September 4, 2005
Publishing in the BIT320 Remix Site
Topics: remixing
This is our first post to the BIT320 class remix site. We will be using post categories to organize the conversations in the class. It is very important that you use a category on each post. That’s not hard to do because the wordpress blogging platform we are using allows you to create those on the fly.
Due to software limitations, you should only use one word categories. If you absolutely must use more than one word, then concatenate the two words using lower case. Here’s an example:
Class Issues -> classissues
my ideas -> myideas
In Blogonautic Solutions, 09/04/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
We have the remix engine set up
Topics: remixing
I’ve set up all of the reBlog instances and the cron jobs. The class should be set to automatically remix at this point.
In case you are wondering, reBlog is a software that pulls RSS feeds from the web and allows us to collect their contents in our class site. Cron jobs periodically fire off the machinery to make all of this happen.
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September 8, 2005
Till Kingdom Come
Topics: Music
Coldplay's song for Johnny Cash
In del.icio.us/zeenah, 09/08/2005 | Original | Archive
Till Kingdom Come
Comments on Coldplay's X&Y album
In del.icio.us/mridge, 09/08/2005 | Original | Archive
Bigfoot's Payoff
There goes Wilson flogging another one of his investments
In del.icio.us/fpgibson, 09/08/2005 | Original | Archive
eBay and Skype?
Topics: freestuff
Free talking, yeay.
In del.icio.us/pinkfootsie, 09/08/2005 | Original | Archive
Bigfoot's Payoff
There goes Wilson blogging another one of his investments
In del.icio.us/kevlers, 09/08/2005 | Original | Archive
Bigfoot's Payoff
there goes wilson flogging another one of his investments
In del.icio.us/jbartko, 09/08/2005 | Original | Archive
Bigfoot's Payoff
This is my first post to del.icio.us
In del.icio.us/supermatt, 09/08/2005 | Original | Archive
Hello world!
Topics: Uncategorized
Welcome to High-octane-blogging.org. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
In The Blogstar, 09/08/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
The first remix
Topics: classactivities
This is my first post in the BIT320 class blog. Accounts were created today, and fun was had by all. This should be interesting. So sit back, relax, and enjoy.
Here are the instructions I followed to do this.
In Matt's Musings, 09/08/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
Class remixing is starting.
Topics: ClassActivity
Students have delicious accounts. They have blog accounts. They are rearing to go. Can’t wait.
You can read how to do this here.
In zee124, 09/08/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
Class remixing is starting
Topics: classact
students have delicious accounts. They have blog accounts. They are rearing to go. Can’t wait.
You can read how to do this here
In Pink Footsie, 09/08/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
Options of the World Unite
The numbers of differnt blog options is fasinating. They all seem to offer their own brand of loveliness but all with the same basic options. Look at the options that one can behold: Xanga, Blogger, Live Journal. Those are the major popular one. One should really surf before you decide, they all over different things.
And we can’t forget the one we are using currently: High Octane Blogging Which you can find instructions to sign up Here.
But really. If you can’t tell this was a test post. ;3
In Shady Waters, 09/08/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
The Start of Remixing
Topics: remixing
This is my blog for BIT 320 remixing. I will post here often with exciting opinions. I hope you all enjoy!
Read how to do this here
In Tigerlily's Blog, 09/08/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
First post
Topics: Test
This is my first of many posts to the class remix blog. My del.icio.us account is located at the following URL: http://del.icio.us/kevlers. Stay tuned for further updates.
In Kevin's Blog, 09/08/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
class remixing begins
Topics: generalclass
Today we created blog accounts and this is our very first post. We also created del.icio.us accounts. Soon we’ll be blogging and bookmarking on a weekly - sometimes daily - basis.
You can read how to do this here.
In jb's blog, 09/08/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
My second first post
Topics: Test
Please visit my del.icio.us site http://del.icio.us/SuperMatt . On this site I have my bookmarks. I did not do this with my first site.
In SuperMatt, 09/08/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
My first blog post
Topics: classactivities
This is my first post for the BIT 320 class. We are starting class remixing. I have my own delicious account.
I am excited for this to take off!!!
