Ted Talks: 10 Top Time-Saving Tech Tips

This video was short and sweet, but also very informative for the not-so-tech-savvy and even I learned a couple things from this video. David (the man in the video), was very captivating and used humor to keep the audience's attention drawn to him. He had many shortcuts and tricks that a lot of people would have never found out on their own otherwise. It was a well thought out presentation and it was long enough to get the point out and short enough to keep people interested. I would honestly recommend this video to anyone around technology frequently. It's only a 5:45 long video that I am sure will save you more time than that in the future. Check out the video for yourself below
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The two graphics card monsters of the industry

The graphics card industry is dominated by 2 main companies: AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce. NVIDIA GeForce is the more popular of the two. Although AMD Radeon might be making a comeback through social media. The two graphic card monsters both interact with their fans/customers the same way. The difference is that AMD Radeon does it more frequently and they reach out to more people. 

Ultimately, the main part of the business is that they release good products and have good customer 

service. AMD Radeon takes it to the next level by stretching out and building a relationship with their fans and customers. NVIDIA GeForce has it's occasions where they outreach a little bit, but AMD Radeon tweets multiple times a day while NVIDIA GeForce tweets like crazy for a couple days and then have a dry streak.

Comparing how they interact is almost identical. They help troubleshoot and promote their products while trying to build relationships with their fans and customers. Looking at the two twitters it is quite apparent that AMD Radeon is trying harder to interact with their followers.

Overall I am still an NVIDIA fan, but I have to give some serious props to AMD because they're playing their cards right.

My Path to MATC

In high school, to say the least, I was a slacker. I very rarely did homework and passed the classes by scoring well on my tests. I mostly lacked motivation simply because I thought it didn't really matter and I didn't have much to look forward to. The only thought I had was that I wanted to have a job that in some way dealt with computers. I absolutely love computers and find enjoyment as long as I have a monitor in front of me. I thought maybe going into computer programming, so naturally I took an intro course in high school. That class turned into nap time because I found it so simple and I could finish my assignment in ten minutes.

After high school I looked more into computer programming and after a while I decided I can't see myself enjoying writing code 20 years into the future. In my free time I liked to play video games. So much that I ended up making a youtube channel and uploading videos on an occasion. I was really compelled by creating and editing my videos. I liked exploring my creativity through making videos. The idea of being unique, doing what you want, creating what you want, and being what you want gave me motivation. So much that I actually wanted to major into video production. I quickly realized that if I wanted a job that Wisconsin's job availability for such a thing was slim. I decided to dump that idea, but I still wanted something to spark my creativity.

I looked into graphic design for my next major and I look into WCTC's programs and I ended up missing the deadline. Then, after that semester I had been dating a girl (she is now my wife) and she wanted to go to MATC, but she didn't want to go alone so I decided to try out Graphic Design there. I decided I liked it and I took my accuplacer and scored pretty well in all the subjects and exceptionally well in math. I always have excelled in math and I was thinking I didn't really want that skill to go to waste, but I shrugged it off until a later date. While I was standing in the longest student services line ever at MATC I saw an associate degree flier for IT - Network Specialist. In my brain it instantly made sense. I am good at math, I want to be around computers, and I want a field that isn't the same stuff every day. I wanted a field that was constantly changing and challenging me. So, I decided that I really wanted to go into networking instead.

Now, here I am practically half way through my associates degree into the Network Specialist program. I also made it onto the honor roll for how well I am doing in the classes. I am completely satisfied with this degree and can't wait to get some hands-on experience in the field.