I would like to think that I am at an advanced level with computers. I know hardware very well, I can take apart and put back together computers, I built several in the past. Despite this I seem to have a curse. Something will fail every first semester back to school, 4 years and tested. This year the hardrive went the day of our first class. I know all your standard programs of office, and many more, I can usually learn new programs fast. I took HTML and Pascal I high school. I don’t remember how to write much but I can read HTML pretty well, and understand enough to be able to take already made script and use it, or just understand what it does to some extent. In my advanced editing class in the journalism program I was part of a team that built an entire news website. I was part of the Food section and if you’re curious it’s at http://www2.newpaltz.edu/~leungr/GetTheNet/index.html. We used Macromedia Dreamweaver to build the website. I am very intimate with P2P, and how to protect ones privacy when using it. My computer is basically an extension of me, and it shows in how it’s customized to my taste in every aspect I can get my hands to.
I am taking this course not only to satisfy the want I have to have more knowledge of computing, but also because it will be a huge asset to me in my career. As a journalist even if I’m not the one actually building the online material I want to be able to talk to those building it clearly, and know what they are capable of. I can also repair code this way that others make, and understand templates better. If I could approach a small newspaper one day saying I can build them an online template, then that would be gold. I want my career to head towards the online fields, where there is the most growth (and the most money). I also love technology, and that’s where I have always enjoyed working. Also I feel I can go my own direction more online, and won’t be forced to work under a big syndicate.
