Fieldtrip and Seminars Program

Travel Report

October 4-8, 2010

Manila-Laguna-Tagaytay

Fieldtrip Overview

One of the requirements of our Fieldtrip and Seminars subject is to attend 1 Major Fieldtrip and 1 Major Seminar; it is called Major because this activity will be outside Davao City. This Fieldtrip allotted 5 days staying in Luzon, specifically Manila, Laguna and Tagaytay, visiting different companies related to our course Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT). These companies include the Bayantel, Sea Change, IBM, SSS, Hitachi, MMDA and etc… We also attend a seminar/symposium at the University of the Philippines, Diliman in Quezon City, Manila for our seminar and visited other institute and department like Telecoms Training Institute (TTI), Advance Science and Technology Institute (ASTI) and etc…

Day 1

October 4, 2010, AM

Today, I went on a company visit to BayanTel, a telecommunication provider in the Philippines, 85.4 per cent owned by the Lopez Group and Benpres, a publicly-listed holding company. BTHC’s other main shareholder is the AIF. The operator has a majority stake in NTDN (National Digital Transmission Network), giving BayanTel access to NTDN's nationwide fibre-optic backbone covering 2,762 km and part-owned by six other major telecommunications carriers.

What I learned?

In Bayan Tel, I learned about how they access and connect with there clients. How they serve and satisfy them also. I learned about monitoring. This Monitoring they called is like checking all connection from time to time if there is a some bad or lets just say lost connection that may cause a bad impact to the company from there clients if they will not fix it immediately. In order to do that, they a monitoring team 24/7. I also found out that they use a device which is responsible for the connection or the networking. They called it “SWITCH”, which is not the switch that we use as hubs or any other device we use for connecting computers but it may function as the same as that. This switch is a box where all of the clients’ connection within its range is connected to through this. I also learned about there business market area, most of its location are located at the South Philippines, it’s because of the competency among other telecommunication companies.

What I liked?

Things I liked in the Bayan Tel is that there monitoring, even though it’s a tiring job, but for the sake or satisfy the clients they should invest to 24/7 monitoring service.

What I didn’t like?

Things I didn’t like, hmmm, the only thing that I didn’t is the place, our meeting place. Lack of chairs, my others group mates are standing and its so tiring.

Day 2

October 5, 2010- AM

Today, I went on a school visit to attend the UP-USEP Information Technology Symposium 2010 at the University of the Philippines. The seminar talks about lots of topic that can help in our IT career. The First Speaker, Prof. Lemuel Rodolfo Brana former president of the oldest and largest IT association in the Philippines talks.

Next speaker, she is an Artist Girl, she talks about more on animation, 3d modeling and some tips for people who wants to be like her. She said that in this industry, animation, grades are not important, what matter more is your ability, skills and creativeness. She also encourage us, just like Steve Jobs, to do things what we love. Just pursue your dreams.

Next speaker talks about Mobile application. He is so good at his work; it looks like he knows everything in his field. He talks about how to connect and use scripts to your program and some basic tips and requirements. This field should require not only skills and talents but also brains and knowledge. He gave us some pattern or let say step by step process on you will get to his position. First you should know the basic of programming.

Next speaker is Ms. Rose Ann Sale, MS Computer Science Student at University of the Philippines, Diliman. She talks about a Successful Thesis. She tells us how to make a wonderful thesis.

Next speaker, Mr. Lee talks about visualization, this visualization is all about representing data to a clear or understandable way to easily visualize the flow of the data.

What I Learned?

There are a lot of things I learned from this event, starting from the topic animation, from her, I learned the software to use in 3D modeling and animation, It encourage us to use the software like 3D max, Maya, and etc. than using open source counter part to those software its because company uses more to those software than the open source. Most of the students are really curious about this 3D stuff and Animation because its sound so cool and probably most of us are gamer; we enjoy the interface of the game like it was becoming so realistic.

Second, I learned from the speaker of mobile application is that all of the success and being good at programming, first, you should know “BASICS”. It is the foundation when it comes to many aspects. At mobile application, the things you need are the knowledge about scripting and connection all scripts in one application. Someone ask about how we able to know all of that if don’t know where to start learning, a good question I think, but the answer is start at the basic, start learning from your basic programming subjects, like C/C++ and JAVA, and then start upgrading your knowledge, don’t just stop at one or two languages, expand your knowledge.

Third, is from Rose Ann Sale the speaker of Writing a Winning Thesis, a learned some tips and tricks on how and what a thesis is.

What I Liked?

There are topics I liked specially the animation part and mobile application. It was so cool but there is a thing bothered me, I don’t how to use that, it is new to me and it was my first time to saw that application. But it keeps me interested to it. From, the speaker of writing a winning thesis, I also like her other topics, about on her proposed thesis, she developed an application for kids to improved there spelling skill, I get interested in application is what programming language they use, she said the they use JAVA as the programming language, and also there application uses a WII remote as the controller so I was so curious about that, then me and my friend approach her to ask her personally about the application, if I’m not mistaken the name of there application is “KINE2SPELL”. How they connect the Wii remote using JAVA? After approaching her we found out that there is a JAVA API for connecting the Wii remote, they just modify it and uses it as controller. It’s a relief for me because I used to use JAVA language until now.

What I didn’t like?

The symposium is very informative; you can get some new knowledge and ideas through it. But there are time that I didn’t like, for example, dead air or some boring parts of the topic or the speaker, most of the student will not listen and just chatting with there friends and others are sleeping.

Day 2

October 5, 2010- PM

Today, I went on a company visit to SeaChange and International Business Machines (IBM).

