week 5- big brother

This weeks lecture on input systems got me thinking to myself: "self, just how can I use RFID tags to better my PPA business?" After some time contemplating I'm still not sure. After all, I'm not necessarily selling or taking in any real physical product. Theoretically I could use them for payroll, giving my PPAs RFID badges and a reader to each client. That way we have an exact measure of the time for which my employees would be paid. But I can't help but think such a system could easily be fudged. Unfortunately, tech like RFID doesn't seem efficient in a service business like mine. At least, not yet. So for the meantime, I'll stick with GPS.

week 4- OK Computer

This weeks lecture mainly dealt with the components of a computer, and each parts various functions. Unfortunately, I cannot think of three complete paragraphs as to how I would apply this to my PPA business. So, to my chagrin, a few of these sentences are going to be filler.

Kind of like these last two.

The primary application of this weeks material to my business, is essentially the same application it has to me as a consumer. being knowledgeable helps to save me money; instead of going to say, Dell, and buying computers (because computers, like thneeds, are something everyone needs) I could build one.

The other benefit (I forgot to mention that it was twofold) is a logical progression of the first: If I build it, I can fix it. Or maybe even upgrade it, to increase the longevity of my initial investment. Both save me, and my business, money.

Week 3- Spreadsheets and Me

So, Now that I have this great business idea, it's time to get organized. This weeks lecture spent alot of time on the uses for excel, and its various functions. Functions that I would need to use extensively for my business to run smoothly, or run at all.

First and foremost, I would use Excel to manage the finances of my PPA business. Clients, employees, payroll, expenses, all would have to find its way into their own spreadsheet. this way, I will amass all the data necessary for the running of my business in one place (although on several different worksheets).

With all the data in the spreadsheet program, I would then be able to easily manage my business. I could get a snapshot of the current state of affairs by using them to create reports, or i could see the possible implications of a new purchase or pay raise with conditional formulas and the like. It allows me to neatly have the entirety of my business on paper. That's handy.