Network+ (Night) – 12/22/2008

Tonight you guys presented your presentations which, I have to say, were fantastic — all of you really did a great job with them.  Hopefully you had fun putting them together and maybe hopefully learned a little something along the way.  Afterwords, those who needed to took their finals and we called it a night.

Have great Christmas breaks and I’ll see you guys around next quarter.

Troubleshooting – 12/22/2008

Nothing but finals, which you guys did in the morning instead of the afternoon.  Yesssss….

Network+ (Day) – 12/22/2008

Today we finished up the class by taking the finals.  All in all, most of you did fine, and I’m happy to say that I’ll be seeing you next quarter.  Have a great Christmas break, and come back refreshed on the week of January 12.

Marketing – 12/17/2008

After almost three months of pure marketing joy, we finally come to our sad, sad end.  It’s been a blast hanging out with you guys this quarter, and I hope I come across you guys again in other classes (possibly?)  Have a great Christmas break, and come back refreshed ready to go for Winter 2009!

Homework:

Have a good break!!

Implementing NI/AD – 12/16/2008

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.  Or at least ice.

Finals were taken outside of class.  See you guys next quarter — have a nice quarter!!!

Homework:

• Have a great break, we’ll see you the week of January 15!!

Network+ 12/15/2008 (Night)

If you’re reading this you’re probably aware that classes were cancelled tonight due to impending ice.  It may seem silly since, as I type this at 8:10 p.m., there is no ice on the ground, but when the decision was made, ice/snow was moving our way much more rapidly.  Instead of sending a bunch of people home after classes to glide on 2″ of ice, we decided to take the safe route and just keep everyone home tonight.

So, what does that mean for us?

Unfortunately, it means we’ll have to make some adjustments to our schedule.  Next week, I’ll need ALL of you (not just those who need to take the final) to come to class and give your presentations.  Afterwards, I’ll let you know whether you’ll need to take the final.  I wish I could tell you sooner, but its just impossible to know without the 200 presentation points figured into your grades.  Also, I will NOT be lecturing over chapter 10 for you guys, so it’s especially important that you read that chapter and understand it.  Luckily, it’s not a chapter with a lot of technical concepts.  Make sure you know the 8 step Troubleshooting model.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.  Thanks. and see you next week!

Homework:

• Read Chapter 10
• Finish up your presentations
• Study for the final — even if you don’t think you’ll have to take it (better safe than sorry).

Troubleshooting – 12/15/2008

We completed our last class of “computer shop” today, fixing three computers each infected AntiVirus2009!  Wow, what a day.

Scans and what-not were running so slow, that we simply left the comptuers running overnight.  Hopefully they’ll be finished when I arrive in the morning.

Some of you are taking the final and you know who you are.  If you’re not sure, come  next week and I’ll tell you.  Better safe than sorry.

Homework:

• Study for the final!

Network+ 12/15/2008 (Day)

Chapter 10 was on the docket for discussion today, which covered troubleshooting best practices and methods.  The one big important thing to take away from this chapter is the 8-step troubleshooting process.  The CompTIA Network+ exam expects you to have full knowledge of this process, so make sure you don’t sluff it off.

But before we began our discussion, we opened class with an hour’s worth (yes, it took a whole hour, can you believe it?) of presentations.  All in all, most of you did a fantastic job, despite your expectations otherwise.  Some of you reading this may be among the handful of people who did not show up today for presentations.  Please know that I will expect you to do the presentation next week.  This presentation is a HUGE part of your grade and simply sluffing it off will wreak havoc on it.

I also let you know whether or not I’ll need to see you next week for the final.  If you’re not sure, show up next week.

Homework:

• Study for the final!
  

Marketing – 12/10/2008

Today we celebrated the last “content” day of class by having our personal sales workshop … which is to say we watched the film Tommy Boy.  It was not all mindless entertainment mind you, we applied the entire movie to the seven steps of personal sales.

I also let you know whether or not I needed to see you for the final exam next week, 12/17.  If you don’t know, come.

Homework:

• Study for the Final!
  

The Mouse Turns 40!

… 45 if you count the first prototype.

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the hardware device we know as the mouse being introduced by Douglas Englebart at the Fall Joint Computer Conference in San Francisco.  Full story here.