SeaChange International, Inc. The global leader in multi-screen video and one of the largest software companies worldwide. The Company provides innovative, Emmy award-winning solutions and services for back office, advertising, content, in-home devices and broadcast to hundreds of media companies globally, including blue chips such as Comcast, Virgin Media, AT&T, Hutchison Whampoa, Vodacom and DISH Network. Headquartered in Acton, Massachusetts, SeaChange has product development, support and sales offices around the world.

International Business Machines (IBM) is an American multinational computer, technology and IT consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM is the world's fourth largest technology company and the second most valuable global brand (after Coca-Cola). IBM is one of the few information technology companies with a continuous history dating back to the 19th century. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software (with a focus on the latter), and offers infrastructure services, hosting services, and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology.IBM has been well known through most of its recent history as the world's largest computer company and systems integrator. With almost 400,000 employees worldwide, IBM is second largest (by market capitalization) and the second most profitable information technology and services employer in the world according to the Forbes 2000 list with sales of greater than 100 billion US dollars.

What I learned?

SeaChange – first arrival in there building, they took us to a room for a lecture, sad to say that starting the lecture, I have this filling of drowsiness; I can’t even listen to the words coming from the speaker. I don’t even have an idea what SeaChange all about. I only knew that SeaChange is all about video or just like channel or cable provider after the lecture and visiting its facilities. I learned that most of them are focusing to their newly developed system. Some sort of Online Video Streaming. I have learned that the connection they are using in there connection is through internet. The made and application along with a hardware and plug it into the television. After that, you can now sea different movies and shows in television, it has the features like replay, rewind, and fast forward, this is because before you can play a video, the system will check if that video is fully downloaded. But in incase not yet fully downloaded, you can’t see it in the menu. A like the idea of downloading the video, but note, not the whole video you are downloading but some part of it, like when you are playing video in YOUTUBE, the buffering in there is the downloading of some data that can be use to show you the video but not all parts of the video cause it may took a long process and it is large when it regards to the capacity.

International Business Machines (IBM) – after SeaChange, we proceed to the IBM which just located at the next building. After entering the building of IBM, there’s a man who works from IBM share with us his knowledge and all about IBM. First he shows us the Server Computer of the IBM which is located in that building. He discusses different parts and works of the server. After a short discussion, we proceed to a room where we discuss more about IBM.

I knew that IBM is stop producing hardware or let me say computers, but I’ve learned that the company producing computer for them is the Lenovo; IBM now is focusing more on new idea for new system. They have the “Incubator” which where the newly born idea starts from small until it grows bigger and bigger.

What I liked?

SeaChange- I like the staff and employee in this company, specifically those who are making there system/application. I like the way they discuss there upcoming technology, even though it is not yet released but they share it with us.

IBM – I really like there freebies, I wish I could get one. I really like the speaker in from the IBM, Ms. Iris, I liked the way she entertain us even though her course are not inclined with I.T., but she got it all the way to the top. They provide a place where in we can actually have access unto their servers and use it for our projects for free. We just have to inform them first and wait for their approval. One more thing, IBM buys projects or proposals. This might help freelancers and newbie developers.

What I didn’t like?

SeaChange – I don’t like are some of those facilitators when they are demonstrating there system for real thing, some of them are inconsistent, they have different answer or maybe because of many questions thrown to them and juggled their minds.

IBM – Nothing, everything in IBM are I really liked. Maybe, the thing I didn’t really like is not getting any freebies from them.

Day 3

October 6, 2010

Today, I went on an institution which was the Advance Science and Technology Institute (ASTI) located inside the University of the Philippines, Diliman. They had presented us several projects that they had. Most of their projects were seems like a nature friendly projects, like detecting if there is incoming Tsunami in a place near at the ocean and more on the hardware works like making a device that can text and call like other cellular phones, but it can’t be used as a modem.

The Bayanihan team, they were the programmer, creator, and developer of the Linux Bayanihan.

Linux Bayanihan, I already had an experience of using this when we had our Operating Systems subject. We are given the chance to ask about the Operating System and answer our problems because in our O.S. subject, we encounter problems when it comes to Bayanihan.

After, we went directly to the SSS or the Social Security System. They showed us a brief presentation as to how they protect and secure the files, the flow of there transaction and the networking of there branches nationwide and other information that they have. After the presentation, they divided us into groups for the tour. They also showed us the machines that they were using before and machines that they were currently using. Also, they showed us how they track and check dual or multiple or even false identities for the SSS accounts and the also showed us how they print and how to process the SSS id’s.

What I like?

ASTI

What I like about visiting ASTI was we were able to discuss our problems when it comes to Bayanhan and I really like there projects, they developed it for a purpose, to help other people not only for them but for the better of the nation.

SSS

I really like the hospitality, among those companies we visited, this company had given us more effort and they serve us delicious SNACKS. I also like there security when it comes to dual accounts of a person and the encryption they used to protect the uniqueness of each person.

What I didn’t like?

ASTI

I don’t have any problem with ASTI; I hoped that they will do more projects.

SSS

I didn’t like in SSS is that showing us there museum, I don’t know why we go there; I didn’t have any idea what is the connection of that in our course, hehehe.

Day 4

October 7, 2010

Today, I went on a company visit to Hitachi GST located at Laguna. In this company, they make hardware thing used by the computer, the Hard Disk or Hard Drive.

What I learned?

I learned that the Hard Disk/Hard Drive have 3 types categorized by sizes which are the 3.5’, the 2.5’ and 1.8’. Hard Disk 3.5’ is usually used in our desktops computers, the Hard Disk 2.5’ is for Laptops and Netbooks and Hard Disk 1.8’ are usually the data storage used for mobile gadgets.

Hard Disk 3.5’ the maximum data storage capacity reaches over 20 terabyte. Hard Disk 2.5’ its capacity is over 300 Gigabyte memory storage and 80Gigabyte for Hard Disk 1.8’.