For instructions on creating a blog, click here.
In supriya, 09/08/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
Class remixing is starting
Topics: classactivities remixing
Students have delicious accounts. They have blog accounts. They are rearing to go. Can’t wait.
You can read how to do this here.
In Blogonautic Solutions, 09/08/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
Class remixing is starting
Topics: intro
I am not the William H. from the movies. I am another William H and will be blogging about this class. But, I have much respect for his body of work and ability.
For a look at the ‘real’ William H.’s career. check out here.
In musings of william h, 09/08/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
September 10, 2005
A brief email with James Farmer
Topics: remixing
James Farmer is the person hosting these blogs down in Australia, and he is quite the entrepreneur. Basically, as near as I can work out, he’s interested in this class because he sees it as a potential prototype for professional blogging communities. My cut is that the chief aid to community building on the technology side is something like the remix page we have developed.
But, I think the real dynamics of these things comes from the fact that we are all engaged in this class around one purpose, trying to achieve the workplan laid out in BIT320.
So, James and I have emailed back and forth a bit with these things in mind. At this stage, I think we are going to stick solid with the current version of the blogging software, warts and all. It does the job, and upgrading during the semester could prove a painful diversion.
In Blogonautic Solutions, 09/10/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
September 11, 2005
More mash-ups to come
Topics: Microsoft
According to CNET news.com, Microsoft recently announced that they are going to embrace Web 2.0, a computing platform serving web applications to end users. The software company plans to publish APIs (application programming interfaces) to MSN and other public web sites, thereby allowing developers to write new applications that build on these sites. With these third party add-ons, MS hopes to drive increased traffic to their web properties. Microsoft’s move mirrors the strategies at Google, Yahoo, Amazon, and a number of other sites.
In Kevin's Blog, 09/11/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
WebEx for Ross Students
Topics: Technology
The Ross School of Business (RSB) is now offering students free access to WebEx, a provider of web conferencing services. WebEx gives students powerful real-time collaborative tools including PowerPoint slide, application, document, and whiteboard sharing, integrated video, and VOIP audio.
It would be interesting to find out whether RSB is paying for this new service. By providing the service to students at no cost, WexEx potentially could be evangelizing thousands of future business leaders to the power and benefits of web conferencing. Then, once the students graduate, they will demand WebEx in their workplaces.
In Kevin's Blog, 09/11/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
The Face Book
Topics: facebook
Social networking site for college students
In del.icio.us/kevlers, 09/11/2005 | Original | Archive
eMegaWeb.net Web Hosting
Topics: hosting
My web site
In del.icio.us/kevlers, 09/11/2005 | Original | Archive
Kodakgallery.com Slideshow
Topics: photography
Amateur photo journal showing the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
In del.icio.us/kevlers, 09/11/2005 | Original | Archive
The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security
Topics: Technology
Interesting article discussing computer security
In del.icio.us/kevlers, 09/11/2005 | Original | Archive
Duplicate posts
Topics: Troubleshooting
When editing either a blog post or del.cio.us bookmark, the remix site seems to pick up a new copy of the post rather than modifying the existing one. This causes duplicate entries to appear. Is there a way around this? Thanks.
In Kevin's Blog, 09/11/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
Duplicate entries
Topics: Troubleshooting remixing
When editing either a blog post or del.cio.us bookmark, the remix site seems to pick up a new copy of the post rather than modifying the existing one.
Right now, there seems no way around it, but I will research it. It has to do with when a feed item is considered new and how you identify a feed item. There are some standards for this, but they are followed unevenly. There is even some debate as to whether items are, in fact, updateable. For now, just treat everything you write and publish as though it were sent, much like email.
In Blogonautic Solutions, 09/11/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
Word Press - still dont use
Topics: WordPress
I’m excited to start a new Blog online however about worried about the stability of it. Word Press http://wordpress.org/ the site that is hosting us claims to be state-of-art yet it seems every time I try to post or play with the features, the are not yet activated or do not work properly. I just hope that none of us lose are hard work that we are putting into our blogs.
