Listening- Week 7

Hahaha!! This week has probably been the most useful week, about secruity systems and the kind of viruses, worms, malware, spyware, all the funny things out there out on a serch and destroy mission. It's so evil how people actually adopt an identity as a hacker with pure intentions just to ruin other poeples' systems and steal information; and now a days, moneeeyyyyyyy. Get rich fast.. 

I am probably the worst person on this planet at keeping my computer clean on the inside. Before this week, i was totally oblivious to the bugs that roamed out there and just as oblivious as to how to protect my personal info. Now, i can probably try to fix my computer on my own rather than handing it to someone else every time. I'll probably not know which security systems to use or what to use, but at least now i'll have a better idea of what's going on, rather than sitting there completely blur and oblivious of what the person is talking about.  

The article above is from one of the first websites i looked at after searching "cybercrime singapore". Its pretty scary how a lot of the crime occurs in Asia. So, all the more reason to protect my precious machine! 

There For You- Week 6

This week we got an inside look on google! The funny name but the most popular search engine. Initially, to me, it was a search engine. I was younger when i first came out and oblivious to how it worked really other than similiar to yahoo. Now, i've got a Gmail account that works really well and super fast and rarely ever lags!! And i've got heaps of space for it and there are so many other functions i have yet to learn.

Besides Google being the most popular search engine and email account, I wandered around chcking out the other tools it had. Some of them standard like, calendar, blog search, directory, alerts etc, which i didn't find much use for. But i tried out this new tool, Goodle Chrome which acts like any internet explorer and firefox, except, it looks a little more spiffy and its download rate is fast and really simple!! It took only about 2 mins for the entire thing to download and kcik into action and everything i do on it works just as fast firefox. And i thought firefox was really good. 

There's a function where when you open Google Chrome, rather than opening to a default homepage of your choice, it displays various websites you tend to visit a lot or the ones you last visited. I personally find this really helpful as i tend to go to the same sites almost everyday. Also, it makes downloading anything form the web much faster and is easier for the browser keeps a history of your downloads and you can open the containing folder.  

Other than that it's pretty much the same, but i like it because it doesn't freeze, lag and there are no glitches no matter how many things you are multitasking and no matter how fast you switch between tabs when they are loading.

whoo hoo Google! :>

Cassie- Week 5

Week 5... we learned about learning!! :)
We learned a lot about Bloom's Taxonomy:

• Cognitive: mental skills (Knowledge)
• Affective: growth in feelings or emotional areas (Attitude)
• Psychomotor: manual or physical skills (Skills)

The Cognitive domain ( knowledge) involves knowledge and the development of intellectual skills. This includes the recall or recognition of specific facts, procedural patterns, and concepts that serve in the development of intellectual abilities and skills. There are six major categories; they can be thought of as degrees of difficulties. Meaning, the first category has to be mastered before moving on to the second one.

Knowledge: Recall data or information. - reciting or quoting something.

Comprehension: Understand the meaning, translation. - being able to explain the aspects and basics.

Application: Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Using statistics to evaluate a research experiment's results.

Analysis: Distinguishes between facts and inferences. - compares and contrasts.

Synthesis: Put parts together to form a whole, creating a new meaning or structure. -Design a machine to
perform a specific task.

Evaluation: Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.- Hiring the most qualified candidate.


The Affective domain (attitude) includes the manner in which we deal with things emotionally, such as feelings, values, appreciation, enthusiasms, motivations, and attitudes.
There are 5 categories for this domain:

Receiving : Awareness, willingness to hear, selected attention.- Listen to others with respect and remembering newly introduced people's names.

Responding: Active participation on the part of the learners.- Participates in class discussions. Questions new ideas.

Valuing: The worth or value a person attaches to a particular object or behavior. Based on the internalization of a set of specified values. - Is sensitive towards individual and cultural differences (values diversity).

Organization: Organizes values into priorities by contrasting different values and creating a unique value system.- Accepts responsibility for one's behavior.

Internalizing values (characterization): Has a value system that controls their behavior. - Shows self-reliance when working independently.


The Psychomoto domain (skills) includes physical movement, coordination, and use of the motor-skill areas. Development of these skills requires practice and is measured in terms of speed, precision, distance, procedures, or techniques in execution.
There are 7 categories for this domain:

Perception: The ability to use sensory cues to guide motor activity. - Detects non-verbal communication cues.

Set: Readiness to act. Includes mental, physical, and emotional sets.- Shows desire to learn a new process (motivation).

Guided Response: The early stages in learning a complex skill that includes imitation and trial and error. - Doing a mathematical equation as demonstrated.

Mechanism: This is the intermediate stage in learning a complex skill.- Use a personal computer.

Complex Overt Response: The skillful performance of motor acts that involve complex movement patterns. - Maneuvers a car into a tight parallel parking spot.

Adaptation: Skills are well developed and the individual can modify movement patterns to fit special requirements. - Responds effectively to unexpected experiences.

Origination: Creating new movement patterns to fit a particular situation or specific problem. - Creates a new gymnastic routine.

Greener with the Scenery - Week 4

So we started week 4 after a nice long Chinese New Year with E-commerce. I've heard of it before, but of course, because i attended class, and watched the cool as videos Abel played in class, i am now filled with knowledge about E-commerce. :)

I just searched on Google (our friend!! >.<) about the top few common failures in e-commerce and this is what i paraphrased from it all. (I did not copy and paste. That would be too much to read.)

1. Weak Website Design

Gaining your buyer's trust is the most important thing to lock down on success yet maybe the most difficult thing to do. The number one thing that customers look judge you by is your website design, it also holds their attention. Things such as navigational structure, product presentation, testimonials, proof and security are key to gaining trust.


2. Inadequate Site Usability

The website fails to perform the function it was designed for. Instead of being helpful an useful, the site's purpose is unclear, does not help users find what they need, has is hidden content and has annoying sounds and blinking ads or animations.


3. Obstacles to Shopping

If the site becomes more of a burden than leisurely shopping, customers will leave instantly. Insufficient structure, demanding too much personal information, long processes to order items, vague content etc.

4. Poor Customer Service

Mistreatment of customers spreads like wild fire by word of mouth, a sure way to loose potential buyers and a direct ticket to failure. :(


5. Wrong Product Fit

Selling the wrong product online won't work as not all things can be sold online. Although i did have a teacher sell her natural red hair online for 500 dollars once...


6. Site Lacks Personality

I suppose no one would take a second look at a site that is as dull as a wall... Never even thought sites could have personality but i guess they do... one of the subconscious reasons i stay on a site.


7. Investing too much into Technology

Some low margin product selling businesses get carried away with high ambitions where some people tend to invest too into the technology and infrastructure expecting a high adoption rate to their product or idea. Eventually, they go bust!


8. Lack of Marketing Plan

One of the most important things in any kind of business is marketing. Many people forget they need to have a plan to attract people to their website therefore their business fails miserably.


9. Lack of Fulfillment

Products need to arrive on time and live up to their descriptions and the customers expectations. If not, bad news spreads like wild fire through word of mouth. Dooms day!


10. Poor Security

Probably one of the most important promises to keep to customers is that their details do not end up flying everywhere and land in the wrong hands- credit cards.