Joe Hatch presentation

My entire perspective on computers changed by listening to Joe Hatch. While computers still scare me, his few words, along with the rest of this class, have taught me something about how networks are connected and how information is stored on my computer. I think systems in general are intriguing and now I am beginning to become interested in this system of the post-modern era even if I dislike technology as a whole (but that is an unnecessary tangent). Aside, out of all that Joe talked about, the spinning memory storage device inside computers and the method or lack-of that information is stored on them was most interesting to me. I guess that makes my favorite tip defragmentation.

I am excited at the prospect of being able to understand my own computer enough to protect it from viruses and phishers. I downloaded CCleaner today and I plan to run the first scan tonight. I went to the Winn help center to get re-connected to the Ethernet here (I have been running on wifi since last year), and I downloaded Sophos without looking at the directions. I also plan to defrag my laptop. I used to do this at home when my parents told me to for our main computer but since I have relied on the Trinity network to keep me secure. I now realize that I am still vulnerable. (My obvious procrastination still demonstrates my anxiety of interacting with computers in general). I am excited to learn more about how to use computers even if only that is means that I need to spend less time on them to accomplish what I need to- but I do see some things that could be fun in the future.