New Site

My new site will be for a salon my mom owns in Mississippi. It will basically consist of only tanning information. As I have time, I will add in additional information about services offered in the salon.

Wine in the Hills

I would like to create my 2nd website for the wine trails and hidden fun spots in the hill country like Fredericksburg, Tx or Boerne. My primary point would be on good wine and I would talk about it through out the hill country!

Story Idea

Im thinking about a guide to Big Bend.. Preparations before hand and a list of important phone numbers and last minute reminders. Its supposed to be a secondary reference for campers and backpackers. Should be kind of cool, I have an old map of a trail I hiked a while back and photos of the scenery

Web Site #2

By: Courtney Morris

I will be making a web site for the organization Fashion Nation. I am vice president of the group and because last year was its first it does not have any web presence. I want to actually get another browser from Doteasy so it has its own domain and i want to continue posting and updating up throughout the year. Right now it will be simple but with your help i would like to post pictures of last years fashion show and events. Also i would like to make some sort of comment box or contact page where i and other FN officers can view and respond to the comments.

Organization/Hobby web stie

I will be making a web site providing information and promoting studying abroad.  The information in the website will be based on my own personal experience along with additional experiences of others who have studied abroad.

KEWilson.com Project 3 Website Topic

For my new website, I will be making a new Katy ISD Communications site. I hope to be hired as the district Communications Coordinator and hope that building a basic site with good content would help me get hired. On this website I will have an Home, Press Releases, District Goals, and About Us pages. Wish me luck!

Web Site

For my website I am going to do a starter website for my jewelry.  I make and sell jewelry.  So i want to start a website so that people can go there and order and look at the jewelry that I have available.  People will also be a able to see past designs so that they can custom order whatever they might like.

Hobby Web site

My hobby Web site is going to be about "armchair quarterbacking." For those that do not know what this is, an armchair quarterback is a person who watches sports emphatically, usually giving off the impression that they know more about the sport than the players. It's going to be a site dedicated to watching sports from your home. It's going to have pages about the right setup to view the event, what food to bring and how to cook it, and the proper way to maximize your sport viewing pleasure.

For my hobbies or organization project I plan to do a site for the University Star. Yes the newspaper already has a website but not strictly for the news we have on camera. Yet, I also plan to incorporate some of the news from the STAR using Twitter. I plan on having a home, events or specials, news, and videos page. The events or specials button will be too a section where we did news packages, such as on bike lanes in San Marcos, or the grand opening of Rukus Board Shop. Any suggestions on what that button should be called? We will see how this goes!

Saerch Engine Post

In order to find out what the 1987 Academy Award nominees were for best picture i first used Google. Google directed me to a website called Filmsite that had all the Award information. 1987 was the first year that five different movies were nominated they were: "Broadcast News", "Fatal Attraction", "Hope and Glory", "Moonstruck" and the winner was "The Last Emperor."

I also used Bing as well and founfd the same results.

The Death of Twin Peaks

Ofcourse I started at Google and typed in my keywords "Twin Peaks". There were several options but I went to the Internet Movie Database since I know that site well. It give tons of info on movies and TV shows. I scrolled down to each actor's name and their characters all expired in 1992.To double check I headed to Ask.com. An article there directed me into HighBeam.com which I've never heard of so I closed my window. Bing.com was my next choice. Finally Tv.com provided me with the date 1991.

Wikipedia was my last source which agreed with Tv.com that yes, Twin Peaks did die in 1991.

Quite the process.

Thoughts on the History of the Web

A very interesting point that I saw in the video about the history of the web and the internet is that it is a completely free moving entity. No one person or government controls is and people work in tune with each other to make it better, faster and more interesting. There's a common goal on the web and that is to share information freely. I also thought it was great to hear that Bush had signed off a bill from Congress taking control away from the US government.

Hiking in Austin

I used Google to research a good place to go hiking within 60 miles of Austin. I was able to find well over 30 listings of different places to go hiking. In Google, I keyed in “hiking austin” and browsed through the first page of results. The links that interested me were http://www.austinexplorer.com/hiking/, http://www.trails.com/ and http://www.virtualtourist.com/. These sites listed different parks around the area and also listed user reviews of each park. While browsing virtualtourist.com, I discovered a link to http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/. This site is sponsored by Texas Parks and Wildlife and lists activities one can participate in at the park, price for admission, weather conditions and a downloadable map of the area. I think it is strange that the Texas Parks and Wildlife website did not come up in my first page of search results.

When I performed the same search in Yahoo, most of the same sites came up; however, Yahoo’s first listing was a chart that listed popular hiking events with dates and times for the events. The information comes from http://upcoming.yahoo.com. I haven’t used this feature before because I didn’t know Yahoo had it. I may use it a lot more in the future.

History of the Internet

The Internet makes so many things possible. I found it very interesting that the Internet began as people wanting to transfer files and information back and forth between each other. This is how a lot of us use the Internet today. Much of the world now downloads its music and files from the Internet; much of the downloading is through peer-to-peer sharing.

It was interesting to discover that IMP’s were used to connect the coasts of the U.S. and this allowed data transmission between networks. Also, I was surprised when I heard Tomlinson describe his invention of email. It was out of necessity and convenience that he created a system that would allow users to stay connected at all times. It was ingenious of him to come up with the “@” symbol. It just makes sense though.

