Mr_Z

Mr_Z

Thursday, October 15, 2015

In Class Exercise for Questions on pages 138 & 141

Think About Your Own Use of Analysis:

The process of choosing OC:

My process of choosing OC wasn't immediate in the slightest. I first thought about colleges in which I wanted to attend since my Junior year of High School. I thought about many places like WSU, Montana State, SPU and more similar to that in the beginning. as time went on though I realized the amount of money it costs to attend out of state, the difference between private and public college. I then saw a video on YouTube about student debt, the average and how long it takes for one to pay off that debt. Thinking about my future I decided then that I wanted to keep the amount of dept I had to a minimum.

The process of choosing my classes:

Initially I thought that I would be able to jump into what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. Using programs to create parts, assemblies and simulations then putting them to use and create things in the real world. I then realized after meeting with my counselor that it was much for than that. I needed to make many prerequisites before I could get into the heart of what my career was. It was only then that I chose my classes based on what needed to be done first so I could advance in a timely manner. 

The process of deciding to do the wash:

It's generally something I don't do too often, my father usually decides to do it most times. I woke up yesterday though changed, looked into my laundry hamper and realized that there were a lot of clothes in it and if I didn't wash soon I might run out of certain garments. So I took it down grabbed my dads hamper, which was full too, and did the wash through and through.

The process of deciding on a major:

Since sixth grade, the time I took my first shop class, I realized that I liked using my hands, working with computer programs and then bringing those things into existence and understanding them. so I continued to take shop classes and by the time I was in High School I was taking Engineering classes. Now knowing what it was that I liked, Engineering, I took the time to look at different careers that described what I liked to do for a living. I found it to be Mechanical Engineering, from that point on I had what I wanted to do with my life.

What it tells me:

 Looking at what I just described I realized that when it comes to what interests me it takes priority over everything. After that necessary things that need to be done take the priority.

Look For Analysis in Everyday Use:

 Websites: BestBuy Reviews and LinusTechTips

In my opinion LinusTechTips is the better resource when it comes to review of a product. Whether that be a phone, computer, gaming console or other tech items LinusTechTips does a better job reviewing them. While BestBuy gives all their customers access to do a review most don't extend for more than fifty words. Most times in order to find a detailed review that answers a lot of what you want answered takes a large amount of digging. However, LinusTechTips does a better job of reviewing in many ways. Although they may not have the first reviews but they're generally quick. To start, while they take those few days to make a video about the item they're compiling together the questions that a lot of people have and answer virtually all of them that are or aren't being asked. They also go into more depth than most people who write reviews about items on BestBuy and are more largely versed in technology in general. While LinusTechTips keeps their viewers informed as much as they possibly can, they also keep the viewer interested. Their videos not only have a detailed review going on, they also have a visual representation of what's being described in the review happening in front of them. It gives the viewers a larger sense of comfort and allows those who don't really understand all of the terminology to at least understand what's being discussed.

Were I to change BestBuy reviews I would do a few things. Firstly I would have a minimum word count be in place. Secondly, when a customer goes to fill out a review there would be an outline of things that are generally most asked and if they could give their opinion on them in detail and not just, "it's good." Thirdly I would install a system that would automatically bump the most detailed reviews and most helpful to the top of the list that was the customer doesn't have to spend nearly as much time having to search for an extremely helpful review. Lastly, I would give the users options to add images to give the customers an idea as to what their talking about. 

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