John’s TLC4

 One of the biggest things I was able to easily relate with this week was in the video material. As a future technician we will all be potentially be in our own business or that of another company. No matter the case  it will be our knowledge that is being needed. It is not a free service to just fix a 5 minute issue for one person because what is 5 minutes to an experienced tech is a nightmare to the person in need. It is always difficult to place a dollar on ones wisdom, but in business we have to consider a great deal of things when requiring a fee for our services. Things like rent, utilities, labor etc…are all apart of the grand design in the fees equation. Our knowledge is not cheap because without us being able to service, fix, or build to meet the needs of our customers there would be the trusty pen and paper for business. We are why it all works!

 After watching the videos for this week I found myself with a question remaining! It was definitely nice to learn about how to ping computers and websites from the command center on a device. I have a personal laptop that after using YouTube in the past I was able to use the command center to get my laptop to print paperwork from the computer. The issue at the time of malfunction was a print spooler. I must admit I still don’t fully understand what was happening with my laptop, but I had to initialize my print spooler everyday just to be able to print from the computer. So many things you can accomplish with the command center I have learned both through studies and necessity. I am definitely looking forward to see what all is going to be needed with the command of the computer as I feel this is the key to a great technicians success. 

 This weeks reading was definitely a bit on the overwhelming side to take it all in! From learning about a CPU which is essentially the computer. EDB which is how we as people are able to communicate with the man in the box of infinite information. Now that we seem to have conquered the barrier of computing technology we have to add ways to save and retrieve that knowledge. This is completed by means of RAM  and not all RAM is the same. In the early days of computing a technician had to determine what RAM would be compatible with each CPU based on its clock speed. Thanks to the evolution of the CPU making these adjustments is now all but seamless and requires little thought. Now what we have to consider is how fast we want to access and perform work with our man in the box! So many different options to choose from now is more of what makes it difficult for us to decide what CPU and RAM to combine together to meet each of our individual needs. Just like us working in the yard d...

 It’s crazy to me to think about how we were ever able to design pathways to transmit data from one destination point to another. Through the means of switches, routers, bridges and hubs; we seem to have made it work. I had to search for a way of breaking down this information into a way that would help me understand things like the STP which puts all these devices to work performing things that would have long ago been thought to be magic. Even today as we utilize these tools for increased performance and as businesses demand an ever increasing ability to do more work in shorter periods of time, we have to find ways to rise to answering the need. Surprisingly, we seem to be transitioning to a wireless world that implements some of the early principles of data mitigation. 

 This weeks studies has introduced me to so many things from tools necessary to work with network setup and tear down. All the cables discussed will undoubtedly confuse even a seasoned technician, it has too. From twisted pair being shielded or unshielded to coaxial cables and the ohm rating of each type used and fiber optic cables which seem by their very nature to be fast and vulnerable all at the same time.  I am very glad to have studied some cables with some connections that I am familiar with from setting up or moving my own personal desktop around the house. After researching the sheer magnitude of standards setting bodies in the industry, it definitely astounds me how many aspects of the networking field seems to even get off the ground. Seems like we need to focus more on organizing these governing bodies to best suit the needs of a growing demand to innovate how we build networks. 

 After reading the second chapter of our materials for this week I wonder if Charles Babbage ever could have imagined how his dream of making mathematical calculations simpler would have evolved into what we all call modern computing with so many other applications. I would say not but, who knows! Computers have changed in so many ways over the years as technology has progressed but what seems to be very familiar is certain components are all still required to have a computing device to come together. Different but the same! I walked down memory lane watching the video from the Microsoft of old to the present day downloads. Everything we do in this modern day depends in some way on computers, from pumping gas at the pump to freezing your food at home. I work with cell phones on a daily basis and am amazed at all the fast processing capabilities we have now versus the bag phones of old! 

 Hey everyone, my name is John. This is my first time ever blogging in any capacity. I am pursuing my IT degree to help with learning everything I can about the world of computers and all the applications we use today that incorporate some for of processing capability. I am currently employed by Verizon Wireless and if you ask me about a phone I can help all day typically, but I still feel a bit at a loss when it comes to desktop computers and laptops. I plan to explore the idea of learning what is possibly the best computers on the market and why as we dive into my classes this term.