Second Blog Post Here We Go!

I honestly believe I did better than I expected. Not that I had any self-doubt about passing phase one, but it was more than I expected it to be. This allowed me to push myself to get the work done because I knew that if I fell behind, I wouldn't have been able to catch up due to my personal life getting in the way. One thing I do want to do differently is the way I study for my bonus quizzes because I only study for 1 hour the night before we have the test, and I feel like I should at least give myself 30 minutes every other day to research and understand what the bonus quiz are asking me to do and then the night before recollect all my notes to make sure I ace the next one.

The skill that stuck with me the most from chapter 4 was 4.5.2 Page and Column Breaks. The reason I chose this one is because of the column breaks. I didn't know that you could properly break columns to make them look proper on a page, and this will be very useful in my PSY101 class for the project I have coming up. Luckily, I already knew how to do a page break from previous experience.

The way I will be preparing myself for the MO-110 Word certification exam will be to restudy the parts I had trouble with in LabSim or that caused me to take longer than I should. Also, I need to figure out what the MO-110 Word certification exam consists of.

My oldest daughter's birthday was on Valentine's Day, and we were able to take her out on Saturday after my class to the aquarium at Mandalay Bay and to go eat at Red Robin, which is the spot she chose to go because she really likes the donuts they serve there with chocolate and caramel dipping. Man, I just can't believe that she is already 6 years old. Time flies by quick. I swear I can remember the first day she was brought into this world like it was yesterday.

Blog 1 (IS101-3205)

Hello, my name is Christian. I am a student who is currently attending the College of Southern Nevada (CSN). This would mark my second semester, and this semester is a little more difficult than the last one due to the classes being a little more complex and instead of taking two classes I am currently taking three. I know it's not much, but it makes a difference when having to be a father of three children, a husband, and a responsible employee. Besides school, work, and being human, I enjoy watching anime, going out to different food spots, and gardening.

My first impression of IS101 was, "Wow, I really don't know how to use my computer properly and the software that is available to me." Honestly, I thought I would be doing only Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, but I am glad I am learning much more than that.

1.4.11 Encryption and Authentication

(a) I used authentication skills to change a few passwords I had that were similar to each other and made them more secure because I realized that they might have been bad passwords, and I didn't want to make it easy for the cybercriminals. I also now keep a few important passwords in a safe I have with other important documents with only a trusted person to know the combination.

(b) I also learned about sites using HTTPS and how they are encrypted and not to put sensitive information in HTTP because it just sends your information in plain text.