After blogging for the last several weeks, the entrepreneurial project is now coming to a close. Over these weeks, my idea has transformed and the final product would be a USB drive that contains a sound recorder device inside it. When the USB drive is plugged into an automobile, by simply the click of a button the customer could take a song from the radio while it is being played, and have it automatically record to that device. This could be helpful if the listener really liked the song but didn't know what the song was. Later the customer could plug the USB into his/her computer and enjoy the song and find the title and the artist of the song. Based on what Professor Rubin told me, songs from the radio are MP3 files so it would be simple once uploading these songs onto a computer, to upload them right to iTunes.
Throughout this whole process my idea has somewhat taken a different course of action. At first I thought that maybe an SD card would work as this device. Although it could, I figured it would be a lot easier for users to use a USB drive because that is more common on their computer and becoming more popular in new car technologies. I also said that the songs being transferred could be taken from XM radio, but soon found out that it would not be a good idea because there would be to many rules and regulations against this idea.
Overall, my experience with the project has been somewhat interesting. I am not very creative so coming up with an idea to make into a reality was quite hard for me. Once I got the ball rolling, the project became a lot more interesting, and I would be really interested to learn more about how to truly make the idea turn into a reality. With that being said, the project was also an interesting way to learn more about technology, and stay up to date with what was going on in class and to even further the knowledge taken from class.
Comments:
Christopher Peters
http://thebasedblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/my-new-innovative-
idea.html?showComment=1320006778811#c2505804923243318224
Jacob Higgins
http://thehigginshub.blogspot.com/2011/10/inputoutput-for-ultimate-hamper.html#comments
Jake Magida
http://magida-project-ion.blogspot.com/2011/09/week-1-internet-and-social-media.html?showComment=1320009027927#c7231956982730125101
Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Week 7- Networking
This past week, professor Rubin took 2 classes to discuss the topic of networking. This topic doesn't really integrate well with my topic of a device that takes music from a car and records it directly. However, if this device were to hit it off, I would want to make a website for it, and then networking would be key.
In order for me to make myself a website, I would need to obtain an IP address because this address basically makes the website. An IP address is a set of four bytes between 0-255. The first two sets of number is the networks address, the third number is the sub-net, which is then followed by the last number which is the actual host.
The next step would be obtaining a domain name. A domain name is simply just an alias for an IP address. I would have to go through ICANN, which is responsible for managing and coordinating the domain name system. The domain name I would receive would be an unrestricted domain name under ".com".
In order for me to make myself a website, I would need to obtain an IP address because this address basically makes the website. An IP address is a set of four bytes between 0-255. The first two sets of number is the networks address, the third number is the sub-net, which is then followed by the last number which is the actual host.
The next step would be obtaining a domain name. A domain name is simply just an alias for an IP address. I would have to go through ICANN, which is responsible for managing and coordinating the domain name system. The domain name I would receive would be an unrestricted domain name under ".com".
Monday, October 17, 2011
Week 6- Professional Blogger Review
For my professional blogger review, I will be reviewing a blog on a site called technology.am. Technology.am is a community oriented news site where you can find latest tech news from the websites highly dedicated journalist team and the people who are geeks. On their home page they are broken into several sections such as; tech news, gadgets, start-ups, and tutorials. You can see the latest news and happenings in each of these different sections which is great.
I clicked on the section "tech news" when searching for a post. Since I am a PC guy, the article "Does Windows 8 have a Business Future?" interested me because I really like Windows 7 so looking more at Windows 8 appealed to me. The article talked about how successful Windows 7 has been for business managers and IT managers so the big question is do they upgrade to Windows 8 immediately or not.
