For those of you who make not know me, my name is Josh Gentry. I was a graduate assistant for the Center last year, and worked with Dr. Kovac.
I've been thinking lately about the journey I've made since graduation last July. In this short time I have realized many things that were not completely clear to me while I was a candidate in the program.
testing to see if this thing still works...
It is unfortunate that only one of the top 100 companies is located in Indiana. I have heard many great things about IT at Cummins, and I believe we might have some alums there.
During a recent conversation with a colleague I slowly began to grasp the concept behind the difference between substitutes and synonyms. The power of words is something we often take for granted or disregard. It is easy to view words in their simplest form as functions of language that are expressed to communicate meaning. I could go way deeper into this underlying principle with my theory of human communication, but that concept is so deep it requires a blog post of its own, the highlights can be found here. Words DO in fact have meaning and value. The impact of that meaning or value depends on the context. Connotation, which I believe to be a function of context, is crucial to conveying meaning.
Strategy Pure and Simple provides a lot of value in the way the author defines and differentiates between strategic thinking, strategic planning, operational thinking, and operational planning. Strategic thinking is the process of thinking that helps determine what an organization should look like in the future. Strategic planning is the foundation of strategic and operational planning. Strategic thinking is the process of thinking that gives you an idea, but the strategic planning is the process that helps one choose how to get there.
The book China Inc. by Ted Fishman presents many similar ideas to the text The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman. The worldwide economy is becoming affected by growing players throughout the world. The United States is no longer in a league of its own with no competition. More cost effective materials and labor can now be found all over the world, especially in India and China. China is the most rapidly changing world economy. China sells more clothes, toys, and shoes than any other country. China is also becoming the world’s largest producer of consumer electronics.
The former Dictator of Chile, Augosto Pinochet Died in a military hospital on December 10 at the ripe old age of 91. Pinochet had a heart attack a few days prior to his death.During his life there were only a few attempts to assassinate him. The military leader came into power in a coup on September 11 1973 when his forces bombed the presidential office while the socialist leader Salvador Allende Gossens was inside. It is believed that Allende committed suicide with a gun given to him by Fidel Castro.
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The European Renaissance was a time of great awakening and learning through many art forms such as literature and architecture. One man who contributed greatly to the proliferation of education during the Renaissance was Manuel Chrysoloras, a great teacher.
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But what ELSE are you doing? What kind of projects are you involved in BESIDES the class projects? Those of us in the CICS program will all graduate with the same degree. Mine is no more special than yours or anyone else's. The key differentiator between CICS graduates is their resume. The only way to build on that resume is to do projects. Employers don't want to know what class projects you did because every other student in the program did that too. What did YOU do?
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What is not to like about A la Carte pay television. You only pay for the channels that you want, and nothing more. It works in Canada right now. So what are we waiting for?
Well Senator McCain, it's really not that simple...
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One of the more well known court cases of our industry is the National Cable and Telecommunications Association's court case with Brand X. The main idea behind the case was as follows: Should broadband cable be classified and regulated as an information service like other internet service providers? Or should it be administered in the same manner as a telecommunications service like telephone service is?
VoIP has many economical and functional benefits. VoIP also brings with it its own set of vulnerabilities. Companies who are willing to adopt the new technology must be aware of the inherent risks involved in implementing it. This document assumes that the reader has some understanding of the basics of VoIP
Human communication is one of the greatest feats of all mankind that is used each and every day of our existence. The phenomenon of human communication is so common that many do not realize their frequent involvement in it. The ultimate goal of human communication is to ascertain understanding.
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Rather than taking the 20,000 foot view of the entire renaissance of Europe, I decided to drill down a little more in depth into the renaissance period of a specific country, Spain. Some of the best writings from Spain came from the renaissance period, such as Jorge Manrique's Coplas a la muerte de su padre
Wuz up b? OMG, I rofl @ u b/c u had 2 many [_]3 las nite. IMHO, TGIF cuz I need 2 get ZZZZZs. Idk hoas, OMG, I got BSOD. I h8 ppl who r n00bs. TTYL GTG L8R
I don’t even know what I just typed, I just found a bunch of internet slang terms on some website.
As generation X, we are known as the kids who were born with computers. We send e-mails, text messages, or instant messages to everyone. I remember the first time I used instant messenger and chat rooms back in 199? I thought to myself, “Wow, I can talk to people all over the world, and I have no clue who they are. And they have no clue who I am”. That is really impersonal.