Friday, April 25, 2014

What I learned about CSS

As I said earlier, I have learned that CSS makes your web pages pretty basically, or that's how I would sum it up. It changes the font, the background image, and color, the color of the text- it obviously does even more than this, but this is how I remember it when I think of CSS.

This is useful to an organization because a code can be used across different platforms, and devices. This makes it easier for development and maintenance of the site, lowering cost, and being able to apply resources else where.

Thursday, April 24, 2014

What I learned about html

I have learned that html is the simple coding part when it comes to making your web page. CSS is basically what makes it pretty and colorful. In my com class we have also worked with html and it is very simplistic, compared to CSS. Html is very plain Jane, and basic, while CSS is used to help apply color and change more specific things.  Html is used mostly to do things like size and position of things. For example the size of charts and bars and things that you want have on your site. I thought initially they were the same thing, but now I know that is not true.

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

About me

In the recent year I had my mind set on being a finance and econ major, but last year I decided that it wasn't for me. Finance is so dry, that I couldn't handle it. The reason I was going with the two of them was that I love numbers, well mostly math, an analysis. That is why I went with the econ and finance. I figured why get one degree when I could get two. Last year I was in a 400 level finance class and I just couldn't handle it, I hated sitting in class, and I realized it was something that just was clearly not for me. Sitting at a desk all day is absolutely something that I could not handle. I knew that I wanted to stick with economics, because it's something that I am honestly in love with, but I didn't feel that getting just an econ degree would make me very marketable when I graduated.

From here I decided to explore my other business options as to what I could doubt major with. I knew if finance wasn't for me, accounting wasn't going to be my answer. I really liked SCM, but I still needed to take my intro to marketing class. During this time I feel in love with marketing. I always looked at marketing as basically being a salesman, and I was not really about all of that. I have obviously changed my view points on that. Sales can be an aspect of it, but there is so much more. When I took the upper level classes, I saw how marketing and economics crossed over. Some people don't see this, but it does a significant amount actually. You can see this when it comes to market research. This is my favorite aspect of marketing. I love econ because it's a lot of math, but also applied analysis. With marketing research the same concepts apply. During the fall semester I had an internship with Dr. Pinto doing research, and I really enjoyed it.

I currently have an internship at Make-A-Wish in downtown Erie. I like it, but the position I'm in and what I do from day to day is not something that I want to do every day. I think that I want to work with a non-profit, but I also want to be with people, and working with them. I like interaction with people, I can't sit at a desk all day. I talked to Dr.Bicen before and she said that I should maybe look into the field of a consulting firm. She said that I would be using my marketing, but that there is also a lot of analysis behind it. I like the field that I have choose, but I guess I'm not sure where I want to go from here when I graduate. I don't know what kind of job exactly that I can go into that will be satisfying my needs. I am working toward getting my social media certificate, and have a semester left in the fall to finish up my classes. From there hopefully I can find something more to my interest.