Extra Credit Post: P A S S W O R D

From last week's discussion, we discussed how there are so many cyber criminals growing out there in the virtual world, hacking and stealing our data in and out of our computers and devices. It comes to a sense that we are not safe at all. We're are very well vulnerable to all such in any matter of time. We did discuss how our passwords can make it more difficult for hackers to steal our information. I remember hearing Andrew saying that really long passwords with combinations of numbers, letters, and special characters will prevent you from getting attacked, but in that case, who can actually remember these passwords. It's way too long, and writing it down on paper or so will get you exposed on the inside.
There's an interesting article I read the other day, it's linked right here. It discussed about ways to keep your accounts and passwords secured with a password generator. For example, 1Password is a software that will generate really long and difficult passwords for you and store them for later when you sign into another account or service. First of all, these password generators cost $$$. Second of all, do you really trust technology holding all your information, in place as a memory system? I really don't think these password generators are even worth it. Consider the fact if these softwares get hacked, then all of your passwords will be exposed. I honestly think that the best way to memorize a strong password is a mnemonic device, like in math it's PEMDAS. Or in Andrew Fry's case, go find a book and copy down the first few words of a chapter (with spaces!).

From Dot.Com to Dot.Bomb? What happened!?!

Back in the 90's, numerous internet-based companies had their stock prices increased by just adding .com at the end of their website.
Soon to be, the companies saw their stock prices rapidly increasing and everybody was free spending like crazy. At one point, cities all over the U.S. could have been the next Silicon Valley by building network office space to attract internet entrepreneurs. This had started the internet bubble.


Thus, until the mid 1999's into 2001, it was the collapse or the (pop) of the bubble. MANY company's stocks had dropped from hundreds to a single number or less, which led to companies going out of business. Companies such as govWorks.com from the film startup.com, pets.com, broadcast.com, and plenty more. Here's a list of companies that were affected immensely.

It's unfortunate to see companies stated from the top and in a short matter of time, they dropped to the bottom and eventually diminishing. However, I think it's amazing for some companies managing to stay alive from the dot bomb and today, it's one heck of a successful company. For example, Amazon and ebay.com stocks were $107/ share and dropped to $7/ share, but today it's worth around $400+/ share. In conclusion, I still don't know much about business, capitalism, etc. but I do know that Dot.com to Dot.bomb was real.

What Makes a Community? Would you like Miley Cyrus to be part of your community?

I look at community in a hierarchical classification perspective:

From biggest to smallest:
World-Country-State-County-City-Community-People

Inside a community are definitely people, people that are diverse, different qualities and characteristics, male or female, etc. On a daily basis, we interact with numerous people, from work to home, and even virtually. Without the human race, a community cannot be formed. It's great to meet new people everyday or even keep up with older ones, because in that case, you're building connections with them which can lead to improving and growing your community stronger. A community can mean anything you want that reflects on you and someone else. It can be made up with a common interest, for example, sports. You can even meet up with a group of people that enjoy the Seahawks or 49ers ;)
There's not a maximum number for who can be in a community or how many communities can exist. The idea is to grow your community or create sub communities, meaning there can be a community inside of a community. A community might get large, but numbers shouldn't affect what you do with your community. The best way is to split it into minor ones but also it should reflect overall upon the actual community in the first place.

And having that said, having Miley Cyrus be part of your community will definitely make things happier and better. :D

Startup.com Documentary

What an interesting documentary! It's amazing to see how a company can grow in size and value over a span of a year, but as well it is unfortunate to see one defunct as quick as a blink of an eye. Kaleil and Tom controlled their company quite well with a great designed business plan, but eventually their plans were mismanaged with governance power issues, and the company ended up to fail. If I were in Kaleil's shoes at the time, I would personally be disappointed and devastated to see what I've done in that whole year, from growing a million dollar company to letting it die in such a short amount of time.