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SuperMatt » Blog Archive » Word Press - still dont use
Topics: Problems
In del.icio.us/supermatt, 09/11/2005 | Original | Archive
September 12, 2005
Guardian Unlimited | Online | Remixing the blogosphere
Topics: remixing
An article about the benefits of remixing as opposed to individual blogging
In del.icio.us/jbartko, 09/12/2005 | Original | Archive
craigslist | Katrina 2005
Topics: craigslist katrina
Interesting: a section of Craig's List devoted to Hurricane Katrina resources
In del.icio.us/jbartko, 09/12/2005 | Original | Archive
BIT 320: new material
Topics: generalclass
What is remixing? What is a mash-up? What does it mean to trackback and what purpose does it serve? And, finally, what does the word delicious have to do with bookmarking?
Seven days ago, I had absolutely no answers to the above questions. Today, I can give you a vague response to most of them. But I still feel as though I have a lot to learn this semester. I don’t usually find myself so lost on terminology during the first week of class. I have never claimed to be an expert on the Internet, but I definitely never realized how much there is about it that I have never even heard of.
The upside is this: I enjoy technology and I love learning what else I can do with my PC. I’m looking forward to how much more I’ll know at the end of this semester. Take a look at what topics I’ll be exploring on the BIT 320 Syllabus.
In jb's blog, 09/12/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
Taking the big plunge
Topics: classactivities generalclass remixing
jbartko makes some interesting observations:
Seven days ago, I had absolutely no answers to the above questions. Today, I can give you a vague response to most of them. But I still feel as though I have a lot to learn this semester. I don’t usually find myself so lost on terminology during the first week of class. I have never claimed to be an expert on the Internet, but I definitely never realized how much there is about it that I have never even heard of.
Hang in there, Jenny, the class is about exploring new topics. You get points for making blog posts like this one where you lay out the issues as you see them and start to try to address them.
In Blogonautic Solutions, 09/12/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
Format wars over mobile TV
Topics: CellPhones
In del.icio.us/zeenah, 09/12/2005 | Original | Archive
Music Therapy for Newborns on Yahoo! News Photos
Topics: Music
In del.icio.us/zeenah, 09/12/2005 | Original | Archive
September 13, 2005
Pacific News Service
Topics: Newsource
A great nonprofit news source since 1969 and Vietnam
In del.icio.us/hiccups, 09/13/2005 | Original | Archive
Independent Media Center
Topics: Newsource
Network of media oulets from around the world for radical & accurate tellings of truth
In del.icio.us/hiccups, 09/13/2005 | Original | Archive
Webex
Topics: Technology
My vision for the future of knowledge sharing definitely involves blogging because it is an easy way to share ideas. However blogging is not interactive in that people are not yet able to work on projects together through blogs. Webex however does just that, and it is available to Ross student for free. This will be a great help for Ross students as meetings consume the majority of our time. I’m excited to use this new service. Kevin had similar thoughts you can read them in his blog.
In SuperMatt, 09/13/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
WebEx: Web Conferencing, Online Meetings, and Video Conferencing
Topics: Technology
In del.icio.us/supermatt, 09/13/2005 | Original | Archive
WebEx - University of Michigan Business School
Topics: Technology
In del.icio.us/supermatt, 09/13/2005 | Original | Archive
tech.memeorandum
Topics: aggregation syndication weblogs
The Web is humming with reports and opinions on technology. tech.memeorandum is page A1 for these discussions.
In del.icio.us/fpgibson, 09/13/2005 | Original | Archive
Interactive blogging
Topics: Technology remixing
Matt raises an interesting point:
My vision for the future of knowledge sharing definitely involves blogging because it is an easy way to share ideas. However blogging is not interactive in that people are not yet able to work on projects together through blogs.
I agree that you probably need more than blogging. However be careful of vendors offering you free services that are normally for pay. What are some alternatives to webex?
In Blogonautic Solutions, 09/13/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
NewsFire blocks RSS ads
Topics: advertising aggregation remixing
"Is NewsFire the first of what may be many aggregators to block advertisements in feeds?"
In del.icio.us/fpgibson, 09/13/2005 | Original | Archive
[no title]
Topics: Technology
Matt might be mistaken when he says:
Webex however does just that, and it is available to Ross student for free. This will be a great help for Ross students as meetings consume the majority of our time.
