Since i'm a *little* overdue... I'm back with another post!
I remember the days back in high school, when practically the whole school would cheer in excitement whenever we heard that there would be an "E-learning Day". Of course, every student made use of this opportunity to sleep in late, because obviously, "E-learning Day" meant "No-School Day" in student language. Hahaha.
Very obviously, nothing was learnt (on my part, at least...) during "E-learning Day". I think E-learning for juvenile students, such as myself, works better with close supervision. Then again, let's fast forward to the present day, almost a decade since the last "E-learning Day" i'd experienced in high school.
I discovered the wonders of the Internet by using video streaming websites (No, not the lewd content available on the web, you pervs!). Through sites such as YouTube, I am able to learn...
1. the basics of playing the guitar! (regrettably, my guitar strings snapped, oh well....)
2. how to tie a tie! (incidentally, i learnt how to do this the first time when I was in secondary school)
3. pretty much anything idiotic. (Hell yeah!)
Well, this goes to show that e-learning really works best under supervision! Imagine if your 4-year-old child learnt how to make pepsi bombs! ;) on a more serious note, workers taking up E-learning courses may deviate from their online syllabus in favor of the more interesting SNS phenomenon explained earlier. You have been warned!
Peace out.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Tercer Entrada: Mind Your Own E-Business!
Disclaimer: I do not earn billions of dollars by clicking endlessly on my computer...
That aside, I was out shopping for Lunar New Year clothes with the girlfriend. Not surprisingly, we ended up at Far East Plaza. While we were walking around FEP...
H: Eh, you know this shop...
*points to a shop named Ohsofickle*
The lady boss is a young, 19 year old girl, you know? She started out with a blog shop.
She probably earned enough big bucks online to open her own store in a physical location. Oh well...
I guess that example states one of the many successes that were made possible because of e-business. Young entrepreneurs such as the lady boss of Ohsofickle dared to dream, and they succeeded. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, right? Of course, there are also e-businesses set up by well-established companies, example being Del Monte (Forgive the shameless advertising, my dad happens to be the sole distributor in Asia. Heh.).
However, not all e-businesses end up becoming successful. In fact, I've heard that out of so many e-businesses being created, only a handful actually survive. Perhaps this is because of stiff competition on the web? I think that if I were to set up an online bookstore, I would probably wind up in a few days, reason being that better, more established online bookstores are already available on the web (Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc). Therefore, nobody would care for a small online bookstore thingamajig, right?
Perhaps the key to online business success would be to sell some unique stuff? Just a thought. :D
On a side note, happy Lunar New Year to all!
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Segunda Entrada: what the fffffriendster?!
Okay, I admit, this second entry has been long overdue too... Honesty is the best policy! Heh.
Anyway, I recall that the second lecture was about social networking sites(SNS, kinda remind me of the SNES console, but that's another story for another time). We were shown an interesting, albeit slightly disturbing video about social networking wars. I shall paste the link here, just for readers' convenience.
Well, now, putting that video aside, let's talk about SNS.
Pretty much most of the world with access to the internet has been drawn into the SNS craze (MySpace, Facebook, etc). I remember way back in my lower secondary school days, when Friendster was The BOMB. Every one of my classmates would ask the other, if they had a Friendster account. Back then, SNS were lean, all you could do was to upload photos, write comments on your friends' profiles, or send private messages. To top it off, the user inteface was a boring grey/white color scheme *Yawn* just thinking about it makes me feel sleepy. I didn't really bother to do up my Friendster profile, since I didn't feel like it was interesting enough anyway. I'd be surprised if I can even remember my log-in details!
In contrast, Facebook will definitely be more successful than Friendster ever will (Sorry, Friendster). Sure, FB has been undergoing some crappy 'upgrading' of their user interface, but overall the site seems much more interesting than Friendster. You can invite your friends to events, share videos, buy/sell items, heck, it's even packed with game applications for the no-life users (Mafia Wars, in particular)!
However, I think that SNSes aren't the only ways in which we can expand our social network in this digital age.
Enter the Mass Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG)
In these games, users are not only able to interact with the other players in their 'worlds', also termed 'servers', they are also able to interact with the environment. Not bad at all, I must say.
Warning: Excessive social networking might affect your irl social life. For the lingo illiterate, irl stands for 'in real life'.
To end this post, here's an interesting video of The World of Warcraft (WoW).
I'mma firin' my fireball! :D
Anyway, I recall that the second lecture was about social networking sites(SNS, kinda remind me of the SNES console, but that's another story for another time). We were shown an interesting, albeit slightly disturbing video about social networking wars. I shall paste the link here, just for readers' convenience.
Well, now, putting that video aside, let's talk about SNS.
Pretty much most of the world with access to the internet has been drawn into the SNS craze (MySpace, Facebook, etc). I remember way back in my lower secondary school days, when Friendster was The BOMB. Every one of my classmates would ask the other, if they had a Friendster account. Back then, SNS were lean, all you could do was to upload photos, write comments on your friends' profiles, or send private messages. To top it off, the user inteface was a boring grey/white color scheme *Yawn* just thinking about it makes me feel sleepy. I didn't really bother to do up my Friendster profile, since I didn't feel like it was interesting enough anyway. I'd be surprised if I can even remember my log-in details!
In contrast, Facebook will definitely be more successful than Friendster ever will (Sorry, Friendster). Sure, FB has been undergoing some crappy 'upgrading' of their user interface, but overall the site seems much more interesting than Friendster. You can invite your friends to events, share videos, buy/sell items, heck, it's even packed with game applications for the no-life users (Mafia Wars, in particular)!
However, I think that SNSes aren't the only ways in which we can expand our social network in this digital age.
Enter the Mass Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG)
In these games, users are not only able to interact with the other players in their 'worlds', also termed 'servers', they are also able to interact with the environment. Not bad at all, I must say.
Warning: Excessive social networking might affect your irl social life. For the lingo illiterate, irl stands for 'in real life'.
To end this post, here's an interesting video of The World of Warcraft (WoW).
I'mma firin' my fireball! :D
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