The documentary itself was actually really good. I can't believe one person spent a lot of their time to follow Kaleil around to film and see the progress he had done that time to grow his company. There were a few times where he was struggling and was frustrated, but there were also bright moments where he had great success with his company. Towards the end of the documentary, the person behind the camera actually spoke, and it was a female's voice. That kind of raised some questions such as, who was she? and why did she suddenly speak for the first time?

What would Hannah Montana buy/NOT buy online?

Hmm....I actually do a lot of online shopping, and considering that black Friday and the holiday season is near, you can guarantee that I will either be broke, or know how to limit myself.
As a college student, I'm so glad we get amazon prime for free for 6 months, meaning we get free prime instant videos/musics as well as free 2 day shipping! I used up my 6 months already...but I renewed it for this year for only the cost of $49.99. That's worth if a shopper like me shops frequently.

2 Day Shipping is slappin

Things I would consider buying online includes:
- Books
- Clothing/Shoes
- Some electronics
- Music (Click here to purchase some of my tunes!)
I don't have a list right now, but if I'm in need of anything, I usually look up the prices online and if I like it, I would definitely check out on Amazon. :D

Things I wouldn't purchase includes:
- Food, because I rather hand pick my groceries and food with my hands
- Anything over $1000, for now....Except electronic devices I need that is only available online
- Drugs & Prescriptions: I would rather go to a local pharmacy to pick them up, as well as to get advice from them
-There's probably some other items I can't think of that I would not buy online....

Some things I would take time to go to the store and buy it there, and there are some things I feel like it's not convenient and purchase online.
Overall, I should consider how safe it is when using my credit card to buy things online.

HTML Page Construction

HTML5 & CSS3
The moment where you mentioned we will be using HTML to create our own web page, as well as bringing up Adobe Dreamweaver, kind of motivated me to actually learn HTML coding and CSS3 on my spare time. And honestly, I have been going through a series of YouTube videos that actually goes through step by step on what tags do what. I remember working on Dreamweaver in high school and I realized now it's more for designers than coders, so I decided to just code everything by hand. Plus I don't have Dreamweaver right now.

I actually had the opportunity last year in my computer principles class (TCORE) to create my own webpage by using HTML. Afterwards, we actually published it to our own student webpage.

Here's my webpage:

I remember the publishing process included something called a file transfer protocol, which I did not understand it completely. Hopefully, I can go back and relearn the process so I can update my new web page. I'm actually looking forward to use HTML in the future as possibly my hobby/for fun.

One interesting thing when I was writing this post, is that on the top left it shows you that you can compose this message in HTML. When I did change modes to check it out, it's actually what I have experienced when learning HTML, there was tags breaks, inserting links, bold words, etc. That's pretty dope.

Here's what I was working on. (It was going to be the front page of my youth group)

What's good Derek Young?

Thanks for taking your time to come speak to us about what you've done in your professional career. I'm not sure how old you are (you don't look old), but it seems to me that you've been successful at what you've done and been a part of numerous companies, non/profit organizations, projects and what not. The question that caught my attention early on in your presentation was that, how many of us do we plan on sticking with one career job? In other words, how many of us do we plan on having one stable job for our professional career, and not explore other opportunities? Based on what you shared to us, I feel like sticking with one project or job isn't possible. You're always out there in the community, whether sharing your ideas with other companies, or even connecting with pretty much anybody. And I wonder now, if that will be the case for my future and career. Will I be committed to just one project?

Tacoma Runners?
It's amazing how a tweet can send out the message to run. And just like that, you created a running club with over 5000 participants. This comes to mind that with a simple power of social media, anything can happen just like that. Work during the day, run at night. Way to be active!
On Thursdays, you guys meet up, run a couple of miles and go for a drink of beer. So....do you guys run back after the drink or sober up? Haha.

Big Data
It's creepy to now know that anything we do, will be recorded in a system, known as data. I know we didn't talk much about this topic since we ran out of time, but it made me think why do we need records of what we do online and off the web? I can remember living through the technological evolution with changes of technology and all that, but nowadays since that has passed, it's more complicated and it has been implemented in our lives.