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Evaluating a UK retailer (ecommerce activity 3)
The next activity builds on last week's. I want you to evaluate a UK retailer and make comments on how well their site performs, how much it might have cost and the scale of revenue it might generate... [Oct 14, 2009]
Hosting, Fantastico and hundreds of possibilities (Toolbox Session 3)
URGENT: Please note that there is no face-to-face lecture this week as I am running a workshop in New York. I have recorded this lecture to replace the normal session. This session will explore the... [Oct 13, 2009]
Installing and running WordPress (IT Toolbox activity 3)
Congratulations to all of you who have now got your shiny new server space and domain name. As you will have seen if you chose a host with Fanastico there are now many applications and software tools... [Oct 13, 2009]
Discussion around Ecommerce Activity 1 on Shopify
Here is a video of the discussions held at the end of lecture 2 around the Shopify activity. Please add any additional questions below. [Oct 9, 2009]
Ecommerce Activity 2 - evaluating site components
UPDATED 10/10/09 - Feedback form added. This week's exercise asks you to look at some of the interface components introduced during today's lecture. You will select 3 of the following interface components... [Oct 9, 2009]
Components of ecommerce systems (lecture 2)
This session will build on the work you have done with Shopify and look at the major components of most ecommerce systems. Questions for the session What are the components for a simple shop? Does changing... [Oct 7, 2009]
Google suggests some ideas for final year computer science projects
UPDATED 7 Oct!! PLEASE COMPLETE THE ATTACHED REGISTRATION FORM if you are interested in using the Google APIs in your final year project I have been working with a small team at Google over the summer... [Oct 6, 2009]
Questions raised by the Google Toolbox activity
Thanks to over 250 people who completed activity 1 for IT Toolbox on time. Good work! We will go through the activity in the class today and discuss some of the issues raised. Many of the answers... [Oct 5, 2009]
Running a web server (Toolbox activity 2)
Deadline: midnight, Monday 12th October 2009 This second activity will take you a couple of hours spread over a couple of days and you will need to start it well before the deadline if you are to get... [Oct 4, 2009]
Google: big and interesting? (Toolbox session 2)
This is a lecture for IT Toolbox and as I mentioned last week I am trying to get students to ask themselves hard questions about common technology systems in order to prepare them for analysis, design... [Oct 3, 2009]
Exploring eCommerce with hosted tools: Shopify (lecture 1 + activity 1)
This session will set the scene for building an ecommerce store and a complete business using the Shopify hosted ecommerce application. During this session we will build a store together, explore some... [Oct 1, 2009]
First lecture now available online
As I mentioned to students yesterday I will be recording and publishing most of this year's lectures online using the Vimeo video site. Here is the first video from yesterday's IT Toolbox module. Please... [Sep 30, 2009]
Second part of IT Toolbox Session
On Tuesday after the introductory lecture I explained the module structure and assessment (through regular activities) to the students. I thought I would publish this part of the session as a video... [Sep 30, 2009]
Exploring Google (Toolbox Activity 1)
Deadline: Midnight, Monday 5th October 2009 In this first Toolbox activity you need to spend at least a couple of hours really trying to put Google through its paces. Questions to think about * What... [Sep 29, 2009]
10 Interesting Online Statistics
As I start my new teaching year I thought it would be worth presenting some of the interesting Internet statistics that shape the world in which our students will learn and work. Follow each of these... [Sep 28, 2009]
What’s in an IT Toolbox? (Session 1)
Everyone working in IT needs a set of tools to help them do their job. These tools include programming tools, design patterns and problem solving tools - ways of thinking about a problem, breaking it... [Sep 28, 2009]
How does one begin to respond to this?
Below is a copy of an email received by the OTHER media as a request for a quote. We receive many such requests but this one was unusually terrible. I have made no changes to the wording or the spelling... [Sep 25, 2009]
Get ready for this year's eCommerce module
This year's ecommerce module for Kingston University final year students starts on Thursday 1st October. Over 10 weeks we will look at technical, business and marketing issues around online retail. Students... [Sep 21, 2009]
2009 Toolbox Module: Let's get started
If you have just arrived at Kingston University then let me add my welcome. Next week I will start teaching a module called IT Toolbox and this site will be used to publish materials and activities... [Sep 21, 2009]
Sound installation at Vauxhall Ragged School as part of London Open House
[Sep 20, 2009]
