Commercial Software V. Open Souce

Before reading this article, I would not have been able to define the term "open source." I read the article as an empty slate and was able to see the pros and the cons of both systems. I thought that commercial software was more on the safe side as the company is responsible for providing the training and necessary troubleshooting if problem arises. The limits are recognized and it made me question how often they would make upgrades to their program and if another set of licensing fees would be required. I like the idea of open source but my concerns lie in how feasible it is to expect your faculty to adapt to the program and modify it to fit their needs. If modification of the system is simple enough and people can alter it as they wish, I think it is a wonderful upgrade. In regards to the article on Web 2.0, open source might be a great way to ease into it. If the Internet is supposed to enhance the way people search for information, people will eventually want for their software to enhance how they go about using the software. As Web 2.0 shares, it needs to be straight forward so that things that are not needed don't come up; it works according to the user. So must open source be; it needs not make the use feel incompetent in modifying the capabilities, it needs to be efficient and simple.

9 Ways to Reduce what...?

Sorry, I am trying to be funny but I am quite unsuccessful at it so I am giving up. I am going to share with you that I think my website sucks and I lack visual creativity. Hence, I think my visitors will experience cognitive overload. I was going to do a lot of writing about theorists and whatnot and I still want to do that. However, the way in which I planned to present it is going to cause Type 4 overload. Although I will be presenting theories that are critical to the formation of the school, I think some of the information, though essential, is extraneous. I think that it is important for me to eliminate some of the information to make it easier to digest. I think I have to do some chunking of the information instead of putting everything on the same page. In terms of the theorists, I might have a drop down menu so people can choose what they want to read about. I have so much work to do on this web page that I am suffering from cognitive crash.