Disruptive and Sustainable Technologies

Today I used a sustainable technology on my computer known as sleep mode. I was downloading some music and a video but I needed to leave but I didn't want to leave my computer on for the entire time soaking up energy. To combat this dilemma I put it on sleep mode and turned the monitor off. This way I could keep downloading what I want and not hog up the power for no good reason. Sleep mode puts your computer in a state close to it being shutdown but it saves all your current work, activities and other things you may have running exactly how they are so when you return it's all ready to go for you. It does all of this whilst maintaining low power outputs.

A disruptive technology I used would be the torrent program on my computer. With this kind of program you can download, movies, games and whole programs like photoshop from your home. Though, it may take a little longer to acquire, it's free. Which means you aren't giving your money to the developers or directors or whomever they may be that makes the product. Another disruptive technology I used was a USB drive to put the movie I downloaded onto it for quick transportation. This is disruptive because it means I don't have to buy blank discs to burn it onto.

Business Process

Today, I was involved with a business process when I purchased a game called "Bad Company" online using a credit card. It was my father's credit card but he let me use it in exchange for $50.00 cash. The activity was manual because I had to give my father the cash and then input all the credit card information into that online store to buy it. They then verified the credit card and finished the purchase which was automated. The resources were the cash that I gave to my dad and the credit card he let me use to make the order online. The facility would be the computer and online store that allowed me to make the purchase with the VISA. The information would be the card info that I had to type into the online store to make the purchase.

My IS Day

Today, (well technically yesterday due to time of submission) I started my day relatively early considering when I usually wake up (11am - 2am). I got up at around 9:30 am and immediately turn on my computer and start blogging actually. I start my browser(google chrome), go to eBlogger and log in. I write up a few blogs and post them. The list following this paragraph will outline the components of my first information system.

Hardware: Desktop Computer.

Software: Google Chrome, HTML.

Data: My posted blogs.

Procedure: Logging into eBlogger and writing out my blogs.

People: Myself.

After I got tired of blogging about 2 or 3 hours later, I decided to entertain myself for a little bit. So to remedy my boredom and tired mood, I turned on my PS3. I launch my game from the menu and load it up. After it's all loaded up I sent my friend a message over the in-game messenger asking him to come play with me in the game and as requested, he came to play. This is the second information system I will use today; but not the last.

Hardware: Playstation 3.

Software: MAG(Video Game)

Data: Sending the message to my friend.

Procedure: Starting up the PS3 -> Loading the game -> Sending the message.

People: Myself and my friend(Paul).

The third information system I used today was definitely my cellular phone. At around 4pm when my other friends start becoming available from their obligations in life I usually check my phone to see if they messaged me to do something later on, if not, I'll pass them a text asking them the same thing. So, at around 4pm I checked my phone, it had 4 text messages. 2 From my friend Mark and two from my ex-girlfriend(we'll just ignore those ones). I then responded to my friend mark and sent him a text message back. We went to hangout an hour later.

Hardware: LG Xenon Cellular Phone

Software: LG Xenon Phone Firmware

Data: The traded text messages.

Procedure: Unlocked my phone, checked my messages and replied to them.

People: Myself, Mark and Andrea.

My Personal Goals

Hi! I decided to let you know about my personal goals now. These will differ greatly from my business goals and are things I would like to fulfill in my life. To start off I would like to say that my personal goals may seem very generic and ordinary. However, I believe they are very important and I think are worth stating.

One of my personal goals is to find my dream job, something I can do and enjoy at the same. A job where I will actually look forward to doing it as opposed to dreading my job every morning (or whenever I have to do it) and being miserable. This is a big one for me.

Following that I would like to accumulate some money and get myself a home and a stable living. After I have achieved the previous said things I can move onto the other important goals I wish to fulfill in my life. I want to find a nice girl, see how that turns out and eventually have a family. Though, some of my career choices aren't the best for a family which is why I am finding it difficult to choose a career.

After all that I just want to live a successful, comfortable life where I can be happy with myself and what I have achieved knowing that I attained it all myself through hard work.

Shy of all that I just mentioned, there may be small mini-goals in between but those are my life goals on the long term. I don't expect any of that to happen tomorrow, but I generally am striving for such things and won't stop until I fulfill them.