We’ll see what he thinks at the end of the semester.
In Blogonautic Solutions, 09/13/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
Katrina & The Racial Opinion Divide
An article about polling difference between whites and black opinion on Katrina, the aftermath, and who's to blame
In del.icio.us/hiccups, 09/13/2005 | Original | Archive
Michigamua, UM's Secrect Society
Topics: Michigamua UofM race
Contains information on one of UM's most prominent secret society, its ongoings, memebers, articles, and why it shouldn't be acceptable
In del.icio.us/hiccups, 09/13/2005 | Original | Archive
Experimental Tech
Topics: Technology WordPress
Experimental Technology. Beta version software. The bleeding edge of the technological wave. Though these products often come with bugs, limitations, headaches, etc., some people (myself included) can not get enough of them.
For example, AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), has a beta release out, Triton. Of course, upon my immediate installation of the new AIM, I’m graced with numerous upgrades (slicker user interface, tabbed IMs), and a nasty penchant to randomly disconnect. Yet I put up with it just to be on that bleeding edge.
Which brings me to the blogging software we’re using in this class, WordPress. The other Matt touched on this in his blog, but the version number of WordPress is at “1.6-ALPHA-2-still-dont-use.” Still don’t use, huh? This should be interesting to see how this all works in the end.
In Matt's Musings, 09/13/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
AOL Instant Messenger
Topics: Technology communication
Social tool reinventing online/offline communication
In del.icio.us/mridge, 09/13/2005 | Original | Archive
MS Office 12
Topics: Microsoft Technology
First look at next MS Office with upgrades to the whole suite - including Access
In del.icio.us/mridge, 09/13/2005 | Original | Archive
September 14, 2005
A Web of secrets
Topics: Opinionslug
Blogging is a free way of connecting people all over the world. Granted that you have an access to a computer in some part of it, you can leave a diary that could possibly stay around for your grandkids. My friend Rachel blogged from Romania and my friend Mandy is currently blogging from Japan. Next year, I plan on blogging my experiences of Europe. The benefits lie in the fact that you no longer have to write letters or emails always forgetting about someone and feeling bad about it. Now people know, and those who care or are curious will log on to see what’s up. The only question is privacy. I’m still a bit weary of putting it all out there…
In Pink Footsie, 09/14/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
Access my love of frustration
Topics: GeneralEd
Best Buy was awesome this summer. With all the acronyms I feel like I’ve learned a fourth language and I even made up my own: SDLI: systems don’t like Interns. What I hope to learn this semester is something we may or may not cover with SQL. BBY runs on several systems some of which don’t talk to each other so when I was trying to build databases, it was hard as the source DBs were designed differently and trying to link tables was a pain. So when you have data titles in a row in one Excel spsht and the same titles in a column with thousands of records, is there a quick way to arrange it in such a way as to integrate the data into a queried form? Oh and btw BBY is an awesome company to work for, I might be a tag in 8 months, ask me if you want to know more about the company.
In Pink Footsie, 09/14/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
Google Blog Search
Topics: google remixing search weblogs
An extremely good blog searching tool by google. Search for LearningRemix
In del.icio.us/fpgibson, 09/14/2005 | Original | Archive
John Battelle's Searchblog: Jeremy Asks: How Do You Learn to Search?
Topics: design education search
Focuses on the human operator end of the search process, frequently ignored by technologists.
In del.icio.us/fpgibson, 09/14/2005 | Original | Archive
findability.org | ambient findability + the design of findable objects | a blog by Peter Morville
Topics: infrastructure search
Peter Morville lives right in Ann Arbor and is interested in this class. Perhaps we should get him in.
In del.icio.us/fpgibson, 09/14/2005 | Original | Archive
Socialmarks.com - Social Bookmarking. Social RSS/Atom Feed Syndication. Automated Trend Discovery.
Topics: remixing syndication tagging
Should we be doing this instead of the Learning Remix?
