Techno-Biography
Before going into my experiences with technology, I believe it is essential to understand what we mean by technology. Technology has meant many different things over the past several years, and these things do not always accumulate to the same thing. One interesting perspective is defining technology as the application of knowledge to meet the goals, goods and services desired by the people. Notice that this definition does not even touch upon what we know today as technology: the application of scientific advances to benefit humanity. No matter what we believe the definition of technology is, we fundamentally understand what technology can do and where it can take us.
My first experience of computer technology was on the Oregon Trail game in grade school on a Macintosh system. Anyone who attended grade school in the late 80s will most likely share the same experience with me. Oregon Trail was the greatest game ever, period. At the same time, I possessed a Zenith personal computer, where I practiced my mathematics and geography skills. To this day, I still contribute my knowledge in these areas to the Zenith computer (and my mom). The other two greatest games I played on the Zenith were Digger and Pango. This technology allowed me to develop great motor skills at an early age and use transferable skills in the classroom.
Throughout the course of my education, I have had the opportunity to work in various areas of computer technology. My high school was one of the first schools in the nation to implement fiber optic technology among 10 buildings spanning 12 miles. These opportunities have made me realize that the true beauty of technology is not for helping businesses make money, but helping the human race increase their efficiency and knowledge.
My background is mainly technical, not educational, so I will discuss about my technical experiences. During my undergraduate years in business school, I mainly used computer technology for business procedures such as reports, presentations and collaborations. At the same time, I was keenly interested in the operation of computers, and I gained great knowledge working as a technician for Gateway Computers. This opened me up to the engineering side of technology, dealing with circuits, chips, bits and bytes. This core foundation of knowledge that I gained allowed me to develop further in other areas.
I have tried to experience and understand all aspects of technology during my academic and short professional career. I have done a good amount of web development, which has allowed me to develop and expand my programming and graphic design skills. I have also done corporate networking as a network administrator and have done a lot of random things in my Masters program, including search engine modification, data mining, database development and design, user interface design, human computer interaction, network infrastructure, ePayment systems and open-source content/knowledge management system development, to name a few.
As is evident, I have had many great opportunities to develop myself in a multitude of technology sectors. But, all of my knowledge is useless if I just keep it to myself. I, as well as many others in the business and technology sectors, want to not only expand on technological innovations, but use our knowledge to create a better way to foster education to the masses and create a more advanced society that encourages development.
My first experience of computer technology was on the Oregon Trail game in grade school on a Macintosh system. Anyone who attended grade school in the late 80s will most likely share the same experience with me. Oregon Trail was the greatest game ever, period. At the same time, I possessed a Zenith personal computer, where I practiced my mathematics and geography skills. To this day, I still contribute my knowledge in these areas to the Zenith computer (and my mom). The other two greatest games I played on the Zenith were Digger and Pango. This technology allowed me to develop great motor skills at an early age and use transferable skills in the classroom.
Throughout the course of my education, I have had the opportunity to work in various areas of computer technology. My high school was one of the first schools in the nation to implement fiber optic technology among 10 buildings spanning 12 miles. These opportunities have made me realize that the true beauty of technology is not for helping businesses make money, but helping the human race increase their efficiency and knowledge.
My background is mainly technical, not educational, so I will discuss about my technical experiences. During my undergraduate years in business school, I mainly used computer technology for business procedures such as reports, presentations and collaborations. At the same time, I was keenly interested in the operation of computers, and I gained great knowledge working as a technician for Gateway Computers. This opened me up to the engineering side of technology, dealing with circuits, chips, bits and bytes. This core foundation of knowledge that I gained allowed me to develop further in other areas.
I have tried to experience and understand all aspects of technology during my academic and short professional career. I have done a good amount of web development, which has allowed me to develop and expand my programming and graphic design skills. I have also done corporate networking as a network administrator and have done a lot of random things in my Masters program, including search engine modification, data mining, database development and design, user interface design, human computer interaction, network infrastructure, ePayment systems and open-source content/knowledge management system development, to name a few.
As is evident, I have had many great opportunities to develop myself in a multitude of technology sectors. But, all of my knowledge is useless if I just keep it to myself. I, as well as many others in the business and technology sectors, want to not only expand on technological innovations, but use our knowledge to create a better way to foster education to the masses and create a more advanced society that encourages development.
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9/25/2005 10:41:00 AM
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