First Two Weeks Reflection

*brushes off the dust*

Well, it has been a while. Let's see if I remember how to do this.

I noticed while rereading my first entry that I had unintentionally established a bit of a negative tone. I apologize for that; I was really distracted,really hungry, and really in Ireland while that post was being written.

To return to topic, I've honestly learned more in the last couple weeks in this class than I've expected. Frankly, I came into this class with low-ish expectations, but even two weeks in, I've been surprised.

In the facebook discussion I learned the extent to which facebook has taken fire from uses over its security. 

In the survey module, I learned how to create surveys and (most importantly) how to create charts and collectors in order to analyze the data collected in those surveys.

From the captcha video, I learned of the new and world changing applications for which captcha is being used.

From the budget spreadsheet, I gleened the ability to format spreadsheets (shading, borders, formulas, etc.)

From the mailmerge spreadsheet I learned how to split columns, how to use a countif function, and how to create a chart.

As I said earlier, I am surprised how much I have gained in just two weeks from this course.

Introduction

I am not much of a blogger, so this admittedly will be a little hard for me at first. Not to mention the fact that I am in Ireland for another week, and I'm really distracted by the things I need to do, the things I want to do, and the sight of downtown Cork outside my Hotel window. With that out of the way I would like to welcome (and express my apologies) to anyone who is reading this. To those that do not know me, I am Brian Rector, a senior at Appalachian, a music major, piano principal. I am doing this as an assignment for a class, so don't get attached to it. I don't have time in my normal schedule to keep up with a blog and I don't particularly like expressing my self via text that anyone can read. None-the-less, I continue on, hoping maybe I will learn something from this experience. Ok, I'm going to cut this entry off here, the pangs of hunger racking my stomach are making it even harder to concentrate. DFTBA