Web Standards

According to definition in wikipedia, web standards is defined as "... a general term for the formal standards and other technical specifications that define and describe aspects of the World Wide Web. In recent years, the term has been more frequently associated with the trend of endorsing a set of standardized best practices for building web sites, and a philosophy of web design and development that includes those methods."

As there are majority disability people in the world, web accessibility is not that convenient  for every individual person, W3C(World Wide Web Consortium) "develops and mantains the protocols used on the web to insure interoperability and promote universal access." 

Web designers need to think about how to design the web page that will be suitable for different kind of disability people such as deaf, blind, etc. I don't know how many disability people in the world, but they have the right to play on the internet  as normal people. Therefore web page designers face the challenge. People probably think that disability people should not use the internet as it's very difficult and complicated for designers to design the special web pages for them, disability people bother a lot. However, think this problem in another way, it's a chance for web page designers to improve and develop their skills and perhaps they could learn more and new things from this case. Every coin has two sides.

Technology Fast

How our life will be without technology? e.g. no mobile phones and no Internet in two days. That's crazy. 

However, I tried. I didn't switch off my mobile phone, but I really didn't text message nor calling in 48 hours. I didn't go on Internet as well within 48 hours from 2pm on 7th March to 2pm on 9th March.

I found it was not that hard for not using mobile phone. Although we need to do our project for the following week, we could meet in the college and talk about in details. 

However, I used mobile phone for alarm clock, I need it from Monday to Thursday and sometimes also Friday and Saturday if we have a group meeting. Therefore, I still used the mobile phone for alarm clock. 

I remembered when I was in China, I used mobile phone everyday. I need it to contact my parents, my friend, especially there was an contingency.

Apparently it was very hard that I couldn't go on Internet as I really need it. I couldn't check my email, I couldn't check if there are handouts that I need to print out or not on Moodle. I was thinking how I can go to the class without handouts because I need to take notes. We need to have meeting for business ethic's project and the team leader will take attendance for this project, I was afraid what I should do if I didn't attend the meeting and that's just because I couldn't check my email.

When I was in China, I could watch TV or have other entertainments outside, in other words, I can 'live' without Internet. However in Ireland, I cannot 'live' without Internet, especially during the night time. I cannot concentrate on the articles or any other handouts although I know I must read them as they are for the next day's classes. The only thing I could do at night is go online and play surf online. I also need to search some information online for the project.

I can't imagine how business people live without technology as they need it to do the business, to earn money, to have their life going on.

Anyway, the tough life has gone. My life is back to Internet again. During these two days, I ensure that I cannot do anything without technology, wherever I resident.

Discussing Project Management

A project is a piece of planned work for participants to do on time.

When doing a project, you need to finish the project having achieved what you initially intended to do. Resources, such as time, money and people, are also important for a project manager when working on a project. If it's team work, coordination is very important.

A process is a regular thing which happens again and again. It's different from a project. A project is a temporary piece of work but a process is a permanent piece of work.

If you work in project management, it is essential for you to be self-disciplined, but in reality, I don't like it. It's demanding of your time, money and intellectual; and it's also hard for you to do.

There are some skills that you need to be a good project manager:

• time management skills (also to manage your time)
• organizational skills (able to organize your work and other people)
• leadership skills (able to motivate the people on your team)
• interpersonal skills (able to work with other people and get on well with them)
• communication skills (able to talk to people and work with them)
• technical skills (also to use the tools of your profession, e.g. IT skills)