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Theatrical autopsy under London Bridge Station at Tropicana

[Oct 30, 2004]

Defining eCommerce terms

As the second part of my feedback I will give some definitions for the terms I asked you to define and explain. A few of you were way off the mark for some of them! Payment partner This is a company... [Oct 30, 2004]

Improving an ecommerce site: student suggestions

This is the third part of my feedback on the survey completed by my students. I asked them to look at a variety of UK retailer’s online stores. Here are the priorities they came up with for improvements... [Oct 30, 2004]

E-commerce course progress survey: general feedback

I set my students some questions to monitor their progress through the first part of this year’s course. Over 80% of the students filled in the online survey and the information they provided is illuminating... [Oct 30, 2004]

Best blogs for keeping in touch with e-commerce and mobile business issues

As part of this site I will try and point out other bloggers who are writing about issues around e-commerce, search engines, usability, accessibility or mobile including WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G, GPRS and... [Oct 29, 2004]

Monty joins part time as the OTHER dog

[Oct 29, 2004]

Cascading Style Sheets and xHTML

When we, at the OTHER media, are designing e-commerce or information sites we try to use the most modern design techniques, and for page layouts and design that means xHTML and cascading style sheets... [Oct 28, 2004]

Ethnically Plugged: a new band at Lounge 16 last night in Prishtine

[Oct 25, 2004]

CNN International came to film our project in Kosovo this weekend

[Oct 24, 2004]

CNN join me in Kosovo to make a short film about IPKO Institute

I have been to Kosovo this weekend to teach my students at IPKO Institute about Information Systems within organisations and to see how the project is going. It has also been election weekend here which... [Oct 24, 2004]

Building an ecommerce site using active server pages (lecture 4)

This session will look at the technologies required to understand how an ecommerce site is built using Microsoft’s ASP technology. I have chosen this approach because so many students have PC’s with... [Oct 24, 2004]

Election day in Kosova

[Oct 23, 2004]

Anatomy of an ecommerce site: more about Virgin Books

Following last week's lecture on Virgin Books to Kingston's Second Year students, I decided to write some more notes about the project to help them see the components involved. Front end * Design... [Oct 23, 2004]

On the way to work

[Oct 21, 2004]

General books on e-commerce and web design

In looking for books on programming I came across some interesting e-commerce books that are worth a look if you are seriously interested in getting into the subject. I came out of the bookshop with... [Oct 21, 2004]

Virgin Books: an introduction to ecommerce issues

This session is being run for Second Year students at Kingston studying Electronic Businesses Processes. The goal of the session is to look via a case study at the complexities of the business processes... [Oct 20, 2004]

Books about ecommerce development using LAMP

I spent the weekend reviewing books about the development of electronic commerce using LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP). There is a reasonable choice and I picked out the books that I would find most... [Oct 19, 2004]

E-commerce assignment and examination

As you will have seen from the module guide, the ecommerce module at Kingston is assessed by an examination based on a case study conducted during the module. Students need to prepare a proposal in... [Oct 18, 2004]

Visited site in Cambridge of first IT company I ever worked for - Toltec Data

[Oct 17, 2004]

Choosing a web hosting company for your e-commerce store

Hosting a site, blog or store is much more than simply finding a box and installing software. When the OTHER media started in the business it was common for small companies to host sites inside their... [Oct 16, 2004]