In conclusion...

As a brand new blogger I found the experience of discussing current events or material covered in class on this blog to be gratifying.  In addition, I really enjoyed reading the blogs of my classmates.  I was impressed with my classmates blogs, watching them develop each week with the addition of pictures, links and well developed posts.

I attempted to write about current events that interested me.  I asked my family to follow me, so I considered them as I selected my topics.  My father tried to follow my posts but became discouraged as he said he didn’t understand what I was writing about. 

My posts fell into several categories:  personal security, network security, PCI DSS, new technology, a scam, Steve Jobs, social networking, cyber threats and certification.  All of the topics I chose to blog about were interesting to me.  I hope that readers of my blog would be interested enough to read my thoughts and even read the article (linked in the blog) that caught my attention.  It was fun to find pictures for the post to entice the reader to read what I wrote.

I used a variety of sources to find my weekly topic.  Kim Kommando is my hero.  She sends out a brief email to a huge audience with something interesting.  She provides information effectively to a diverse audience with a knack for making the topic understandable to folks with various levels of technology experience.  Information technology is not the same as molecular biology.  The types of information we deal with on a daily basis and the knowledge we have can be very valuable to people of all walks of life.  The information we can share with others to enhance their understanding of technology is powerful stuff.  I look at a variety of websites on a daily basis to include Kim Kommando’s daily email.  Some of the ideas for posts came from her email messages.

I believe that blogging is a great way to share information we learn along the way.  Furthermore, you can’t blog about something you know nothing about.  Blogging was a great way to get a grasp on a concept.