Facebook
Custom Settings: Only my friends can see my profile, status and links, basic info, personal info, wall posts, friends in common, education info and work info. Everyone who can see my profile can see pictures and videos with me tagged in them.
Facebook has the right to use any of your information including pictures you put on your profile. It also gathers personal information (such as name, email address, telephone number, address gender, etc.) you knowingly choose to disclose and Web Site use information (such as browser type and IP address) as you interact with Facebook. I also changed my settings to where I cannot be found through web searches.
Facebook claims the right to use the personal information you make available.
Howdy
Howdy claims that any information that is obtained through this site is kept secure and accurate from unauthorized access. Information is only released in reasons to do with legal issues. Tamu follows the texas public information act.
I use the default setting on this site mainly because im to lazy to change it but after doing this exercise I realize it is probably the safest site I am a member of so I will continue to use default settings.
Elearning
For this site I use default settings because there isn’t much on this site that the university is even legally allowed to release without my permission. This site does not use cookies to gather information. Even for parents to access my information I have to explicitly give the university my permission to do so.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
lab excersise 16
Group Findings
Chemistry Building
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 4 to 5 out of 5 bars
Blocker
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 4 out of 5
Rec Center
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 5 out of 5
Reed McDonald Building
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 3 to 4 out of 5
Koldus
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? (3-4, medium strength. It went in and out and was slow if a lot of people were online.)
Evans
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 5 (No problems, easy access to internet.)
Annex
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 4 (Was a little bit slower in the study room I was in, but overall still went quickly and maintained signal strength.)
Anthropology Building
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? (3-4, went in and out when I was in my professor's office)
Commons Lobby
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 5
Studio 12
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 3-4
The Quad
Did it work? No
Signal Strength? 0
Heldenfelds
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 4-5
Zachary
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 4-5
Bolton
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 4
Academic Plaza
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 3
Trigon
Did it work? No
Signal Strength? 0
H20 Fountain
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 4
Herrington
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 4
West Campus Tennis Center
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 3
Rudder
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 4
Chemistry Building
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 4 to 5 out of 5 bars
Blocker
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 4 out of 5
Rec Center
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 5 out of 5
Reed McDonald Building
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 3 to 4 out of 5
Koldus
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? (3-4, medium strength. It went in and out and was slow if a lot of people were online.)
Evans
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 5 (No problems, easy access to internet.)
Annex
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 4 (Was a little bit slower in the study room I was in, but overall still went quickly and maintained signal strength.)
Anthropology Building
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? (3-4, went in and out when I was in my professor's office)
Commons Lobby
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 5
Studio 12
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 3-4
The Quad
Did it work? No
Signal Strength? 0
Heldenfelds
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 4-5
Zachary
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 4-5
Bolton
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 4
Academic Plaza
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 3
Trigon
Did it work? No
Signal Strength? 0
H20 Fountain
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 4
Herrington
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 4
West Campus Tennis Center
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 3
Rudder
Did it work? Yes
Signal Strength? 4
Friday, November 6, 2009
lab exercise 15
Cameron Capriotti
11/07/09
Comm 230
Ecommerce Business Proposal
Hello flower shop owner, I have recently become aware that you wish to expand your brick-and-mortar flower shop to the World Wide Web. Taking the plunge into Ecommerce can be a very nerve wrecking process especially if one does not know where to begin or even know what things like an Ecommerce platform or analytic software mean. I will start by making things a little clearer. First of all an Ecommerce Platform is software is a virtual online store where you can offer your product to the public. There are many types of platforms to choose from and we will get into this later on. The Business Analytic Software is skills, technologies, and much more used to analyze and help your business where it sees best fit, think of it as your mentor.
