Teach Content Management Systems

I am happy to see that more and more people are saying that Content Management Systems (CMS) should be taught in schools. Even though it may not be mentioned in the job description, it does not mean that person applying for the job will not be dealing some sort of CMS.  Every business if not every individual has some sort of information online.  These forms are:  a website, a blog or blogs, into some form or Internet socialization, or all them together.

From what I have been reading, CMS is constantly growing and changing before I can complete this sentence.  This new form of Internet desing is not a fad by any form or fashion.  If what you see today is old or gone tomorrow, then it is due to the fast growing Internet commerce.

That is right.  For the most part, business is the ruler of the Internet.  They do not own or control the Internet, but they are the reason why the Internet is so vast and growing like no one's business.  I do not know the statistics, but if one would do a report on the percentage of only individuals online, then I do not think it wold be half of what the Internet is today.

Yes, there are a lot of social aspects online, like YouTube, MySpace, Yahoo IM, and many, many others, but what makes the Internet truly be what it is today in the 21st Century is a lot more.  Actually it is the combination of social networking and business that make a giant portion of what we all know of the Internet.

In the early 80s, who would have thought about blogging?  When the first Internet started for the public there was bulletin boards (BBS).  Right from the start, we started to share things online.  Now with multi-media, we can do so in all its spender.  Now, there is nothing that really cannot be done online.  I think that we have already surpassed a great deal of science fiction of yesterday.

Schools needs to do their best in keeping up with all vast and fast growing technology world we are in.  Business needs employees that have been trained in the technologies we have today and what will be in the future.  This is a lot for schools to accomplish this, but it must be done.  Schools that teach on technology of yesterday, WILL NOT get these students started on a promising career.  If it is more then 5 years old, then it is considered obsolete.

Most if not all web sites are desiged in some form of Content Management System.  If any websites are static designed, then it usually designed by a small business.  The other businesses has a big and complex website.  CMS makes that complexity into something simple.  Not all employees will know that much about a computer, but every department will be responsible for their part of the whole of the company's website.  If students are not trained in this fast but important system, then they will not be working in a career job.


Brandon



http://michaelpaull.com/2008/06/12/teach-content-management-systems/

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Welcome to the Future of Broadband: Third Major ISP AT&T Testing Bandwidth Caps in the Fall

The way I see read this article, I do not think the average person surving the Internet will be effected.  Not only downloading copyrighted materials is illegal, but when someone downloads GB of data, then it can also be a bothersome for all its users of the ISP.  I think that is what is being mentioned in this article.

When someone downloads Windows OS service packs, it is far less then a GB.  When someone downloads a full length movie, it can be a few to several GB to download.  Even with broadband, that is a lot to chunk down the pipelines.  A lot of users can suffer in having trouble surfing the Internet to not able to use it at all.  Since no one can really stop p2p or any other form of illegal downloading of software, movies, music, or whatever, ISPs must do all they can for their own business and their customers.

When ISPs have to cap the bandwidth, they have their business in mind.  It does cost them a lot of money to have thousands upon thousands of users downloading pirated stuff online.  These ISPs by any means wants to control our usage or how use the Internet.  By capping bandwidth, they are saving their customers a lot of money by having to raise the monthly fees.  As we have to all do our part in taking care of our environment, we must take the same considerations on how or what we download online.

I know this has been said at least a million times, but I have to say it again:  When we download illegal materials online, we hurt the jobs of all that are involved.  When Hollywood loses money from pirated movies, then so does all that work under Hollywood.  The same goes with pirated music and software.  The illegal copying is the real issue not the just the bandwidth congestion.  The illegal downloading is done, I am sure the prices for these items will go down a lot more then you can believe.


Brandon


http://gizmodo.com/5014290/welcome-to-the-future-of-broadband-third-major-isp-att-testing-bandwidth-caps-in-the-fall

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2012: The Year The Internet Ends

In all respect of any form of intelligence, I really do not know why I am writing this posting on this video.  It is so stupid and no evidence whatsoever.  Maybe I dislike the stupidity of it that I have to say something against it.  Most may think that the Y2K scare was stupid, but the take the cake in a very large way.

The basics of what the individuals are saying is that the ISP (Internet Service Providers) will in 2012, which is a zillion years to how fast things are already growing online, will somehow keep us from going to any website we want to.  From what these people said, we will be forced to go to certain websites in regards to a package deal like we do with other services like cable or some dish network system.

It boggles the mind how they can come up with this junk.  First of all, no one controls the Internet.  Each and every computer that is connected online is what makes up the Internet.  Through a networking system, any computer can be able to log onto any website and other information.  It does not matter what OS (Operating System) is being used or where the computer physical location.  Even the time of day has no meaning online.

The big reason that the Internet is growing ever so fast and even faster, is due to business. No one is going to mess that up.  ISP make money by providing services for personal and business use online.  Social communication is starting to be use big time by corporations.  They want to communicate with their customers.  Amazon is an online business, only!  All companies that have a website and other information online, puts millions of dollars into it.  Before I complete this sentence, new things are happening on a giant scale.