They also showed us the process of producing data writers.

I also learned how large data or about terabytes can fit in a disk. Hitachi Hard Disk uses the “PERPENDICULAR”, instead of placing the bits horizontally; they make them perpendicularly so that many data can be fit.

Also, I learned the process in how they make their Hard Disks.

What I liked?

I really like the place in Hitachi. People are well oriented. I like the way they maintain the cleanliness of the place to keep their products safe and okay. I also like the process on how the make the metal called “Waffer” then chopped to single tiny bits that the Hard Disk used and the process on how they expands the capacity of their Hard Disk.

What I didn’t like?

Hitachi is very cool place for me and everything was so amazing and interesting, like there is no reason to say that it is just an ordinary company. The part in Hitachi that really didn’t like is when they gave those jackets to us and wore it as a requirement to enter the building. They gave me a jacket with an Extra Extra Large Size jacket. I don’t really liked wearing clothes that even my hands can’t reach the end of the arm of the jacket.

Day 5

October 8, 2010

Today, I went on a company visit to Telecoms Training Institute (TTI) and MMDA.

What I learned?

Telecoms Training Institute (TTI)

I learned in TTI is more on Networking, like connecting channels from one distant to another and the purpose of the Repeater if there some blocking spots like trees or high grounds.

MMDA

I learned that they are still using the Disk Operating System (DOS) based software for their traffic light controls and traffic monitoring system according to the speaker from the MMDA. I also notice the jobs of the employees in there like monitoring their area by time to time to check if there are any violations, accident or crime happened.

What I liked?

TTI

I liked the way the speaker from the TTI share its knowledge and his patience. I like the thing he shows us, it is nail cutter shaped-like, which is so expensive because of it has a diamond part of it which makes it expensive.

MMDA

I liked the way the monitor the traffic and the condition of Metro Manila, I also like those big monitor screen, which is displaying the Metro Manila and amaze to there CCTV Camera, it quite powerful camera, it can zoom better than the other ordinary camera.

What I didn’t like?

I didn’t like the place in TTI they have no cooling system for the first building we went. It was so damn hot and the rooms for discussion is not large enough to accommodate us.

What I can recommend for the improvement of the field trip and Seminar Program?

As a student, my recommendation about the Fieldtrip and Seminar Program is just stick to the planned schedule and if in case there are changes, keep in touch on the updated schedule. This activity needs to be planned wisely, the planning should be finalized maybe before a week or a month of the activity.

Also, the clustering of students by bus, to have to fully enjoyment of the students, group them according to their closed or maybe just group them by section. Mostly of there friends are there classmates.

I guess that's all. I hope the next Field Trip and Seminars Program will be more adventurous and enjoy.

Illustration 1: UPITTC (University of the Philippines)

My advice to those who will take their Field Trip and Seminars Program int the near future.

From the experience of Field Trip and Seminars Program, you should save money starting 1 year from the program so you can buy lots of souvenir items and also you can pay the amount needed to the Field Trip and Seminars Program so it can't have some delay in financial problem.

A month from the program, fix everything, prepare you self and things needed as well as yourself. As much as possible, if you have some illness or not feeling well in the program, like visiting companies, please prepare first aid kit and don't just depend on the medical personnel assigned in your group.

I guess that's all my advice. Again, be sure that you are well prepared physically, mentally, spiritually, emotionally and the most important is FINANCIALLY.

BUSINESS PLAN

Coin Operated Computer Cafe

           Many people now are using computer for many purposes, some are students using it for there projects as well as grown up are using it in there office. Or even kids have the ability to use it. In this reason, an idea came up my mind.
I have a friend, which is having Coin Operated Arcade business. This Arcade uses some of gadgets like Play station 2, Xbox, Nintendo and etc. The aim of his business is to sell or rent an Arcade in a Box, not a box like a cube or any other stuff of box but this is the same as Casing to protect its components inside with speaker and other hardware like coin slot.
               I notice now a day, where ever I go, most of the places have been engage to a business like an Internet Café, which uses computers to surf to the web, watching videos and listening music you want and gaming.
But time goes by, along with the technology get higher, Coin Operated Arcade now are turning into Coin Operated Computer, which has the same function as the arcade. Computer has more advantage than the arcade like all of these features can be seen in the computer.
Given the chance to have my own techno business, I would prefer to have a Coin Operated Computer Café.

Coin Operated Computer Café:
      • Cheap
      • Internet Access with Security
      • Document Files (MS Office)
      • Games ( Nintendo, Plays Station, Online Games, Lan Games)
      • Video and Audio Streaming

The target of this business:
      • Students
      • Kids
      • Persons who like the internet
      • Etc.

Advantages
           One of its advantages is that all features of the internet café are in this business and there is no need for a server pc for monitoring the remaining time of the clients. All you need to do is to put a changing booth for your clients where their bill exchanges with coins.
The other advantages of this computer café are each unit has its own timer. When the clients remaining time is equal to zero the computer will automatically shut down its system. You just turn on again the computer if you need to use it. The difference between this Coin Operated Computer Café from the other coin operated computer machine is there timer. This business will developed a Software Timer that when the remaining time is equal to zero it will shut down while the other timer is like the common digital timer that the coin operated machine uses, when the remaining time of the client is equal to zero it will execute a command that will shut down only the monitor of the computer and leaving the system inside turn on. That will cause a lot, prone for overheating the system and it will eat a lot of voltage blowing up your electric bill. This makes this business unique to other, not only cheap but also a power saver machine. With a Software Timer the remaining time of the clients is always save to the database, the purpose of putting the remaining time in a database it is because there is some interruption that we can never predict like we the BROWNOUT, the most problem of the digital timer, once the electricity gone, the remaining time of the client will be burn out and make the head of the client burn out for sure, because all its time and money will be back to zero or gone. This business has its solution, the software timer remaining time will be based in the database so whenever brownout will occur, the remaining time will be saved then when electricity is back, turning on the computer, whooaaah! Time will be restored. No problem, no burn out heads of client.