Leader of Stolen Bases in 2002

I began my search for the leader of stolen bases in the national league in 2002, using bing because I was curious about how it would compare to other search engines. The keywords i used were "leader of stolen bases 2002". I compared it to the google search.
Bing's results looked more organized in the format, easier to read. Google's format is not as readable when just browsing through the results.
The first two results in Bing were wikipedia pages that are not known for it's credibility and not easy to narrow down when looking at the content. Also, the links on Bing did not lead directly to a page that had my answer, I had to browse further within the individual sites. The first result in google was the official listing of records by year. Made it very easy to find the answer Luis Castello with 48 stolen bases.
To confirm this, I gave Bing one more chance and I searched "luis castello" to find a web page for him. I found wikipedia a wikipedi link (3rd link down) and I found his records. The 2002 leader in stolen bases was one of them.
I would probably not use Bing in the future but I want to give it another chance in hopes that it will change my mind. After all, I am a microsoft (PC) user and would like to see one of it's products work successfully.

The Internet

The history of the internet fascinates me because of the contributors that helped develop what the internet is today. Although the internet started as a government defense project it ended somewhere no one could have expected. Because of the amount and variety of contributors, we have a type of communication that only the web could provide.
The web is used by everyone and everyone has the oppurtunity to change and mold how they want to use it. It was this "open architecture" design of the internet and web that makes it unique to other forms of media. It was not a group or company that decided what it would be, it was just a group of people that thought it would be cool. It spanned to other users that developed their own ideas of how it should be used. Innovative thinkers that were everyday students are responsible for key developments such as Netscape that invented the user friendly browser. This is the architype used for all browsers and searches that we use today.
The future of the internet is in the current user's hands, our hands.
-Kristi Smith

History of the internet

The topic of the History of the Internet fascinates me. I think so many of us take for granted the technological advances of our time without even giving a thought as to how it really began, so for me I was pretty excited to hear about how our Internet truly got started.

First off, i had no idea the internet had so many different contributers. From e-mail invented by R. Tomlinson to tim burners-lee, who invented the world wide web.

I will say quite honestly though, the idea of packets being sent and the Interface Message Processors still confuses me. I really dont think Id fully understand exactly how everything works unless I took years of classes about computers, the internet, applications, and the basic way our computer systems work.

-courtney ely

"suggest a book on finding the right pet" question

First off, I went directly to amazon.com and clicked on the books tab. Next, in the tool bar I typed in finding the right pet and the third result I received was a book titled PET PARENTHOOD Adopting the Right Animal Companion For You. Here, I could see exactly how much the book cost and could even look at the first few pages of the book and decide if its what I was looking for.

I also googled books on finding the right pet and had many results. A book from amazon titled Are You the Pet for Me?: Choosing the Right Pet for Your Family came up as the first search result, yet it wasnt the book I had found from my search on Amazon.

Courtney!!

Hello all. Im Courtney Ely- the other courtney of the class. :)
Im an advertsing major and a fashion merchandising minor, SENIOR (thankfully!) ...yet I still have two more semesters to drag through before I can say Im successfully graduated.
My interests... music, fashion, communication and networking. I love being in the know with social scenes and being informed, and Im hoping to move to NY with my best friend Chelsea within a few months after graduation. Im ready to just throw myself out there and see what I can do and accomplish. I work at the University Bookstore currently (come visit, the receptionist job can get a bit boring!) but Ive had quite a handful of jobs within the past 4 years, from working with a wedding planner to cocktail waitressing. (ughhh hated my life for that short amount of time.) Ive had to grow up pretty quickly, and Ive learned a lot. For that Im thankful, and I feel like it'll really pay off when Im having to face the world head on.

This class is an elective for me, and its something Ive been interested in taking for quite a while. Im hoping the things we learn in this class is something I can add to my resume and help me with really figuring out what I want to do when I graduate.
because, honestly?? Im still trying to figure it out. I know Im passionate about fashion and art and creativity. ...something I think I'd be stoked about doing; being in charge of a magazine's events and/or blogs. More specifically something like NYLON.

...and excited to see where everything in life takes me!

Suggest a good Italian restaurant in the Austin area. What is the price range?

I first used the Search Engine, Google. I typed in Italian Restaurants in Austin, TX. The first site that came up was www.10best.com/Austin,TX/Restaurants/Italian/. I went to this site and found that it rates different restaurants by a show of five stars or less. It also gives details, a map, photos and user reviews. Within the details it gives information on how you should dress, the price range of the meals, what payments they accept and the business hours. I found this website very helpful.

Andiamo is the first restaurant on the list. It is located at 2521 Rutland Dr, Austin, TX 78758. The details showed the average main course price at $20.00. I then wanted to check and make sure that other sites agreed with 10best. I went back to google and typed in best Italian Restaurant in Austin, TX. The first site that grabbed my attention was www.yelp.com/c/austin/italian. It too had Andiamo as the top rated restaurant in Austin. This was enough for me and really made me want to go and try this restaurant. I probably will.

Summer Ratliff