One thing that may attract or un attract business owners is the all new interface Windows 8 is introducing. It has changed from the familiar desktop everyone is used to, to a system called Metro. Metro is very involved in touch screen devices, so it is hard to tell if this new system will really help or harm business owners because many work on the traditional PC or desktop computer. The growth in tablet purchases and other touch screen devices will play a pivotal role in whether Windows 8 will be successful or not.
http://www.technology.am/does-windows-8-have-a-business-future-030958.html
I clicked on the section "tech news" when searching for a post. Since I am a PC guy, the article "Does Windows 8 have a Business Future?" interested me because I really like Windows 7 so looking more at Windows 8 appealed to me. The article talked about how successful Windows 7 has been for business managers and IT managers so the big question is do they upgrade to Windows 8 immediately or not.
One thing that may attract or un attract business owners is the all new interface Windows 8 is introducing. It has changed from the familiar desktop everyone is used to, to a system called Metro. Metro is very involved in touch screen devices, so it is hard to tell if this new system will really help or harm business owners because many work on the traditional PC or desktop computer. The growth in tablet purchases and other touch screen devices will play a pivotal role in whether Windows 8 will be successful or not.
http://www.technology.am/does-windows-8-have-a-business-future-030958.html
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Week 5- Bits & Bytes/ Storage
This week was only one lecture from Professor Rubin and that was about Bits and Bytes. The reading for this week was on chapter 7 which had to do with storage. Storage is a main part in my device because after the music gets transferred from the car to the device it needs to be stored.
Professor Rubin spoke about both wav files and mp3 and how to figure out the correct number of bytes in both files. We learned that wav files have a lot more bytes than do mp3 files because they are uncompressed, while mp3 are compressed. After class I asked Professor Rubin about songs being transmitted through the radio, and if they were wav or mp3 files and he told me mp3. This is good in terms of storage because now the customer can store a lot more songs on their memory device because there are less bytes.
Chapter 7 in the textbook spoke a lot about storage and different type of storage devices. It touched on the SD card, which is what I will use as the device that the music will be transferred on to. SD cards can hold up to 8 GB, which like an 8 GB ipod can hold about 2000 songs at a time which I think is more than enough space.
Professor Rubin spoke about both wav files and mp3 and how to figure out the correct number of bytes in both files. We learned that wav files have a lot more bytes than do mp3 files because they are uncompressed, while mp3 are compressed. After class I asked Professor Rubin about songs being transmitted through the radio, and if they were wav or mp3 files and he told me mp3. This is good in terms of storage because now the customer can store a lot more songs on their memory device because there are less bytes.
Chapter 7 in the textbook spoke a lot about storage and different type of storage devices. It touched on the SD card, which is what I will use as the device that the music will be transferred on to. SD cards can hold up to 8 GB, which like an 8 GB ipod can hold about 2000 songs at a time which I think is more than enough space.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Week 4- Input/Output
This week was a short week in terms of lectures. Professor Rubin spent his one lecture talking about both input and output. Input and output devices are apart of our every day life and my device requires a big output device in order for it to be successful; the radio.
In order for my device to be able to function, it needs to be able to hear the song playing and that happens from the speakers, which is an output device. The SD card that I enter into the slot would be considered an input device because the car would be reading the data and instructions for the SD card. Also once the songs are transferred from the radio onto the SD card, the user would need to plug the SD card into a slot onto his/her computer which would be another example of an input device.
In terms of output devices, the songs going from the radio onto the SD card would be considered that because the card is taking the song from the radio and recording it onto the card. Clearly we can see that input and output devices are a part of everyday use even when tackling a difficult project like this.
In order for my device to be able to function, it needs to be able to hear the song playing and that happens from the speakers, which is an output device. The SD card that I enter into the slot would be considered an input device because the car would be reading the data and instructions for the SD card. Also once the songs are transferred from the radio onto the SD card, the user would need to plug the SD card into a slot onto his/her computer which would be another example of an input device.
In terms of output devices, the songs going from the radio onto the SD card would be considered that because the card is taking the song from the radio and recording it onto the card. Clearly we can see that input and output devices are a part of everyday use even when tackling a difficult project like this.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Week 3- Hardware
This week in class, Professor Rubin talked about hardware and computer forensics. While I was not able to really integrate any computer forensics into my project, I found ways to incorporate hardware. I took information from both Professor Rubin and from the textbook this week for hardware.