Disadvantages
         The disadvantage of this business is just like any coin operated machine problem. Coin operated machine coin slot where usually the problem, some causes of the damaging the coin slot is the clients not following the instructions on how to use or how to insert coins into the coin slot, like there is an instruction that insert 1 peso coin and stupid clients like kids where just inserting 25 centavo coin and make the coin slot choke. One of the disadvantage features of the coin slot is that the 1 peso coin. Right now, we have 2 kinds of peso, one is made some unique metal and it cannot be attracted to a magnet, usually it is has a year labeled in the coin “2003” or below while the other peso coin is made up of unique metal also but it is attracted with a magnet, it is usually more shiny than the other coin, and the year labeled in the coin is “2004” or above.

Components:
        • Computer System unit
               - A computer system where all the processes where process.
        • Computer Box
               - A box serves as the house or casing of the computer system unit. Use to protect from the system                      being damage and other harmful things that may damage the computer system.
        • Joystick
               - Serves as the controller for the arcade games in the computer, usually 2 joystick in each computer.
        • Keyboard and Mouse
               -Use to help clients navigate and control the computer.
        • Coin Slot
               - This hardware makes this computer a coin operated machine. Use to operate and increase the time                   in the timer.
        • Software Timer
               - A software timer that use to determine the time of the clients. It is different from a digital timer, this                     timer can turn off the entire computer system.


Cheap
          This serve as like an internet café but it is more affordable because it is coin operated, therefore you can use it as low as 1 peso or 5 peso depends on what is set in the computer.
Internet Access with Security-
Can browse and surf through the internet. I heard about the news that there is councilor question the security about some adult websites for those minor clients. And also students who want to upload or download through social sites or through their mails, it will just take several minutes, because it is coin operated you can save as low as 1 peso or 5 peso.
Document Files –
Can make their word, excel, presentation documents and also saving audio and video files.
Games –
For those gamers, they can also avail this feature. This business, each computer unit has a maximum of 2 joysticks, therefore 2 players in each computer unit.
There is also Arcade games, like Nintendo and Plays Station and etc. They can also play those games in a computer unit because most of the arcades games now have an Emulator for computer unit so there no problem with that.

LAN Games, this business will not be called as Coin Operated Computer Café if the computers inside are not connected to each other, most of the latest version of all LAN Games will serve to the client and we accept suggestion for the clients if they want to play specific games that has not found in the computer.
Online Games, They can also avail this, this business will assure fast internet connections. Other coin operated computers with online games has a problem when it comes to updating the online games because time to time or may be every week, online games has its maintenance every week and after that you need to patch it, Patching can blow up the head of the clients in waiting and eating the remaining time. The cause of that is this software they called “DEEP FREEZE”, this software is like a time machine making things back to default and ignoring the things that have you done. If in a computer you install something, let say you install a downloader software then after installing you restart the computer, after restarting… WHOOAHH!! Your software installed is gone. Sad to say, the computer is back to default. Whatever you do, saving data, deleting data, updating and etc. those things you have done after restarting it just will back to default. The good thing about this is to protect the files inside the hard drive. This business has its solution for the patching the online games. This business will provide a logical drive where all games are installed, you can saved your game in LAN GAMES and Patch or Update files of the online games so there is no need to wait for so long in patching online games.

Audio and Video Streaming
            This business provides latest music albums from different artist, music video and movies so that clients are more comfortable. Most of other coin operated computers are there are big speakers in each unit, example, so let say 5 computer units will do, imagine 5 computer units simultaneously turning on their speakers and let say they turning it to max volume, whooahh!! An earthquake may occur, vibrating over the place, it’s a big problem, remember clients are not only one, so think about the remaining client if they are comfortable with that or maybe if there concentrating clients scrambled his/her head making documents or maybe solving complicated solution. This can cause trouble. So, this business implementing headphones in each computer unit and the make this business less expensive (speakers is so expensive).
 

“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.” 
-Albert Einstein quotes

THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS OF STEVE JOBS

WHAT I LEARNED IN THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS OF STEVE JOBS

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."
-David Brinkley


Words from the commencement address of Steve Jobs
will bring encouragement and motivation to all students in any schools or colleges and also people in the world, that what ever may happen or problems that the life will give, be strong. Don’t let any problems in life pull you down. Stand up and fight, face the world.
“You’ve got to find what you love” - Steve Jobs

Finding what you love the best way to live life in a wonderful world. Doing things that you love will give you happiness that you will never get in doing things as people wanted you to do.

“Connecting the dots”

Connecting the dots is his first story, focusing in making decisions in life.
Steve Job said, “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”
From his statement, I learned that any decision you make you should have trust and faith. Don’t be afraid or think of what will happen in the future in what your decision may affect, what ever happen you should work for it, love and respect it, and never regret your decisions. Just like Steve Jobs making a very important decision in his life that gave him to the road of success. Believe in your self, you have a unique ability that no one has, just be you, and have trust and faith maybe sooner or later you and Steve Jobs meet in the same road, the road of success.
Also, our facilitator gives as an activity also about connecting dots. It may be the same as what Steve Jobs message in connecting dots but there is one thing I learned and always inside my mind “THINK BEYOND”.