These individuals that has made this video seems not to know anything about computers, the Internet, or e-commerce. No ISP or any other form of establishment want to do anything even close to what they fools are saying.  Yes, there are crimes committed online.  There have been crimes committed long before the first PC came out.  There are still crimes that are still going on that has nothing to do with technology of any kind.

No one owns the Internet.  The ISPs only provide a service.  They do not control anything.  Even if some organization wants to limit Internet use, they will not be able to do so unless they physically install a certain software on a computer.  School have these softwares on their computers so students cannot access certain websites like pornography,hate, games, and p2p (peer to peer).  These softwares do control the actual Internet.  They only control the client side of the Internet usage.

I have thought of having YouTube remove this video, but they have the freedom to say whatever they like, even if it is this stupid.  At least I can say that a great deal if not all of the comments on this video state how stupid these people are.  Again, I was very hesitant to even write this posting, but if it was not for so many that believe that the so called Y2K bug was going to cause serious issues, I might not have written this posting.

I am a person that does his best in protecting the underdog.  There are still a great deal of people in this world that does not know anything about the Internet.  Even with all my training, most if not all of what I have learned is obsolete.  If more and more people are not using the Internet, then explain why services like Twitter, MySpace, and so many others are having issues do to mainly of the servers having overload problems?

No folks, the BS that these people are saying on this video is not true one bit.  Bottom line is this:  Do not believe everything you hear, read, or see online.  As in life itself, if it is too good to be true, then it usually not true.


Brandon


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A proposal for Twitter: Shut it down

First of all, I do not think the ones that operate Twitter will shut the system down temporary or anytime.  What might be the solution is having a desktop software with the use of the website itself.  It seems to me that the flood of users are on the website itself.  Twitter needs to have more options on how things are being run.

I personally use twhirl.  There are several other desktop software one can use with twitter.  Using a desktop software for twitter is like using a pop3 account for your email.  When you get new mail, it will be delivered to your computer.  Usually the emails are not stored on the servers.  That means that the slate is clean, and you get your emails.  The server is then relieved of the burden of holding your emails.  The less the server holds, the better and faster service the next go around.

I believe once Twitter start having most of their users on a third party software system, then all the problems that all of us are having will clear itself.  Think of it this way:  When the Department of Transportation widens a road, there is better traffic flow in that area.  The Internet was once called, "The Super Highway."  I think that the one controlling these online social systems must treat their congestion in the same manner.  They need to work on widen their inflow and outflow so their services will not be so congested.


Brandon


A proposal for Twitter: Shut it down | Tech news blog - CNET News.com

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Who Will Rule The New Internet?

I believe it was a Timelife Magazine in 2001, that shown that the people rules the Internet.  There have been many more companies jumping on this socialization band wagon.  Facebook and twitter are the most recent ones, but that chould have already changed.  New things pop up online even as you read this post.

Spite all the grabbing so many companies are doing, there is one thing that I know for sure, each and every one of us will be the one that rules the Internet.  That is why it is so hard to stop illegal copying of music, movies, software, and the rest.  There can be really no laws to regulate what is going on with the Internet.  The hackers and crackers already knows this.

The one main thing that is growing ever so fast online is "socialization."  Since 2001, there have been more sharing and communication online then ever before, and it is changing and growing faster then I can complete this sentence.  In this very fast pace, one will have to put up with the bugs and congestion it will bring.  As with growing a garden, there will be weeds that can congest what you are growing.  Weeds can kill a garden if one does not remove the weeds.

Spite all the fuss and slowness these bugs can cause, we still use these services.  In fact, more and more gets on board which causes congestion on the servers.  This not only makes it hard to use, but it also makes it hard for the ones that are working out the bugs.  That right there should prove that all Internet users rule the Internet.  We are the customers, but we are also, in a way, the authoritarians of the Internet.

True there are Terms of Services (TOS) that are made by certain personnels of these services, but TOS does not rule the Internet.  If one behaves with others the way they should, then the TOS has no real purpose.  The TOS of any system is just the means to govern behavior of all.  It does not rule anything.  How the outcome of this fast growing technologies turn out may change how we interact, but socialization is way too strong to be controlled other then the ones that are using these services.

Apple has lately done a lot on media interaction.  This is understandable.  MS Windows Vista may look different, but come right down to it, this new operating system works about the same as MS Windows 3.xx.  In all the Windows OS, I have not seen that much difference in them.  I think that is why hackers and crackers can easily brake into these systems.  Since multi-media is a giant aspect of using the Internet, then there must be operating systems on people's computers that can handle it all.

When it comes right down to it, there is more to using the Internet then just the Internet.  Constantly updating hardware on a computer is needed.  More memory, better video cards, and even sound cards for those special sound systems.  Two day, the meaning of "stereo" means more then just the use of two speakers.  Right now high definition (HD) is on top of the hill. How fast things are growing with technology, something new and better can make HD seem to be mono.

There are simple way too many factors to allow one company or system of organization to be the ruler of the Internet.  It will take all of us working together to make the Internet of tomorrow sing like the wind.  As we all do our part, we are working together.  I cannot see what will come up next.


Brandon


http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1811814-1,00.html

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