I have reviewed three, of what I think are the best Ecommerce platforms for you to run your business off of. They include Zen Cart, Magento, and OsCommerce, I will begin my guideness by revealing the pros and cons of each of these then show you which one is best for your business. We will start with Zen Cart, this is probably the most simple of the three. Some of the Pros include: its free, you can download add-ons ranging from administrative tools anywhere to adding extra languages, allows you to sort products in categories and sub categories, manage and control your stock levels, write reviews on products, create specials and featured products, compatible with major accounting software, and there is a strong forum community which can help you with any problems you run into. Some cons are most of the basic reports are available which include products viewed, products purchased and customer’s orders. It lacks more sophisticated reports such as sales by products, profit on each product, profit margins made and so forth. Upgrades and add-on integrations are difficult, and it just doesn’t allow you to plug and play as freely as other services do. Moving on to Magento, some pros include: Its free, easy to configure and customize to your needs, ready to use out of the box, its an open source, allows for plug ins and add-ons, handles multi currencies, good for small and medium Ecommerce needs, easy integration of payment gateway. Some of the cons that can be associated would be: a lot of customization needed to fit reasonable needs, lesser article/content management features, you need to be very familiar with the framework of the program to make customizations, not suitable for large Ecommerce needs. The last platform which I reviewed was one called OsCommerce, pros for this platform include: It’s a powerful piece of hard ware and can handle just about anything you throw at it, its free, can hook up with most payment gateways, there’s a great user community to help you figure out what you need to get out of it. Cons for OsCommerce are rare but include: you really need to be familiar or willing to learn some php and also a little html. Out of these three platforms I would suggest you go with OsCommerce I believe this is the only one that will allow you to get whatever you put in. By putting in the time and learning the software you can do much more and in the long run you will run into less problems with this.
Now for business analytic software I have found one that would team up well with OsCommerce and it is called ClickTale. ClickTale will allow you to see every mouse movement and every click, as well as increase revenues and improve site usability. It also includes features like providing your customer with customer support, minimizing shopping cart abandonment, and watch website visitors. With this software there are four plans to choose from to meet your needs. These plans start at the monthly rate of $0 to $790. With these two types of software on your side getting your business started in Ecommerce will be a breeze.
11/07/09
Comm 230
Ecommerce Business Proposal
Hello flower shop owner, I have recently become aware that you wish to expand your brick-and-mortar flower shop to the World Wide Web. Taking the plunge into Ecommerce can be a very nerve wrecking process especially if one does not know where to begin or even know what things like an Ecommerce platform or analytic software mean. I will start by making things a little clearer. First of all an Ecommerce Platform is software is a virtual online store where you can offer your product to the public. There are many types of platforms to choose from and we will get into this later on. The Business Analytic Software is skills, technologies, and much more used to analyze and help your business where it sees best fit, think of it as your mentor.
I have reviewed three, of what I think are the best Ecommerce platforms for you to run your business off of. They include Zen Cart, Magento, and OsCommerce, I will begin my guideness by revealing the pros and cons of each of these then show you which one is best for your business. We will start with Zen Cart, this is probably the most simple of the three. Some of the Pros include: its free, you can download add-ons ranging from administrative tools anywhere to adding extra languages, allows you to sort products in categories and sub categories, manage and control your stock levels, write reviews on products, create specials and featured products, compatible with major accounting software, and there is a strong forum community which can help you with any problems you run into. Some cons are most of the basic reports are available which include products viewed, products purchased and customer’s orders. It lacks more sophisticated reports such as sales by products, profit on each product, profit margins made and so forth. Upgrades and add-on integrations are difficult, and it just doesn’t allow you to plug and play as freely as other services do. Moving on to Magento, some pros include: Its free, easy to configure and customize to your needs, ready to use out of the box, its an open source, allows for plug ins and add-ons, handles multi currencies, good for small and medium Ecommerce needs, easy integration of payment gateway. Some of the cons that can be associated would be: a lot of customization needed to fit reasonable needs, lesser article/content management features, you need to be very familiar with the framework of the program to make customizations, not suitable for large Ecommerce needs. The last platform which I reviewed was one called OsCommerce, pros for this platform include: It’s a powerful piece of hard ware and can handle just about anything you throw at it, its free, can hook up with most payment gateways, there’s a great user community to help you figure out what you need to get out of it. Cons for OsCommerce are rare but include: you really need to be familiar or willing to learn some php and also a little html. Out of these three platforms I would suggest you go with OsCommerce I believe this is the only one that will allow you to get whatever you put in. By putting in the time and learning the software you can do much more and in the long run you will run into less problems with this.
Now for business analytic software I have found one that would team up well with OsCommerce and it is called ClickTale. ClickTale will allow you to see every mouse movement and every click, as well as increase revenues and improve site usability. It also includes features like providing your customer with customer support, minimizing shopping cart abandonment, and watch website visitors. With this software there are four plans to choose from to meet your needs. These plans start at the monthly rate of $0 to $790. With these two types of software on your side getting your business started in Ecommerce will be a breeze.
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