FizzBuzz, a Perfect Initial Interview Question
What is FizzBuzz? The FizzBuzz problem asks the person to create a small program in a language of their choice. This program must enumerates from 0 to 100. If the number is evenly divisible by 3 print the word “Fizz” if divisible by 5 print the word “Buzz”… if divisible by both 3 and 5, print ‘Snap Pop’ [...]
Paper: Taylor Ambulance Company Web Site
Sharing the final paper for my Web 240: Web Design course at University of Phoenix. The intent of the project was to take an ugly web site and make it presentable. In addition to this a web design plan needed to be created. For extra fun I also devised a marketing strategy to help grow [...]
Web240: Security Risks of a Mashup Service
What is a Mashup Service? Mash up services are what the UoP uses to describe a web service or re hosted content. A simple example would be I subscribe to ebay.com for auction items under a category. eBay provides a feed of items which my site consumes, stylizes and then rehosts the content to sell [...]
Web240: Layers of HTML Views
Once common point of confusion is how to approach web design. Should I use JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and if so when is one appropriate over another? How I see it there web design has three parts: Layout Look Effect How the page’s content is logically blocked into chunks is controlled by HTML. These chunks possess [...]
Thoughts Toward Direction of Online Education
There are two reasons to go to school: – Learn something from someone – Meet someone thats part of something Online only colleges are really good at the first part, however it is very lacking in the second part. There isn’t really an infrastructure that is likely to foster relationships between teacher and students that [...]
Easy of Building a Site and Hosting it into Azure
Last night I started creating my web page and ended up working on it until 730 in the morning. Here’s the high lights from the fun along the way. What I found along the way is that HTML5 can be a pain to position things. Then I stumbled across this article on codeproject[1] which did [...]
Web240: What Is The Object Tag
Most modern browsers with the exception of IE Metro mode, have a concept of embedding external systems into the document. This allows for scenarios such as adding a flash video, a pdf document, or a Java control. When I create a site for this course, I’m not sure if I will have a need for [...]
BSA310: How Do You Recognize Social Engineering
how would you personally recognize social engineering techniques such as phishing, spoofing, etc.? I tend to believe that everyone is always out to get everyone else; it might make me paranoid, but it doesn’t mean I’m wrong. A lot of scams should be easy to see right through like the classic ‘Nigerian scam’ which still [...]
BSA310: Should Accountants Need to be Tech-Savvy to be Effective
Complex IT systems now allow accountants the capability to analyze and provide drilled-down details of information that was not possible before. So do you feel that accountants have to become more tech-savvy to be effective at their job today? Why or why not? It is possible to get by with an abacus or slide ruler, [...]
BSA310: What Role Does Accounting Play in the Modern Enterprise
What role do accounting systems play in the modern enterprise? How has the development of complex IT systems affected accounting work? Befor reading the chapter, I assumed that accounting was only about keeping track of accounts billable and receivables. After reading this week’s lessons view the role of an accounting system to also include quantifying [...]