Friday, January 28, 2011

My IS Day

 When I started thinking about my IS (information System) day, I was so shocked to see how much of ‘IS’ is involved into my day to day activities. From waking up in the morning and checking my email, to the bus journey and not to mention a whole day of classes using IS.

Sr. No.
   IS
Hardware
Software
Data
Procedures
People
1
Check Email
Laptop
Microsoft Outlook
The username, password and the email itself
Open the website, enter the username and password, check my inbox for new mails
Me and the sender of the email
2
Bus Journey
Bus, Bus ticket/coins, ticket machine
The software to detect and print time on the transfer ticket. Software to verify the coins/ticket inserted
Time of travel
Wait at the bus shelter, enter the bus, insert the bus ticket, take the transfer
Me, bus driver
3
Lectures
Document reader, computer
Microsoft software in the computer, reader software in the document reader

Class notes
Teach during the appointed lecture hours by use of the given technology
Instructor, students
4
Coffee shop
Coffee machine
Computer software to calculate the amount for the purchases , and to keep  a track of the financial transactions
Number of coffee cups consumed in the day
The queue, paying for the coffee, collecting your coffee
The coffee consumers, the people serving him



It is indeed so amazing to note that IS has integrated into my life so much that I can't imagine living without it!

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