Secure Email Project

https://www.pgp.com/insight/newsroom/press_releases/browne_jacobson_pgp_universal_gateway_email.html

In this article, Browne Jacobson, one of the largest law firms in the UK, has selected PGP Corporation, a global leader in enterprise data protection, to secure its electronic communications. Browne Jacobson is able to encrypt sensitive information in emails to clients ensuring secure communication and compliance with various regulations. With an increasing number of data breaches in the UK, Browne Jacobson is taking a proactive approach to defend its clients’ communications with secure emails.

Project: Database

Having no prior experience with using Access, this project has taught me a lot. Watching the lectures and working through the project was the best method of learning Access for me. I learned how to create tables and queries, and connect them together using forms and reports. Also, I learned how to export and import data using excel to create new tables. I was having a hard time with the import activity at first, but once I figured it out, I absolutely love how you can tie in customer information to your business to keep you organized. One day, I hope to use my new skills I’ve learned when operating my own business.

If I could choose one way to enhance the functionality of this database, I would change the way to import data. After trying several times, I finally figured it out. After that, I definitely would simplify this process. Also, I found it difficult to create a report in the design view. IT’S WAYYY TOO CONFUSING!! And to create a report footnote; forget it. I enjoyed working in the layout view so you can see exactly what the report is going to look like.

Excel Project

This week, we were assigned a project in Excel working on a spreadsheet for a large fitness company. The owner collected data from 500 subjects, measuring their heart rate every minute for 20 minutes.
From this data given, I was able to format the spreadsheet making it more organized and easier to analyze. I created formulas to calculate the Maximum Heart Rate based on each subjects age, the Target Heart Rate for maximum cardiovascular benefit for each subject, and show the Highest Heart Rate Achieved. This new data is able to tell the owner whether or not the subject achieved their target and if the exercise program was sufficient.

I have taken a computer class prior to this course, making me somewhat familiar with Excel and was able to navigate around. This course has taught me a tremendous amount of new tools like the IF, Max MIN formulas. I absolutely love how you can enter in one formula and apply it to all of your data instead of entering it in individually. I’ve learned that you can use Excel to store, manipulate, and graph data with different tables like the pivot table. Most importantly, I’ve learned that you can incorporate Excel in just about any project to organize data and make fast calculations. Excel makes life a whole lot easier in the business world! =)

This is my screen capture of the “AvgIncrease” Pivot Table.

My Web 2.0 Project

Make photo slide shows at www.OneTrueMedia.com

WOW this project was more time consuming then I thought…After reading the instructions over and over and finally understanding, I found myself spending the most time coming up with a cute story and looking through old pictures.
Using OneTrueMedia, my project best reflects my journey to the swamp and I am extremely pleased on how it turned out. This was a great assignment; I learned that everyone does have a story to tell and it’s great to reflect on the past. I have also learned that using Web 2.0 in business makes it much more exciting and you don’t have to stick with the same old boring presentation. I really enjoyed working on it and it's something I will cherish for years.

I used a comment box and a poll underneath my video as my interaction method. It has worked really well and I have gotten nothing but positive feedback from my peers.

Web 2.0 Tool Story
http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=a5b72c45382521651bfe03&skin_id=701

Web 2.0 Interaction Method
http://tylerkocis.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-montage-21110-at-onetruemediacom.html