Windows Mail

If you receive a lot of emails it becomes important to keep organized. You can do this by creating message folders. With windows mail you can create these folders the same way you would create any other folder. Another way to organize your message is by applying rules to certain messages, that send those messages automatically to a specific folder. To create these rules you click on the tools command > click the mail command > to upon the new mail rule dialog box. In this box you will be able to set the actions and select the conditions for the rule. Creating contacts is also essential when using email. To create a new contact you go to the windows contacts folder and click on the new contact button. You can add their personal information and email information to their contact. To use this contact when you decide who you want to open the select recipients dialog box while in the To: line. Then you just click the name of the contact you want to send the email to then hit the to button to add them to the message's recipients.

Email

Email is the exchange of computer stored messages through the internet or a computer network. The benefits of email are its accessibility, low cost, speed, and are easy to manage. What I like about email now is how easy it is to manage. With many email clients it’s really easy to compose your message and send it to anyone since nearly everyone has an email address. Another thing useful about email is how you can receive attachments. Another feature that I learned about email that I found interesting was the anatomy the email message. I will able to use these lines more effectively now. When reading about email etiquette I thought it was funny that it said “when you want to convey a particular feeling or emotion in an e-mail message, you can make use of an emoticon. I also understand that it is important to make sure the reader understands what you are trying to say without any misinterpretations. I never used windows mail since you can make almost any other email client your default. I found it helpful to know what the different icons next to email messages mean such as a flag means the message requires further action. I will also remember to make sure the subject of the message is something meaningful.

I've used aol mail ever since I created my first screen name. It has a really simple and easy to use interface.

Career Goals

My major is web production.My career goal is to find an occupation that I truly enjoy, and will challenge my mental capabilities every day, as well as fulfilling my monetary goals. About five years from now that career would be a freelance graphic designer.
From the knowledge I learned from this course I will be able to present my work through powerpoint more professionally. I will also be able to communicate more effectively through social networking sites. I can also apply what I learned from this class to search the internet more efficiently and accurately. I also hope to expand my knowledge on website creation from this course which would really help if I decide to become a freelance designer. What I learned from this course will prepare me for when I transfer to RIT.

Chapter 3: Continued.

As online videos become more popular the number of search engines that specialize in indexing videos has increased. More and more companies have been featuring their videos on news sites, web portals, social networks and blogs. YouTube’s success has been a result of its easy to use upload system and its growing community of people that submit their own videos. YouTube’s biggest issue has been video copyright protection. Many videos are being copied and then re uploaded without permission from the owner of that video. Many of these copyright infringements can be avoided if the up loader would give credit (cite the source) to the original owner in the video itself or the description. When I read the part about paying for or copying an essay online I thought “wow”. The definition of plagiarism is copying someone else’s written work or ideas and passing them off as their own without citing its source. I don’t see how someone could claim something they copy and pasted as their own. If there is a site where you couldn’t see the essay until you bought it I think that would make it harder to tell if it actually was plagiarized. Then I read how these papers are traced and thought it takes a lot of effort to try and get away with plagiarizing almost enough as to write the actual paper. As for the consequences I’ve never really heard of a person getting caught cheating, so I guess that’s why this still exists? When citing web sources it is important to be precise so you properly give credit where credit is due so you’re not plagiarizing because you were not able to cite it correctly. Information that is considered common knowledge does not have to be cited. It is also important to know the specific citing requirements of the college that you go to. 

These are the most viewed videos on youtube for this month. It has a movie trailer, 2 viral videos, and 2 music videos. If you look at the videos with the most views of all time you would see mostly music videos and few unique videos that were uploaded by people whose videos have become viral. 

Chapter 3

When searching for information on the internet it is important to know how to search effectively to find what you’re looking for. One of the first steps is developing your search query. This query should have a specific keyword to narrow your search results. These keywords are used to find relevant web pages in the search results list. The results contain web pages that are most relevant to the keywords you searched. I know that Google has a really complex page ranking system which measures each page’s importance to give good search results. The engine asks questions about the keywords such as, If the keyword is in the title, url, or description. To evaluate the credibility of your search results you could look at the source, the quality of the page’s content, and the site’s overall design and functionality. The authority is the person who owns or sponsors the site. Search engines such as Bing and Google use a spider, or web crawler that searches the web. A web crawler is a program or script that browses the web in an efficient manner. Different engines have different indexes for the web crawler to search through. If you can’t find what you’re looking for using a regular search engine you should try using a metasearch engine, which is an engine that produces search results that have been compiled using multiple search engines. When creating your search query there are many techniques you can use to get better results. Search engines usually ignore question words since they are usually implied. If you group two keywords together with quotation marks such as “college subtends”, you should get good results. If you add unnecessary words that are already related to your search query you could possibly eliminate some good sources.