This week's reading regarding Local Area Networking (LAN) was one that really interested me, because I use it everyday. When I heard LAN my first reaction was ethernet cables and connecting to the internet via cables and plugs, not Wi-Fi. I had no idea that the routers and different types of Wi-Fi connectors used LAN, it makes so much sense now that I read about it, but beforehand I thought that Wi-Fi was its own separate type of networking. The reading on networks themselves was also enlightening. The development of networks overtime really makes you think how lucky we are to live in an era where beams of light carrying information are transmitted through a cable is possible. It was nice to read about the networks that we use everyday, how they can be structured. Structures include: ring, star, bus, mesh, tree, fully connected, and line. Each of these configurations has their own benefits and issues.
The blog post regarding Mendeley was a unique way to interpret how useful the software is. I knew there were other sites like Zotero and EndNote, I never used them. I had a public history course that discussed Zotero and how to use it, but rarely actually did. The author of the blog was very adamant regarding how useful Mendeley was, or lack of usefulness, to him. He even addresses it how Mendeley could be useful, but says that his field uses Zotero and it would be hard to switch the entire field over to Mendeley. Using Mendeley myself I have found it very useful and like the fact that there are more types of programs and software like it. It creates a vast market that allows the communities of different fields to decide what is important and useful to them.
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