In del.icio.us/fpgibson, 09/14/2005 | Original | Archive
Editing the “Blogroll”
Topics: blogging
Ever since we started blogging, I’ve been confused by the presence of the “Blogroll” in the right pane of everyone’s blog. As the professor explained to me in class, the Blogroll is simply a list of links to the blogs of WordPress users. A marketing ploy, if you will.
Turns out, this feature can be edited. In your site admin, click on Links. The first tab is Manage Links, where all the Blogroll links are listed with the option to delete. The next tab is Add Link, where you can add your own links to the Blogroll. Finally, since you’ve probably noticed by now that you only have one category for links (Blogroll), there is another tab called Link Categories where you can create new categories. Then just go back to Manage Links and edit which categories your links are in.
For example, check out my “Links” category instead of the “Blogroll.” I added a link to the BIT320 Community Engine.
In jb's blog, 09/14/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
Blogging Away Your Secrets
Topics: Opinionslug Technology blog
Pink Footies mentions an interesting benefit and harm of blogging:
I think that even though privacy is an issue that people like blogging just because there is no interaction, which seems to make it more private. After awhile sharing dirty secrets are nothing more than typing to yourself, because you never see the recievers reaction to the news. And even though as Matt eiws this lack of interaction as a negative factor. Many others see it as a bonus. Such as Post Secret.The benefits lie in the fact that you no longer have to write letters or emails always forgetting about someone and feeling bad about it. Now people know, and those who care or are curious will log on to see what’s up. The only question is privacy. I’m still a bit weary of putting it all out there…
Post Secret is at the same time a facinating yet horrifying example of secrets on blogs. People send in their darkest secrets on an index card to a guy and he scans them in for the world to read. Some of them are horrible to read but one just can’t seem to stop themselves from reading the actual desires and feelings of people just like you and me.
In Shady Waters, 09/14/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
Post Secrets
A place to send your secrets on an index card and have them displayed to the world
In del.icio.us/hiccups, 09/14/2005 | Original | Archive
Bzzzpeek
Human replication noises by country of different animals, cars, and daily life
In del.icio.us/hiccups, 09/14/2005 | Original | Archive
Free buddy icons for your AIM addiction
Topics: techie
In del.icio.us/pinkfootsie, 09/14/2005 | Original | Archive
What are Repeating Groups?
Topics: ClassIssues
In our last session, we talked about normalization and removing repeating groups to achieve 1NF. I am still not sure what repeating groups are, and how to remove them. Could someone please explain repeating groups of fields as well as repeating groups within a field.
For reference, here are the class slides.
In supriya, 09/14/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
SensiTile - A fascinating invention.
Topics: Uncategorized
SensiTile was invented by a recent U of M graduate, and is now creating sensations all over the world. The technologies used in SensiTile make the material sensitive to light intensity and color. SensiTile is on display in the School of Architecture, and I highly recommend that anyone who visits the Architecture School must see it. As you move your hand on the tiles, ripples are created on its surface. This product is indeed fascinating.
To read more on SensiTile, click here.
In supriya, 09/14/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
What exactly is the superkey, and candidate key?
Topics: Normalization
Ok, now I know the article said to read the following definitions a couple times in order to get the idea but I still don’t. I understand the idea behind the primary key but can someone please elaborate more on the definitions of the superkey, and candidate key. Thanks
In The Blogstar, 09/14/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
Expectations of BIT 320
Topics: ClassExpectations
Coming into this class, I had a small idea of what to expect. I had a taste of databases in our core BIT class, but having taken it in the Spring, I didn’t get to learn much about them. For some reason, I was fascinated by the topic of databases. It may have been the overlapping themes in marketing and bit which got me interested in them. I just hope that I am able to keep up with what I learn this semester and am able to apply it once I graduate.
In zee124, 09/14/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
SensiTile - A recent invention by a Michigan Graduate
Topics: NewInventions
I was fascinated looking at this site. The wonders of technology...
In del.icio.us/supriya, 09/14/2005 | Original | Archive
Your Blog May Show Up!
Topics: google
Google has unveiled a website that lets people search web journals or blogs.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4244944.stm
Google is in on the blogging action. They are allowing users to search for weblogs that are written not only in their own blogging service, Blogger, but on all kinds of blogging sites. You can search through blogs for a certain subject. Google also will alert you when blogs have been updated. Apparantly this is similar to the service Technorati (which we briefly talked about in class). Be careful what you write! Someone may be searching for it.
