The Day Writer is a memorial of my steps throughout the ages. This is my freedom to express.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Project Specifications (Private)
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
I need You back in my life
Friday, November 19, 2010
Her Hands
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
The Human vs. Zombie comedy
Is Change Evil?
Monday, November 1, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Wondering Autumn
Friday, October 29, 2010
I'm in love with life. :)
Saturday, October 16, 2010
How it is to be a younger brother
Studying information systems tonight... and feeling really sleepy
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Waking Up Early
Monday, September 27, 2010
Gabi
Sunday, September 26, 2010
××× 24 Invasion in Literature Festival
Saturday, September 25, 2010
I'm inspired! I was revitalized. I feel renewed, and I feel blessed with all the new things happening right now. :)
Problem Areas
Problem 1: Difficulty in Tracking Inventory
MACHINES
They do not use their valve machine to aid in counting the withdrawn raw materials
- valve machine requires constant maintenance
- cost-cutting
They lack an Information System that consistently provides and manages their information needs (old)
- Rainchem is a small company so they cannot afford the subscription costs/inapplicable to them
- NetSuite, an "ideal" system for the company, costs millions per year for maintenance/service cost
- Focus on administration (Finance/Human Resources/Purchasing) rather than Inventory system.
-- inventory monitoring is still manageable (manual checking)
-- it is done by one personnel, doing multiple tasks
---Lack of manpower
---- Cost-cutting
MATERIALS
There are too many raw materials
Their base raw materials are oils/liquids (difficult to measure/count)
METHODS
Inventory records are on separate files/records
Recording and updating of records is difficult
- Production staff withdraws raw materials from the warehouse without informing the warehouse officer
-- warehouse officer is not present
--- flexible workload
---- lack of manpower
----- cost-cutting
- They use one central logbook (cannot be updated by multiple users at the same time)
They cannot consistently update their excel files (inventory records/logbook)
Their excel file (inventory records) isn't systematic/organized yet
- No-one can update it consistently
-- lack of manpower
--- cost-cutting
-- lack of defined system for inventory
MANPOWER
Disorganized task assignments/flexible workload
- lack of manpower (to update and monitor the inventory)
-- cost-cutting
Problem 2: Reliability of their New Information System
They bought an Information System, however, it is difficult to use because it is a generic information system
- There are many unnecessary fields to be filled up / not customized to RAINCHEM's business processes/req'ts
- The information system is, on estimate, 10-years old
Information System is susceptible to malfunction during brownouts
- instance where all database records were deleted at a brownout
- they were doing data conversion and it happened midway
- user accounts were inaccessible
- functionality of the system is dependent on local database
SOCCOMP Notes last term
SOCCOMP
Miss Pineda Blog: ideasonsocialcomputing.blogspot.com
FACEBOOK LESSONS
The Facebook Data Torrent Debacle: Q&A
news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100729/tc_pcworld/thefacebookdatatorrentdebacleqa
Facebook Panic Button: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wear/8555221.stm
COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE (COP)
- communities of practice (COP)
-> concept derived from online/virtual communities
-> communities extended online
-> sustain online practices
-> look into the level of COP
-> technology intervention is always present
- digital ethnography
DIGITAL ETHNOGRAPHY/TEACHING BEST PRACTICES
What is Digital Ethnography?
- give a short introduction on "digital ethnography'
- introduce professor as subject of experiment
- recommend include a short profile of your professor
- move on to your interview with him/her
- transcript of interview will appear on the blog (word for word, verbatim), include date and time (at the header)
- use several medium
- full interview two forms: podcast, transcript
- video into different parts: a portion of teaching delivery
- digital ethnography:
- include CONCLUSION
- interview/podcast
- video -> teaching style
1. use of social media in capturing the teaching style/knowledge of professor
- relevance/implication of using social media to capture of CCS teaching history
- try to encapsulate what we're doing and put it in a podcast/social media
2. it would be interesting to hear what your professor has to say in your interview
- several aspects
a. data gathering
- basic things to consider when it comes to an interview
- was it easy/difficult?
b. what are the things/tools you have to use
c. what have you learned from/about your professor?
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Tadhana (Fate) - Up Dharma Down (my own english translation)
Friday, September 10, 2010
Pwede Ba Minsan?
What is your most liberating moment/situation in your life?
I can't tell for sure... I guess I don't remember the exact situation, but I can still feel the experience. It's probably when I faced a big storm in my life, took a big leap, and succeeded. I wish I had more such experiences, though.
At some point, did you ever doubt your talent/skills/judgement?
Yes. There was a point in time that I felt really useless and ineffective. I took a lot of time for myself and for soul-searching. It wasn't easy.... it took a long time for me to accept all the changes in life that made me feel inferior.
Lesson: never doubt yourself. :)