school and the musical people can link into it and show their music and art.

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I usually use Facebook for any social networking. On FB there has been a new item that you can friend which is information on my husbands band from years ago. I thought this was neat because they had such a following back then and this brings back memories. Their music has also been linked to You Tube so I will put the links here and if anyone wants to hear it its there for all to see. On the 1st link my husband plays the guitar and is singing, on the 2nd one he is doing the same but my father-in-law plays the saxaphone. Just a couple of fun things to listen to and it ties into the chapter so I thought I would throw it in. Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP1VeTcYV-Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9gO1eHKZTQ&feature=related

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Lovegas/186954821348919?sk=page_getting_started

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We do have a signature file on all our emails that gives out our contact information. My jing was not working so I used our snipping tool.

I am familiar with how to address the email and I know how to attache a file.

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Ok I think I am going to give this book to the IT guys where I work. They are always trying to give us excuses why we do not receive our emails as fast as we should. Sometime it takes hours, and they try to give us the excuse that emails just bounces around in cyber space and usually get lost or never delivered. The main IT guy does not even have an email address because emails were not meant to be used in business. This blows my mind because they are supposed to know about computers. I think I am going to show them this information I found to him.

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I am not sure if I am doing the correct thing for this assignment but it has made me dig a litter deeper in how the internet works when I need to look things up. I am learning little by little but I am an amiture when it comes to the computer. I should have taken this class years ago to help me with my classes. Advanced search, I found the search engine and I understand that it would be used if I was looking for a specific subject that may have a lot of information and I wanted to be a little more defined on what I need.

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I tried the search engine Kart00 and typed in Disney, I like the way this serch engine opens in smaller windows in order for you to move them around and it seems easier to see the window you just came from.