Business Leaders I Admire

There are many business leaders that I admire and look up to. Leaders that know that the roots of their success was the time, effort, drive and the relentless attitude to not give up or fail. One of these leaders that I admire so greatly is Bill Gates. Being a "techie" myself and knowing the inner workings of computers and some basic knowledge of their coding I feel I can relate to Gates. Obviously not financially but I admire what he did for the computer industry; he revolutionized it.

Bill Gates built the only consumer-based operating system for computers when none existed. At the time there was only DOS. That said, DOS had no interface, it was just a command based way to get the computer to do what you want. What this means is that you type in a command and the computer would execute that command. There was no desktop icons or "My Computer", just the command console. So Bill Gates and his partner at school (who now owns apple) made an operating system with a graphic interface and easily accessible to the average person. This revolutionized the computer industry and was the key part to Microsoft's success. It practically monopolized the market because it was the only thing of it's kind. Now today all businesses and the professional word use Windows and the word processing programs for it.

Bill Gates innovated and revolutionized the industry then and made a vastly successful corporation because of it. I admire his ability have a vision and make the vision a reality. I think he really leads the pack in innovation and business sense.

My Employment History

Over the seemingly short 18 years that I have been alive I have only really had two real jobs. A job where I felt that I was making a difference and actually contributing to the society and economy; even if it was just in a minor way.

My first job was at my dad's work, Anixter. It is a company that sells all sorts of cable from HDMI cables to the cables that run the elevator in the CN Tower. They also sell security products such as security cameras and stuff like that. While I was employed at Anixter I would do certain things like move shipments from the warehouse, clean up the grounds (I even pained a picnic table) all the way to handling and organizing invoices and taking calls. It was a pretty fun job because everyone there is really fun and energetic and have a great time at work. I can honestly say I enjoyed it quite thoroughly.

My next job was in retail, seasonal to be quite honest. It was at a clothing store in Square One called "Aeropostale". I worked there for around 2 or 3 months during the holiday season. I loved this job. Everyone was nice, the environment was friendly and the managerial staff was awesome. I would fold clothes, make sure the store is nice and presentable, do cashier on occasion, basically just provide the best customer support I could and try to sell some product. The holiday season was insane and the job got exponentially more difficult but for the most part it still wasn't bad. It wasn't a bad little gig and I really liked it. Unfortunately I got laid off due to my term running out and head office demanding to cut some payroll from this location. Though, I will try to reapply soon enough.

Well, that is my employment history. Not the biggest history but I can sure tell you that I really like both of these jobs and I think that's what counts.

My Career Goals In Business

Business Career Goals

Hi, my name is Jimmy Temos and I would like to introduce myself before I get into my goals. I am 18 years old and born on October 22nd, 1991. I am generally a shorter guy at 5'8" or 5'9". I have hazel eyes and black hair. I love hockey, working out, video games and socializing. Well, that's enough about my background, onto the main show.

Being 18 I haven't had much idea where I wanted to go with my life. There is a lot out there to do. I'm not one to sit around too much and stay still at any given moment. I like to keep moving, keep thinking and stay active. This played a huge role in my career decisions. I tossed around many ideas such as a military career as I have always been interested since I was very young. My parents don't approve of such a career because they're afraid for my well-being. Another choice was policing, it was the next best alternative. I get to help people, protect people and dislodge any threat to our current society. Though, I still wasn't sure. My dad is a pretty savvy businessman and runs the sales department for a multi-million dollar company called Anixter. He always told me that I could do whatever I wanted, but that he thought I would make an excellent businessman. Though I never gave the idea much time of day I considered it regardless. So, in my immense confusion in my life and high school drawing to it's end I decided I would take a business program at Sheridan and try out business. Though my motives are just, it wasn't just a spur of the moment decision; I made this decision for one reason I haven't stated yet. Aside from the military or policing or even firefighting, there is one thing I would love to do with my life; own a successful business. I would love to do this and I would like to attain the education necessary to do so.

My ultimate goal to achieve from a business standpoint is definitely to own a successful business and make a name for it out there in the world. To do this I need to attain common knowledge as well as book smarts. To accomplish this goal I decided to get my education at Sheridan and apply what I learn in my program to the real world to start my business. However, my plan is to get work experience in the market I intend to open my business up in(which is to be decided still); to understand the market and how it operates, properly. In the meantime I intend to keep learning in college and observing market fluctuations and the world as it's many demands change.

Thanks for reading.