Advantages for the Michigan Celery Industry by Using Computers
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Advantages for the Michigan Celery
Industry by Using Computers
Roger Brook, Ph.D.
Agricultural Engineering Dept.
Michigan State University
Bringing Knowledge to Life
Individual Activities
Planning (e.g. spread sheets)
Word processing
Accounting
Games
Email
Web surfing
What is the Internet / Web ?
A collection of connected computers
that communicate with each other
in a “common language”
server
you
Telephone
Cable
Satellite
Speaking Internet
Web browser
Internet Explorer
Netscape Communicator
Email software
Application software
Adobe Acrobat reader
Hi, web
world ...
Email - Your private post office
[email protected]
you - your email name
server - your email provider
domain - com, org, net, edu, gov, mil
country - not used for US addresses;
generally a 2-letter designator
[email protected]
[email protected]
Making Email Effective
use name and return address
use descriptive subject line
do NOT use only uppercase
use bullets instead of long paragraphs
put blank line between paragraphs
for replies, use parts of original
use spell check (if available)
email is sent immediately; think twice before
sending something offensive
Internet Address
http://www.server.domain/structure
http
www
server
domain:
structure
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
generally used, but not always
server name
com, org, net, edu, gov, mil
location on that server
http://www.michigancelery.com/home
server: michigancelery
domain: com
structure: home
Group Activities
Using a list serve to send to an
identified group of people (push)
Using a news or discussion group for
archival of email (pull)
Using a web page for information
summary (secure)