“Love and Loss”

“What I Love To Do?”, It is so difficult for me to find what I really love to do, not just like Steve Jobs; he found what he love to do in his early life, he really love to make a computer even if you have all the brains and talent if you don’t love what you doing it may not work out. Right now, I am trying what I love to do or what I love to be in the future.
Loss, It is the very difficult part of situation in life, you have everything, everything that you have hardly build and just like a blink of an eye, its gone. It is just so pathetic. But there is one positive thing about loss, experiencing loss will give you another start or another better start to make it over again but in better one or may be it will turn out best. Losses if just a product of some mistakes that you did, experience loss is experiencing mistakes, which will help you to improve and become a new you. “If At First You Don’t Succeed, Call It Version 1.0”, from this quote, it means there is room for improvement. Loss if very important to experienced in life, because it will make you to become a better person. So don’t think that it is the end if you have experience loss, who knows, that loss will make you a very successful person someday.

“Death”

Death, a very horrible word for me, death is a loss of everything; you can’t stand up and fight. But Death changes many people; Death let them realize the importance of life and things that they can do while they are still alive.
I learned that staying alive can give me more opportunities and chance to improve my self. “Live life like it was your last”, do always what is best that you will never regret it at the end. Many people suffer for doing wrong things, as death comes, you can never turn it right. “Mistakes can be corrected but wrong will never be right”. Therefore do your best always.
“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life”.
I also learned new word in Steve Jobs third Story, the word “Dogma”, which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. This word makes me realize that every person has its own will and decision. So you don’t have to live what people think, you should live by your own style and passion. You are unique from others and you have something that they don’t have.

"The man who makes a success of an important venture never wails for the crowd.
He strikes out for himself. It takes nerve, it takes a great lot of grit; but the man that succeeds has both.
Anyone can fail. The public admires the man who has enough confidence in himself to take a chance.
These chances are the main things after all. The man who tries to succeed must expect to be criticized. Nothing important was ever done but the greater number consulted previously doubted the possibility. Success is the accomplishment of that which most people think can't be done."
-C. V. White

My Purpose In Life

Right now, I really don’t know the very reason why I exist in this world and what are my purposes. Sometimes I fell like one of the nihilistic persons who don’t believe that they have a purpose and that life has no meaning. Discovering your purpose in life is not just easy like asking their opinion what your purpose is. The question “What’s my purpose?” can be answer by your own through the time in your life the you are down and you feels like the world is far from you.

For now, I can’t really answer my real purpose but yet I have my own way on riding the flow of nature in this world:
To live life to the fullest through Gods will

           •To enjoy life by making myself, family, friends and others happy
           •To finished my studies and get a great life

That’s all.

Maybe sooner or later, “if life hits me with a stone in my head”, I can answer what is my purpose here.



"'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD,
'plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you hope and a future'"
(Jeremiahs 29:11).

Reflections/insights on your personal traits test:

Last meeting in our Technoprenuership subject, we took up a test which is a Personal Traits Test.
This Test is use to distinguishing qualities or characteristics of a person and a readiness to
act in a similar fashion in response to a variety of different situations.

Personality Traits have Five Major Personality traits to make up the essence of a person’s personality:
1. Openness: Openness refers to how open you are to experiencing new things. Do you enjoy learning new ideas and concepts or are you frightened of change?

2. Conscientiousness: Conscientiousness refers to how dedicated you are. When you say you are going to do something do you follow through? Do you have a strong work ethic?

3. Extraversion: Extraversion asks how comfortable you are in the company of others? Do you prefer to be by yourself or in a crowd? Do you like to be the life of the party?

4. Agreeableness: Do you try to get along with people or do you go out of your way to be contentious and start a fight?

5. Neuroticism: How emotionally stable are you? Do you get upset over the little things, or do they roll off your back?

http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/reference/define-personality-traits.html
As Far as I know, Personal Traits compose of Intelligent Quotient, Emotional Quotient and Adversity Quotient. Among of this, the Intelligent Quotient or simply abbreviated as IQ is the most familiar to us.

Intelligent Quotient - It is a measure of relative intelligence determined by a standardized test. The first intelligence test was created in 1905 by Alfred Binet and Théophile Simon to determine which French school children were too “slow” to benefit from regular instruction. Binet came up with the idea of mental age when he noticed that children are increasingly able to learn difficult concepts and perform difficult tasks as they get older. Most children reach the same level of complexity at about the same time, but some children are slower reaching those levels. A 6-year-old child who can do no more than a 3-year-old has a mental age of 3. Wilhelm Stern divided the mental age by the chronological age to get a “Mental Quotient.”

Mental Age/Chronological Age = Mental Quotient

We took up this Intelligent Quotient Test during the entrance exam in our school. This Intelligent Quotient Test may be very hard or difficult to answer among the two personality traits. It is because you use your mind and maybe experience as well to answer that test. I remember when I took up a Test in College; it was a very difficult test, because you are given a test that you don’t know its scope and limited time to answer it. I think Intelligent Quotient Test use to be a difficult test because it tests your stored knowledge in your brain. In order to get a high score you should be conscious or curious of all the things in your surroundings. Taking up Intelligent quotient Test requires reading, it helps refreshing your mind, and experience. In short Intelligent Quotient deals with Brain.


http://giftedkids.about.com/od/glossary/g/iq.htm

Emotional Quotient – From the word itself “Emotional”, Emotional Quotient Test is concentrated more about the emotional aspects or characteristics of human. Regarding the questions given it was more about commonly happen in our surroundings and what will be the response of the business personnel or an entrepreneur. Emotional Quotient deals with heart or your emotions. I took up this test in our Technopreneurship subject in our previous meeting last July 28, 2010 Wednesday. That day everyone is surprise, our facilitator inform us that we will having a test this day and the worst it is, the test is announce, we are not prepare and we don’t know what will the test looks like. According to our facilitator that test will serve as our prelim exam. If you said “TEST” first thing in your mind is difficult or hard. Just like the Intelligent Quotient Test it takes a lot of reviews and studies. But this Emotional Quotient Test is different. Emotional Quotient Test vs. Intelligent Quotients Test is the same as the Brain vs. the Heart. Taking up this test will not give you any sweat, you are given two or more situations in life, you don’t have to grind your brain to answer, and every answer you choose is right, it is because it is your choice, but the answers have different values.