While this chapter focuses primarily on computers or the "system unit", I found some things that could possibly be of use for the car. First off, I would need a memory card that I could stick into a port on an automobile, and then when the customer is finished recording the songs he/she wants from the car, he could simply eject the card from the car and put it into the computer. Depending on what is more popular in cars, a USB flash drive might be an even easier option because mostly all laptops have USB ports.These flash drives would just have to hold a sufficient amount of memory from all the music that will be getting put into them.
More on the computer side, customers may want to have computers with a pretty powerful hard drive. The more memory on the computer the better because if this idea hits off like it should, transferring music from USB to computer will go very quickly and before you know it, you will have a lot of songs on your computer. Having a good memory will keep your computer fast even with all of these files on it.
While this chapter focuses primarily on computers or the "system unit", I found some things that could possibly be of use for the car. First off, I would need a memory card that I could stick into a port on an automobile, and then when the customer is finished recording the songs he/she wants from the car, he could simply eject the card from the car and put it into the computer. Depending on what is more popular in cars, a USB flash drive might be an even easier option because mostly all laptops have USB ports.These flash drives would just have to hold a sufficient amount of memory from all the music that will be getting put into them.
More on the computer side, customers may want to have computers with a pretty powerful hard drive. The more memory on the computer the better because if this idea hits off like it should, transferring music from USB to computer will go very quickly and before you know it, you will have a lot of songs on your computer. Having a good memory will keep your computer fast even with all of these files on it.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Week 2- Social Media Privacy/Excel
I am now on week 2 in my blog for my entrepreneurial idea. This past week Professor Rubin talked about both privacy in social media as well as the program excel. While I could not find any direct connections to these two lecture topics and my music device, I found ways that will benefit the idea in the long run if it were to really get going.
Last week in my blog I talked about how I could get my idea out there by making a page on Facebook as well as posting tweets and status' about the idea. In terms of social media privacy, I wouldn't want that. I want my idea to be out there so people can start to learn about it and give me there feedback. I know with twitter there is not much I can do to edit my privacy settings because it is a more open website, but with Facebook I can. I definitely wouldn't want my idea to be taken from me by somebody else if they looked at the Facebook page and tried duplicating it, however it would have to be a risk I would have to take in order for my idea to get off the ground.
By using excel, I would not be able to advance my idea at all because it is a computer program, however it could be a nice compliment for the device if it were to be successful. Excel has many great features I was not aware of before this lecture, most important being the pivot table feature. Pivot tables enable somebody to quickly and easily summarize and analyze large amounts of data. In the beginning of the idea, I will not have a lot of data to be sorted out, but if this idea were to become big, I would need a tool like this to sort things such as the profit we are making and where that profit is coming from, as well as many other variables; this could all be done through excel.
Last week in my blog I talked about how I could get my idea out there by making a page on Facebook as well as posting tweets and status' about the idea. In terms of social media privacy, I wouldn't want that. I want my idea to be out there so people can start to learn about it and give me there feedback. I know with twitter there is not much I can do to edit my privacy settings because it is a more open website, but with Facebook I can. I definitely wouldn't want my idea to be taken from me by somebody else if they looked at the Facebook page and tried duplicating it, however it would have to be a risk I would have to take in order for my idea to get off the ground.
By using excel, I would not be able to advance my idea at all because it is a computer program, however it could be a nice compliment for the device if it were to be successful. Excel has many great features I was not aware of before this lecture, most important being the pivot table feature. Pivot tables enable somebody to quickly and easily summarize and analyze large amounts of data. In the beginning of the idea, I will not have a lot of data to be sorted out, but if this idea were to become big, I would need a tool like this to sort things such as the profit we are making and where that profit is coming from, as well as many other variables; this could all be done through excel.
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