Will You Continue To Blog?

Even though I've had a fun experience learning to blog in this class. I probably won't continue blogging after this class just because I really don't have the time to dedicate everyday. I know blogs require alot of time and dedication in order to be successful but I will probably be busy with other things.

dot.com to dot.bomb thoughts

The book I read about for my presentation, "Brand Driven", talked a little about the reason why so many dot.com companies failed. It was because they focused too much on advertising without delivering the many promises made to their customers. The lack in customer faith and trust, pushed many customers toward other companies. This customer satisfaction factor played a big role in whether a company was successful or not.

Travel Planning and the Web

Its really amazing how easy travel planning has becoming in the past years. Instead of going to a travel agent to plan out your trips, you can do it yourself online and save money in the process. Now, you can even book hotels, rental cars, and find tourist spots, through the many travel planning sites. So when I happen to plan out any trips in the near future, I will know where to look.

www.kevinfreitas.net

Having the owner of such a popular blog coming into our class to talk to us was a good experience for us. I'm starting to think Andrew has alot of connections. He's always able to bring in these busy people to talk with us. Kevin's blog was interesting to me because he just blogs about his life and things he enjoys and just by doing that, he has attracted numerous people to his site that share the same interests. So he basically reached out to thousands of people just by blogging about anything he felt like blogging. It shows you the network you are about to make through the internet.

Scavenger Hunt

The scavenger hunt has been really hard so far. Number 1 was pretty easy because I just typed it into google, but finding the canon a80 camera, panasonic ag dvx100 camcorderm and roomba robot vacuum is seeming impossible. I've checked every electronics site i know of. Newegg, Fry's Outpost, and Buy. I'm gonna try amazon next to see if they have it. I'm pretty sure it will since its sorta like ebay, where people put up their items for sale. Numbers 3 - 7 have been pretty easy to find. But i'm not so sure about the next 7 questions.

www.livingandworkingvirutally.com

Biggest Purchase You Would Be Comfortable Making

I think the biggest purchase I would be comfortable with making is around $1500 or less, which is the amount I spent on buying my laptop. I really feel that if your going to make purchase bigger than that. You should really go to the store and inspect the item carefully for yourself instead of looking at pictures online. That way you can ensure that your spending that large amount of cash on something reliable. I would also purchase anything above $1500 at the store just because online shopping isn't 100% safe and with that much money floating around, who knows what could happen. Your ensuring the safety of your money by purchasing at the store. It would be less of a hassle too if anything happens to go wrong, you can return it to the store instead of having to ship anything back to the company and risk getting it damaged.

What Does It Take To Make a Community

I believe the first requirement of a community is that there has to be other members included besides yourself in order to begin to set the foundations. Then comes the involvement of all the members in the community. The members have to be involved in the activities within the community or it doesn't really mean much to be a part of it. If members are getting really involved with improving and extending their community, others might see that dedication and be persuaded to join. This leads to another aspect of community, which is dedication. The community won't be able to extend and achieve new heights if the members aren't dedicated and putting their best effort into building the community. Teamwork is also a big piece of the puzzle. There's no point of a community if the members aren't working together to achieve some sort of central goal.