Adversity Quotient- For me, it deals with how you handle a situation. It increases our capacity productivity, and innovation, as well as lower attrition and higher retention. Adversity Quotient is a measure of how you respond to adversity (change and challenges). It provides the tools for improving how you respond and thus overall professional effectiveness. At first, I am not familiar with this. I only heard this in our facilitator in Techonopreneurship subject. I have no idea of what is this; our facilitator gave us a task to take up an Adversity Quotient Test. While taking up the test, I noticed that this test not as hard as Intelligent Quotient Test but it is same as the Emotional Quotient Test. Adversity Quotient Test gives you a situations in life and you try to rate it according to what you want.


This test determines which type of people you are. It is either you belong to a


• Quitter - Abandons their aspirations because it is too difficult
• Camper - Grow weary of the hike and find a comfortable plateau on which to hide from adversity
• Climber - Possibility thinkers who never allow obstacles to get in their way of achieving their aspirations. They never forget the power of the journey over the destination. Embrace the challenge.




Definition of AQ - CORE
          • Control:
                - How much control do you perceive to have over the adverse event?
          • Reality:
                - How far will the outcomes affect the other areas of my life?
                - Overestimating the reality of the consequences is detrimental
          • Endurance:
                - How long will the adversity last?
                - How long will the cause of the adversity last?
                - Labelling yourself as “stupid” or as a “loser” is detrimental and is difficult to reverse

Techniques For Overcoming Low AQ
         • Listen to your thought responses (are they high or low AQ?)

          • Explore all origins and ownership of the result
               - What are the possible origins of the adversity?
               - What part was my fault?
               - What specifically could I have done better?
               - What aspects should I own?
               - What aspects shouldn’t I own?

          • Analyse the evidence
               - What evidence is there that I have no control?
               - What evidence is there that the adversity will affect the other areas of my life?
               - What other evidence is there that there will be prolonged consequences?

         • Do Something
               - What additional information do I need?
               - What could I do to gain some control?
               - What could I do to limit the reach of the adversity?
               - What could I de to limit how long the adversity endures in its current state?


www.ploni.net/Resume/docs/AdversityQuotient.doc

Now, we know what is Personal Traits is and want its purpose but one question,
What is the connection of it to our Technopreneur Subject?

First, Technopreneurship is from the word “Technology” and “Enterpreneurship”. Technopreneurship requires some aspects and one of it is the personal traits. In personal traits will serve as a basic step for becoming a successful Technopreneur.

Personal Traits to a Technopreneur:

Intelligent Quotient
  – Knowledge or Idea on what business you want to make
  – Skills

Emotional Quotient
   – Communication to clients
   – Good relationship in a team or group
Adversity Quotient
   – Strategy and Plans to handle your business


"In order to become a good Technopreneur you should have a good Personal Traits."



"Your ability to negotiate, communicate, influence, and persuade others to do 
things is absolutely indispensable to everything you accomplish in life.
The most effective men and women in every area are those who can quite competently
organize the cooperation and assistance of other people toward the accomplishment of important goals and objectives."
-Brian Tracy

Reflection of "Pirates of the Silicon Valley" movie.

1.What are the factors that contributed to the success and failure of Steve Jobs as a technopreneur?

Before I discuss the factors that contributed to the success and failure of Steve Jobs as a technopreneur, I will define first what is technopreneur. Technopreneur is an entrepreneur involved with high technology.
After I watched this movie, “Pirate of Silicon Valley”, I can say that Steve Jobs is always taking a risk whatever things may come. He has the guts in doing things and he is smart person. While Bill Gates is a wise man.
Gates is portrayed as obsessed and impossibly nerdy. Despite of the negative attitude of Steve Jobs to his team ,he still managed in handling his company in a great job. They are difficult to work with and inflexible because it is their way or the highway. Job should put trust to his members, he should give them enough time and also time for their rest hours. I know that their job is hard but Job should think that they are all humans, they need rest. Because as I saw in the movie, when he saw one of his team is sleeping, he turn off the plug and his employee did not save the program that he is working at. And it's a big mistake that he had done.

The factors that contributed to the success of Steve Jobs as a technopreneur are the following:

Self-confidence: is extremely important in almost every aspect of our lives, yet so many people struggle to find it. Good thing about Steve Jobs is he has the courage to do things that may put him down. He is not afraid of what will happens. Because people who lack self-confidence can find it difficult to become successful, unlike Steve Jobs. He do what he believes to be right, even if others mock or criticize him. This is the confidence that we learn and work hard in a particular area, we'll succeed; and it's this type of confidence that leads people to accept difficult challenges, and persist in the face of setbacks. Entrepreneurs must demonstrate extreme self-confidence in order to cope with all the risks of operating their own business.


Hard-working: Job is an hard-working man. We can see that in the movie, he always do his job and always monitor his teams. And he always accepts challenges. The nice thing about hard work is that it’s universal. It doesn’t matter what industry you’re in — hard work can be used to achieve positive long-term results. When you discipline yourself to do what is hard, you gain access to a realm of results that are denied everyone else. The willingness to do what is difficult is like having a key to a special private treasure room.

Goal oriented: He is a goal-oriented because whenever he thinks that there is something that needs to be changed. The entrepreneur doesn’t understand and won’t accept that employees don’t always share the same drive and aren’t willing to live


Leadership: a range of possible outcomes – the achievement of goals, but also the commitment of individuals to such goals, the enhancement of group cohesion and the reinforcement of change of organizational culture. Steve Jobs discover emerging business opportunities and empower employee to act on the vision. Heexecute through inspiration and develop implementation capacity.

