Facebook and the Gang...

After reading the article on Facebook, I was not surprised to find that more and more colleges monitor their students in this virtual as compared to the past. I personally do not use Facebook. I do not have an account, which for some reason sparks a burst of surprise and anger from my friends. Why don't you have Facebook they ask? Well, I say in reply, I have MySpace. Then I must prepare my self for a ten minute grumbling of how much better Facebook is than Myspace and why I'm a crazy person for not having it. Eventually, I might get around to setting up an ac account because there appears to be a wide range of social, achedemic, networking, and communication benefits that go along with Facebook. Socially, it is a great place to meet people that you would otherwise probably not meet (sometimes that's a good thing, sometimes a bad thing) and, moreover, it is a great tool to stay in touch with friends because lets face it, it is so much more convenient to spend five minutes reading and replying to your friend in a messaging conversation than it is having to spend an hour on the phone chatting. Don't get me wrong, I love having phone conversations with my friends and family but messaging conversations allow me the convenience of multi-tasking that I would otherwise not have during a phone conversation. Facebook is also a good venue to be used for getting academic help on homework, again, due to the convenience of the messaging conversation. On the flip side Facebook could be used as a covert way to Cheat on papers, exams, and other school homework. The bottom line is that I have not quite evolved to Facebook yet but as soon as I move from the Medieval Era of MySpace and advance to the Modern Era of Facebook I'll give you my true take on the social networking site.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1213/p13s01-legn.html

On Word...

After doing the reading my Microsoft Word skills seem pretty up to date. I've used Microsoft Word ever since my 9th grade year as a Freshman in high school. During the past couple of years I have switched between Microsoft Word and Word Perfect, however, I find Microsoft Word much easier to use. I know many of the basic functions of Word however I would like to learn more about margins and tabs. I would also like to learn more on how to place page numbers along with headers and footers. Outside of that Word is not much of a mystery to me.

So until next time, as these guys would say, Word up!

The Joe Hatch Q and A session...

I learned quite a lot from Mr. Hatch on the usefulness of Clean Access. I never really understood what Clean Access was all about (except a really annoying log in program) until Mr. Hatch explained its uses to us. It is comforting to know that I have one more program on my computer that will protect me from viruses, worms, and all other forms of computer maladies. Plus having a virtual shield around you computer in a network of others maintains the integrity of your privacy and bolsters your computers protection.



Thank you Joe Hatch!

P.S: Check out my comment on Joe Hatch on the class wiki at, http://cs1300.pbwiki.com/Joehatch830

A little bit about me...

My name is Justin Campbell and my hometown is in sleepy Victoria, Texas. My family and I moved to Victoria from Galveston, Texas when I was an energetic toddler of about 2 years old. Victoria is not the biggest town you will ever come across but it is certainly not the smallest. With a population of about 63,000 people, one movie theater, mall, mini-golf course, and bowling alley Victoria provides just enough entertainment to keep the its youth, as well as myself, satisfied. I recently graduated Suma Cum Laud from one of the two high schools in Victoria, Memorial High School, with high honors and grades. During high school and continuing up to present day I play for the football team as well as throw shot put and discus for the track team. Sports and physical activities make up most of the activities I do here at trinity but I do make time for the occasional adventure to downtown San Antonio.

URL address for my hometown: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=28.812831,-97.004264&z=12&t=h&hl=en

I have a deep passion for world travel as well as foreign cultures and have been to several countries such as the island of Aruba, England, France, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Austria, and my favorites, China and Japan. Trust me, if there was a job that payed an employee six figures just for traveling the world I would be the first to apply. I have always been deeply fascinated with Asian culture so as a result I take every opportunity to travel to East Asia. I traveled to China in 2004 touring several cities such as Xi' an, Guilin, Hong Kong, and Beijing and explored several beautiful monuments and national treasures such as The Great Wall, the Temple of Heaven, the Terracotta Soldiers, and the Forbidden City. This past summer my Dad and I visited Japan for two weeks on a trek that took us through the cities of Tokyo, Kyoto, Kinosaki, and Fujisan. We visited a plethora of old Shinto and Zen temples, the famous Golden Pavilion, and climbed Mt. Fuji. My Dad and I even got the opportunity to stay at a Buddhist temple with a group of monks. This also brings me to the hint for the scavenger hunt which is I climbed Mt. Fuji and the Great Wall of China!

This is a picture of myself eating a meal at the Monks Temple.

As far as computer skills are concerned I've taken a couple of classes in the common uses and functions of computers as well as a keyboarding. I don't posses any spectacular computer hacking skills or any specialized set of computer skills, however, I do posses an strong drive to learn and succeed as well as the determination and work ethic to handle any class here at Trinity. I believe that this computer skills class will not only extend my comprehension of computer software, Internet utilities, and other helpful computer functions but will ultimately serve me for the rest of my life.

Thanks for reading, Justin Campbell.

mailto:jcampbe3@trinity.edu