For the Nth Time

I created this blog to serve as a repository for my MIS-related stuff from UPOU. Back then, my intent was to keep updating this as often as I can. My purpose was a blend of it to be a time-capsule of sort and to be of aid to others who would wish to pursue the post-grad degree themselves.

Being one comfortable with blogging, I thought I could actually live up to that. What I never anticipated was that real life would have its way with the blogger from time to time.

So the hiatus was mainly about:

• Work. Of course this trumps almost everything in the list and with the way deadlines and expectations pile up, this time of the year, it shouldn't be surprising if I end up silent here again.
• School. While this is mostly about school, the IS238-IS272 combo the previous sem, actually bore down on most of my free time. So much that the weeks actually felt like I had coffee for blood in my veins. Add to that taking the program's comprehensive exam, (of which I will write about soon), and that pretty much pictures how hectic school was.
• Family. While the family ranks among the top of my priorities, affairs tend to become more demanding as the family ends up becoming bigger. My brother, for instance, had his wedding last Saturday.
• Health. Given hectic schedules and busy routines, (not to mention a crazy typhoon experience,) it's always easy to neglect one of rest and a healthy lifestyle. So it wasn't really surprising that around the middle of the month, I had to be treated for something before I get down with full-blown pneumonia or tuberculosis. I'm alright now and I'm on my way to getting rid of the cancer stick from my routine forever.

I hope to be able to write again here soon before I ride off into the sunset though.

A Second Serving

So after the summer's through (or at least it's supposed to be as we're still waiting for the rain from where I am,) I'm back in school. I had enrolled in IS201 and IS214 last April then had gotten the course materials from the learning center last weekend already. While I have yet to get my grade for 2 of the 3 subjects I took up last semester, I have to start with the real thing now.

IS201 is on Computer Ethics while IS214 is on Programming Languages. The two subjects are actually similar to some major subjects I took when I was still an undergrad at UP Diliman. Those would be CS207 (Special Topics) and CS150 (Programming Languages.) While intuitively that should work to my advantage, I'm not letting my guard down. Not when I got to take a look at the course requirements.

Requirements for IS214 are much like IS215: 20% on FMAs and 80% on a make-or-break multiple choice final exams. While I'm giving myself a heads up on the IS215 serving of that examination, I know I could've done better. That's why I'm preparing for the exam a lot earlier this time.

As for the IS201, I think they're a lot like the requirements in ENRM221: participation in online discussions, a submitted paper which in this case is called an Ethics Portfolio and a final exams. While the Ethics Portfolio is not that formal, it has to be written gradually so as to present something substantially noteworthy. Hence a lot of the meat I'll be including there will appear here just as gradually. Since I was dissatisfied with how my ENRM221 concept paper I wrote for a number of weeks came out, I'm putting in more time to come up with something which will end up something satisfactory.

Now if only I can organize everything I have in mind.

What's With The New Blog?

Just another attempt at organizing MIS routines.

Since I just started with my MIS studies at UPOU, I've had less time for my other blogs, (Half-Empty, Half-Full and The Domino Effect both at Wordpress). It might seem a little odd then that one of the reasons I chose to fix my already crazy schedule is to create yet another one.

But what can I do, I have to start organizing stuff somewhere. At the rate regular and freelance work along with family responsibilities pour in, I can't make a dedicated and specialized online storage for the things the way I want it. Throw in the slow yet merciless ticking of the clock and I have to make my move now.

Why the Blog? Because I don't have the time to create a CMS for the stuff, not even something half-baked. Sure there are several-minute-setup CMS services out there but I'm more used to blogging. Perhaps a move elsewhere in the future might be in order but for now, this should do.

Why Blogger? I find the functionalities of Wordpress too constraining especially the lack of support for some HTML and Javascript, especially for the latter. Since I intend to include some functionalities here, the lack of client-side scripting appears glaring.

So after a deep breath, here goes nothing...