In zee124, 09/14/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
Can you make fuel out of cats?
Topics: NewInventions
This article talks about a German inventor making fuel out of dead cats. Indeed, some technologial inventions can be distubing.
In del.icio.us/supriya, 09/14/2005 | Original | Archive
The Japanese Anime
Topics: Anime VideoGames
Anime is gaining more and more popularity in the American market, and is competing with the American video games
In del.icio.us/supriya, 09/14/2005 | Original | Archive
BBC NEWS | Magazine | When fake blogs attack
Topics: blogging
The extent of fake blogs on the internet
In del.icio.us/zeenah, 09/14/2005 | Original | Archive
BBC NEWS | Technology | One blog created 'every second'
Topics: blogging
Stats on Blogging according to Technorati
In del.icio.us/zeenah, 09/14/2005 | Original | Archive
What are Repeating Groups?
Topics: ClassIssues
Repeating groups occur when you have mutiple columns of the same attributes. For example if you’re looking at data regarding a parent and their children it should be a ROW for each child as opposed to putting the parent in the first column, the 1st child in the second, the 2nd child in the third column etc. This would be an example of a RG similiar to the one given in the coursepack. Hopefully this helps.
Emp ID Ch1 Ch2 Ch3 Ch4
002 Nan Pat Lee Todd
In The Blogstar, 09/14/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
Whole lotta posting going on
Topics: ClassExpectations ClassIssues GeneralEd generalclass
A lot of different themes in the class. Let me hit one of the major ones. Head on, Zee124 notes:
For some reason, I was fascinated by the topic of databases. It may have been the overlapping themes in marketing and bit which got me interested in them. I just hope that I am able to keep up with what I learn this semester and am able to apply it once I graduate.
I think PinkFootsie has a similar concern, and jb mentioned it in her first blog post. It’s a combination of “Gee, there’s a lot of topics here,” and “Am I actually going to be able to use this stuff?”
Well, I can sympathize. We’re doing a lot of new things right now. However, let me offer the following reassurance. On Thursday, tomorrow, as we dig into Normalization, you should start to see the applications. We’ll look more in detail at 1NF; it’s one of the more valuable steps. It’s where you clean the data and understand what it is all about.
Next, remember that in two weeks, the Senior VP of Marketing for Denali Flavors will be coming. He is coming because this is an applied class, and he is interested in what we are doing.
In Blogonautic Solutions, 09/14/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
Alittle Confused
Topics: Problems
This is something that I think will get touched upon again in class, but since I was confused about it, I thought I would see what some of you had to say. I am having some difficultly understanding exactly what a superkey is accord to the Article. A superkey is “is any set of attributes (that is some subset of S) that functionally determine all the attributes in S.” But I am not sure exactly what that means. I understand the basic idea, but it can get confusing.
In SuperMatt, 09/14/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati
Buy.com - Jabra BT800 Bluetooth(tm) Headset with Caller ID
Topics: WishList
In del.icio.us/supermatt, 09/14/2005 | Original | Archive
iPod Alarm Clock Radio at Hammacher Schlemmer
Topics: WishList
In del.icio.us/supermatt, 09/14/2005 | Original | Archive
September 15, 2005
Starting a Business Book on CD: Creating Your Own Sharper Image by Ric
Topics: WishList
In del.icio.us/supermatt, 09/15/2005 | Original | Archive
Thoughts on Normalization
Topics: Databases
I think of normalization as a way of minimizing the amount of duplicate data in a database. In the end there may be more tables, but it certainly makes retrieving records and updating databases much easier and also helps manage the accuracy and consistency of the data. I’m starting to realize the importance of normalization and how crucial it is in laying the foundation for optimal database and application performance.
Btw… is there ever a need to denormalize a database? It seems that with especially large amounts of data, performance would be better with fewer tables and links. Let me know your thoughts on this.
In Kevin's Blog, 09/15/2005 | Original | Archive | Post to del.icio.us | Technorati