Determination: Job act of making or arriving at a decision. His determination showed in his every movement. He is a man of purpose. He decides or controls some thing's outcome or nature.

Open-minded: Job is willing to revise his mental models and forecasts because of the uncertain nature of their markets and their limited initial planning. Job is a quick entrepreneur. He know that windows of opportunity will open and close swiftly.

Focus: make strategic decisions about the nature of his business. He knows how to balance diligence with their bias actions.

All that factors mentioned above are the things that brought him to be a successful entrepreneur. But if we talk about the attitude of Job, I don't know if he already had all the factors. Sometimes Job had no discipline with himself. Successful entrepreneurs have the ability to think quickly and make a wise decision. On the roller coaster to business success the entrepreneur often copes by focusing on the end result and not the process of getting there. But when that self-confidence steps over the boundary into arrogance, there could be some negative consequences. Arrogant people don’t consider anyone else's ideas to have value – they know best. They are difficult to work with and inflexible because it is their way or the highway. Job should put trust to his members, he should give them enough time and also time for their rest hours. I know that their job is hard but Job should think that they are all humans, they need rest. Because as I saw in the movie, when he saw one of his team is sleeping, he turn off the plug and his employee did not save the program that he is working at. And it's a big mistake that he had done. Entrepreneurs have to be their own biggest fan because they are often working alone or with only a small group of people. Self confidence can actually be a triple-edged sword.

Steve Jobs are highly motivated, goal-oriented, high-energy, super-focused, visionary, driven, self-confident people who set high standards for themselves and for those who work for them. But he also be intolerant of minor mistakes, have over-inflated egos, unwilling to consider someone else’s point of view, and unable to develop and maintain solid interpersonal relationships. The very characteristics that can lead to Jobs success, might also lead him to failure. And another factor that Steve Job fails is that he puts his trust to Bill Gates.


Partly, this comes from a feeling that the people around us approve of us, which we may or may not be able to control. However, it also comes from the sense that we are behaving virtuously, that we're competent at what we do, and that we can compete successfully when we put our minds to it.

sources:

http://technorati.com/business/article/characteristics-of-successful-entrepreneurs/#ixzz357m49Fio

http://east.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/technopreneur



2. How do you see yourself as a technopreneur?


Wow! Watta question. Me? As a technopreneur?.. hmmm well being inlvolve in a business is not that easy. Successful entrepreneurs need to see success.
Technopreneurship is the key to earn money through technology.
In business and technopreneur, just like in any aspect of life, those who are inspired are among the successful lot.
If you don’t plan extensively about your new idea or concept, without thinking ahead, you might encounter unforeseen difficulties with management or cashflow. You should think what should be your product, how does it differ from other products and how will it make you become successful, who your audience is, what money you need to spend in terms of product cost, advertising, shipping, staff, and so on and what profits you are hoping to make.

Discipline is also the key in this field, as an entrepreneur must work hard in order to achieve. Entrepreneurs also need to manage their time properly. There’s no point in spending a whole day over a task, when in reality it will be cheaper and more effective to hire someone to help you with a certain task, thus enabling you to produce more profit.
Being an technopreneur is about more than just starting a business or two, it is about having attitude and the drive to succeed in business. All successful Entrepreneurs have a similar way of thinking and posses several key personal qualities that make them so successful in business. Successful entrepreneurs like the ambitious Richard Branson have an inner drive to succeed and grow their business, rather than having a Harvard Business degree or technical knowledge in a particular field.

All successful entrepreneurs have the following qualities:

Inner Drive to Succeed
Entrepreneurs are driven to succeed and expand their business. They see the bigger picture and are often very ambitious. Entrepreneurs set massive goals for themselves and stay committed to achieving them regardless of the obstacles that get in the way.

Strong Belief in themselves
Successful entrepreneurs have a healthy opinion of themselves and often have a strong and assertive personality. They are focused and determined to achieve their goals and believe completely in their ability to achieve them. Their self optimism can often been seen by others as flamboyance or arrogance but entrepreneurs are just too focused to spend too much time thinking about un-constructive criticism.

Search for New Ideas and Innovation
All entrepreneurs have a passionate desire to do things better and to improve their products or service. They are constantly looking for ways to improve. They're creative, innovative and resourceful.

Openness to Change
If something is not working for them they simply change. Entrepreneurs know the importance of keeping on top of their industry and the only way to being number one is to evolve and change with the times. They're up to date with the latest technology or service techniques and are always ready to change if they see a new opportunity arise.

Competitive by Nature
Successful entrepreneurs thrive on competition. The only way to reach their goals and live up to their self imposed high standards is to compete with other successful businesses.

Highly Motivated and Energetic
Entrepreneurs are always on the move, full of energy and highly motivated. They are driven to succeed and have an abundance of self motivation. The high standards and ambition of many entrepreneurs demand that they have to be motivated!

Accepting of Constructive Criticism and Rejection
Innovative entrepreneurs are often at the forefront of their industry so they hear the words "it can't be done" quite a bit. They readjust their path if the criticism is constructive and useful to their overall plan, otherwise they will simply disregard the comments as pessimism. Also, the best entrepreneurs know that rejection and obstacles are a part of any leading business and they deal with them appropriately.

Accepting and Offering Help -Many people have a hard time asking others for help. They confuse accepting help from others with weakness. This couldn’t be farther from reality. Most successful people know about the importance of seeking and accepting help. They achieve their goals by leveraging other people’s skills, strengths or contacts that they themselves lack. At the same time they offer their help to others and extend their circle of valuable relationships.
Seeing Setbacks as Opportunities for Progression -Most successful people will tell you that they have had their share of setbacks. What sets them apart is that they accept setbacks as a natural phenomenon and have the ability to stay focused on their long term goals. Setbacks are often accompanied by opportunities and it is key that you continue to look for these opportunities while you experience setbacks.

