EM-TECH
is reaching its finish line and its giving me both the excitement and sadness.
Excitement because it’s my last classroom course for my entire college life but
sadness because I’ll be leaving school and become one of the serious
professionals in our field. I just hope that I won’t get too serious with
everything. I want to enjoy my graduate life if ever. I'm not sure if I'm ready
to face the real world but I want to be ready!
As what I'm saying, other than the final project for EMTECH, there goes our seminar series! Seminar series will be comprised of, obviously, seminars that will be headed by us students. We will organize the logistics and contact speakers. With this as our requirement, I'm really thankful that I joined one of the best organizations in DLSU (because we are the BestBG \:D/), the CATCH2T13 Batch Government, because this organization helped me in planning out activities like this most especially when handling logistics and dealing with the speaker. :)
I'm usually a follower in my group but when no one is stepping out, I need to initiate and manage things. As the leader of the group, I made sure that I get their opinions and suggestions regarding the planning of our seminar. We planned ahead to avoid procrastination since other are also busy with their thesis and other subjects.
Seminar series started July second week. The first two seminars were more inclined to Microsoft as its technology. July 14, 2012 was the date of the first seminar, which was about the new operating system of Microsoft, Windows 8. It was held in the ISR, Gokongwei building. The speaker was a Microsoft student partner from Adamson University. The topic was very interesting especially it is really related to our course.
What is
it with Windows 8?
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I've
seen my other friends use Windows 8 and it just gives me the thought of having
an overwhelming desktop. Yes, i find Windows 8 overwhelming because of the big
icons and its like there so many things going on. However, after the seminar, I
can give Windows 8 a chance.
"Where
is the start button" is the typical question users ask about Windows 8, so
am I! But Sir Adamson said it's really normal. When searching for an
application, typing its name will help you find it easily (just like in Windows
7). The applications are already built in and they collaborate with each other
that is making it the "heart of Windows 8". They are all connected
through the Internet. These applications can also be added by downloading
through the Windows Store. Windows 8 is also built for business such as mobile
productivity, enhanced end-to-end security, virtualization and management.
Moreover, it is also experiences across different types of hardware, from
tablets to laptops. And lastly, the one that really caught my eye is the
organization of pictures, videos and personal accounts. Windows 8 has the
capability of accessing your pictures from different websites such as facebook
and stores it to your computer as if it is in your documents, IT’S AMAZING! I
really like that idea because I love pictures. :))
After half an hour, from
Windows 8, we shifted to Window Phone 7 (Windows never gets old). This seminar
was led by another Microsoft student partner, Yvette Watson. I’m an iOS
user and for me, nothing will really surpass the greatness of Apple. But let’s
say after this seminar, I might be wrong. As the speaker proceeds to her
seminar, she listed seven (7) things to remember about Window Phone 7, which
persuaded me that its not such a bad idea to have this kind of phone.
Seven things to
remember: two smart designs and five hubs. Windows Phone has a glance-and-go experience; this means
that even though you are in the lock screen, you can see the notifications from
the internet. The other design is the do
more in less steps, because the phone is syncing in the background for
updates over the internet. For the five hubs, it includes People, Picture,
Office, Music & Video, Games. All of these features are offered by Windows
Phone 7. Furthermore, the METRO style that they have implemented in the phone
was very professional. They also added a panorama experience for the users. Miss
Watson was like promoting Windows Phone 7, hope will have her own. Windows
Phone 7? I’ll give the benefit of the
doubt J
The next seminar was
supposedly our seminar but due to the weather, classes were suspended and we
were moved to next next week.
July 28, 2012 seminar
was held at the Andrew Gonzales seminar rooms. The third seminar was about
System Testing, which was led by another Microsoft representative, however this
time, he is already employed. He was a College of Science graduate but amazingly,
he is working as a programmer. He is really that good when it comes to system
coding. So he discusses about our future in Information System as System
testers. There includes the different types of testing like unit testing. Unit
test, as what he defined, it is a type of testing that tests a single unit of
functionality. This single unit of functionality is one block of code that
performs one functionality like a method, class and function. However, there is
an interface that was made for unit testing (it’s somehow depressing for us,
they automate it!) This is the Unit Interface Testing, as the name implies, it
uses unit testing to validate user interaction. it automates the user clicking
and typing. it is also used to automate the repetitive tasks for the user
across the application interface. Moreover, there is also the Test Driven
Development, which is uses unit testing to design the application. It is also
allows changes in the code without changing the functionality. It uses unit
testing when designing the code structure.
It made me think that with this type of technology being present already, what will be the role of System Testers (one day, I might be one!) Gratefully, the speaker said that this software still cannot replace a human capability. There are still a lot of possibilities and cases for the system testing that only human can comprehend.
It made me think that with this type of technology being present already, what will be the role of System Testers (one day, I might be one!) Gratefully, the speaker said that this software still cannot replace a human capability. There are still a lot of possibilities and cases for the system testing that only human can comprehend.
The last seminar series
was August 4, 2012 (our seminar series! yay!) at the Yuchengco building. The
first seminar (our seminar) was about Social Media as a Career, which was led
by Sir Jonel Uy. As graduating students, he shared to us his experiences when
it comes to earning using social media. he also cited known people who are
currently inclined to social media as their means of living. He also tackled
the different social media tools that are commonly used such as twitter,
facebook, instagram, etc. Entering into this career may also have challenges
that are needed to surpass. Some of the challenges are demands of the
customers, time management and social media behaviour. He ended the seminar
with the future of social media. It will still be a great impact because social
media is becoming more accessible and cheaper. Everywhere, you can access the
internet, and more people are being inclined to the cloud.
Lastly, was the Gas Detection seminar, which I think was too inclined to the engineering side due to its technically with terms and explanation. In this seminar we have tackled the importance of gas detection. It is essential to identify what gas is present around us because there are dangerous gases that are very harmful to humans. We also have to monitor these types of air due to its status may affect greatly to human life. Sampling is one of the key skills for effective gas detection and monitoring. There are also considerations in gas monitoring such as the size, durability, cost and ease of use of the equipments.
Lastly, was the Gas Detection seminar, which I think was too inclined to the engineering side due to its technically with terms and explanation. In this seminar we have tackled the importance of gas detection. It is essential to identify what gas is present around us because there are dangerous gases that are very harmful to humans. We also have to monitor these types of air due to its status may affect greatly to human life. Sampling is one of the key skills for effective gas detection and monitoring. There are also considerations in gas monitoring such as the size, durability, cost and ease of use of the equipments.
Different seminars, different rooms,
different speakers, different topics, different experiences, different learning
and different groups. These made our EM-TECH Seminar Series a success! \:D/
