Week 5 - Hardware (Part 2)

This week's lecture took a deeper look into more several aspects of a computer's hardware. It informs us not only of the individual parts and the key roles in the ability to contribute to a fully functioning computer but also about hardware's individual compositions. We learned the materials and chemicals involved in creating these individual components needed to build proper computer hardware. With that we saw, the consequences of using such materials and the effects that they have on others and on the globe.

Having the ability to absorb this week's information, allowed myself once again to more closely consider not the hardware pieces that I would need but more so, the potential effects. It made me finalize whether to make my entrepreneurial idea discussed in earlier posts to be a device or to be an application. If it was a device I would need to consider the different components, which materials last longer as well as which one are most cost-efficient.

However, if I were to stay away from the complications and implications of using hard ware I must consider if developing an application would achieve the same potential as the device I would create to be plugged into a computer. Additionally, if I could reach my idea's full potential through the development of an application would it become too taxing on an individual computer and thus running the potential of not just checking the computer's health but hurting it as well.

Week 4 - Hardware

This past class's lecture broke the computer down to its simplest pieces. Learning about bits to bytes and binary code, causes any software developer to be cautions about the capacities and boundaries their application will face with development. Specifically in the last blog post, I mentioned my entrepreneurial idea and the device to help test the health of your Laptop computer.

Developing this software will require an thorough thought process about how extensive this application will be. It is one thing to measure the health of the Laptop but there is several elements to measuring the health. Will there be certain levels of testing health? More extensive testing application cost more to a user? This lecture caused my idea to become more thought-out and to understand how complex creating this application could be to users.

With this application, I realized to propel my entrepreneurial idea to maximize its profits through a business aspect. The lecture encouraged me to think deeper about what should be included to test the health of a Laptop. More research and consulting will be needed to determine what pieces would cost more to add on the application versus a basic edition.

Week 3 - Software

In lecture last week, the basics of a computer and its software was discussed. The lecture provided the opportunity see into the machinery that many are attached to daily. Being able to learn more about the foundation, allowed myself to see the more technical aspects and provide more reality to my entrepreneurial idea.

For example, take the iTunes' App Store. Most early applications were created by professional software developers but now almost anyone can create an app in the store. This creates a competition and many professional lose out on the free apps. In class, the example of Linux emerging as competition Windows and Mac proves a similar testimonial.

My entrepreneurial idea deals with creating an device that tests the health of your Laptop computer. With a newfound knowledge of software basics, the class was able to see how complicated and intricate the computer system is and what it takes to run properly and efficiently. With technology constantly changing and getting better, I want to develop a device where you can take the health of your own technology into your care. I want the device to access the life of your computer and be able to tell your what you need to fix. There is no sales pitch or inexperienced staff but the answer right there. It is your choice to then decide if you want professional help or the ability to buy the proper software remedies to fix the issue and prolong the life.