True technopreneur are resourceful, passionate and driven to succeed and improve. They're pioneers and are comfortable fighting on the frontline The great ones are ready to be laughed at and criticized in the beginning because they can see their path ahead and are too busy working towards their dream.
There are many terms that we need to be familiar with. One of the key words is, creativity. Creativity is breaking the conventional mental blocks and playing with imagination and possibilities, leading to new and meaningful connections and outcomes while interacting with ideas, people and the environment.

All the qualities that shown above is difficult to achieve, but I want to become a successful business man. I know that it is very hard to accomplished that. And I'm still a student now. But who knows I will be the Steve Job today. And my course right now is easy to deal with business specially in technology matters. And I have to set my goals now and my vision in life. But for now, I have to enjoy what I have right now. And I know that I'll be a good in business and prove my self-confidence.

source:

http://hubpages.com/hub/Technopreneurship



3.Would you take the same career path that Steve Jobs took? Why or why not?




Yes! To have a successful company. To be a good leader. To be a big boss of my own company. We all know that Steve Jobs work very hard for his company. But despite of being a boss of his company, I don't like the way he treated his employees in the company. He is an abusive employer and I don't like him because he is arrogant. But I love the way he managed his company. He will take all the risks. Jobs was more interested in creating a cult than a business machine. He built respective companies from small businesses into international powerhouses.
Jobs is a flake, a primal screamer, a drug user, a hippie. It seems inevitable that a guy who spent so much time meditating should eventually self destruct . . . maybe if he spent that time productively his company might have accomplished something.
He has a great ability to get others excited about fulfilling a vision. He generates far more press by keeping secrets than revealing them.
Steven Paul (Steve) Jobs was responsible for building Apple Computer twice, as well as for rescuing Pixar Animation Studios and turning it into one of the world's most successful motion picture studios. He also built NeXT, a good idea that did not catch on. He was a hands-on manager, who studied even the minutest details of his products, with the heart and eye of an artist. His insistence on high-quality, good-looking products struck a chord with many people who appreciated the beauty of Apple products, resulting in such fabulous successes as the Macintosh computer and the iPod portable music system. These successes often reshaped how consumers viewed technology and also reshaped the technology itself. Steve Jobs and Microsoft's Bill Gates are the two people most often credited with the development of the mass-market personal computer, perhaps decades before it might otherwise have evolved.

It is not true that successful entrepreneurs are born that way; in fact, anyone can be a successful entrepreneur. However, there are some specific entrepreneurial traits a person must have to be successful in the field of business. Of course, entrepreneurship is not for everyone. But with these particular character traits, you can see if you really have what it takes to succeed in the highly-competitive, world of business.

Traits of a Successful Entrepreneur

Have you ever wondered why some entrepreneurs succeed and why some do not? Have you ever thought of the things that would make one the best entrepreneurs in a chosen field?

For the lucky some, owning a business might run on their veins but for the most who are just common people with a high desire to start a business of your own, then, careful evaluation and extra time on studying the nature and principles of entrepreneurship is a must. However, this doesn't mean that an individual who want to become an entrepreneur should have a thorough background on these nature and principles.

Whether you are conscious about it or not, success and failure always depend on the entrepreneur. You want to know what are those? Here are the traits of a successful entrepreneur:

Goal oriented

Whether short term or long term, successful entrepreneur never misses to set his goal.

This trait can be developed at a very young age. For instance, a child set academic goals for himself or set a specific timeframe to achieve something. Say, for example, the child's parents cannot afford to buy him a toy he wanted. He will try to get this toy by saving money or making money for himself. When he grows up, he carries this trait in doing business. This same child is more likely to become successful for he knows how to get certain things he wants to.

But it does not stop there, successful entrepreneur knows how to revise or rewrite his goals whenever he thinks that there is something that needs to be changed.

Opportunity seeker

An entrepreneur knows how to search for opportunities. It may be an opportunity to earn more or to learn further. He will not settle on the things that exist around him. He knows how to find opportunities that may not be visible for most people.

Taking advantage of these opportunities

Once he has found opportunities, he knows how to take advantage of them. But it does not mean that he will become impulsive for he knows how to identify what type of opportunity will give him benefits. He will ask himself these questions: Will it bring more good than harm? Is it worth the time and money? Will it be able to help me reach my set goals?

A successful entrepreneur does not settle for the second best. He always finds ways how to be the best in his craft. With the help of his recognition of his strengths and weaknesses, he will achieve what others might not achieve. He has a certain attention to detail and quality. He would as much as possible treat all costumers the same.

Enjoys what he does and knows how to enjoy as well

A successful entrepreneur loves his work and enjoys what he is doing. He would not be successful if he does not enjoy his business. On the other hand, he does not make his business his life. He knows how to rest once in a while to enjoy life itself.

Knows when to get help

A successful entrepreneur recognizes that he could not do some things alone. He knows that he needs a hand in order to get things right. He knows and respects other's view on matters regarding his business. They do this to minimize the risk of committing mistakes. He knows what are the type of person that is right for the job.

Another good trait of a successful entrepreneur is knowing his strengths and weaknesses. This type of trait will enable him to define his limits and knows how to extend his limits. He knows the borderlines but knows how to keep the borderlines expanding. An individual who does not know his strengths and weaknesses is like a person facing a mirror without clearly seeing his face. A successful entrepreneur sees his face clearly on the mirror and recognizes his imperfection.


source:

http://www.squidoo.com/traits-of-a-successful-entrepreneur