Blog Entry 8/31

Referencing page 29 for this blog entry.

• The names of the persons who have helped me the most on campus: Tiffany Ventura, My Professors, etc.
• How they have helped me: My friend Tiffany helped me using the light rail. She also helped me with my classes and such. She gave me lots of tips and tricks on surviving college. My professors of course have helped me make my freshman year more comfortable.
• The aspect of college that I need the most help with is: figuring out my major/minor and dealing with all my classes.
  
• The person on campus that would most likely could help me is: My Professors.
  

The computer skills that I have are: fast typing, experience in Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, PowerPoint, Word, Wordpress, Blogger, etc. I don't have any fears or problems regarding computers because I've grown up using a computer and taught myself. I'm not a total expert but I usually teach myself how to fix my own problems so I can learn from them.

Group Meeting #1

Group Members: Michael Tran, Paolo Listana, Adalberto Cabello, Jose Zopiyactle
Group Leader: Michael Tran
Group Name: Arkham Asylum

Jose's first week: Got lost in school without noticing. Walked in a circle for three times. He was late for his first class. He won the cable in our class. He saw an old lady on the bus fall asleep.

Adalberto's first week: Easy so far. Had a group of people he knew that showed him around and introduced him to other friends. His birthday weekend was yesterday.

Paolo's first week: Lives on campus in the bricks. Had a chill weekend.

Michael's first week: Easy so far. Got to all my classes on time.

My First Week At SJSU

This blog was created for the MUSE Get Internet Famous Class. Our first blog is suppose to be about our first week on campus.

My first week at SJSU went better than I expected. I didn't know what to expect really, but all my classes went pretty smoothly. The only thing that I regret is picking my classes at early times. They aren't too early but I do have to wake up earlier than usual to catch the light rail. But the upside to picking classes in the morning is that I get off classes early as well. I won't be stuck on campus for the afternoon so things could be worse. My professors seem really cool too. I guess I lucked out because there was always so many people in each of my classes trying to get enrolled. Next semester will be even tougher for freshman since we get last pick. Hopefully I can get the classes I want again like this semester. But again, my professors this semester seem really down-to-earth. I hope to get to know each one by the time classes are over.

The low point of my week was probably on Thursday when I had to do a diagnostic essay in my English 1A class. I don't think I did too well but apparently neither did anyone else I was talking with did. Hopefully it turns out to be one of those situations where you think you did badly but you did better than you thought you would. That was about it for my first week. I would just like to say that having 3 day weekends from now on is the best part about college.

Top 10 Favorite Websites

MCOM Assignment: List your top 10 favorite websites to visit and give a brief
reason on why it is on your list.

1. Ph0t0genic Designs - Not to be conceited, but this is my website. I started this website with a friend of mine that goes to NYU. He is an excellent coder (XHTML, PHP, etc) and Photogenic Designs is where we do freelance graphic design for people all over the world. He takes care of the coding and I am in charge of designing.
2. Facebook - Facebook is just a great way to stay connected to my friends and family. Feel free to add me as a friend!
   
3. Twitter - Twitter is also a good place to interact with friends and family. I also use it for news. Follow me!
   
4. YouTube - A great website to go to when you're bored and have nothing to do!
5. Meebo - Meebo lets you use AIM, MSN, Gmail Chat, etc without having to download the individual programs. Really useful for chatting with friends.
6. Oh No They Didn't - This is a celebrity gossip blog on Livejournal that is really entertaining when you're bored! It's not like your typical gossip blogs. It's run by members so it's not just one person's point of view.
7. Apple Trailers - I love watching movies and this website always has the most recent trailers for upcoming movies.
8. Deviant Art - I also like digital art so I'm always on Deviant Art checking out new stuff. I also have my own account.
9. Google - I use almost everything on Google's website. Gmail, Maps, Translator, Blogger, etc.
10. Yahoo! - This is my homepage so I visit this site everyday. Like Google, I use many of the other applications on the site.