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Things everyone should know about modern IT (Session 1)
In this first session I will put forward a list of skills that I think every student should have mastered by the end of the module. This sets ambitious goals but with this underpinning, students will... [Oct 1, 2008]
DIY ecommerce using Shopify (lecture 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, 2008]
Module Guide: IT Toolbox
Here is all you need to know about this year's Toolbox Module. If you have been paying attention you'll find it is remarkably similar to last year but be warned, some of the activities and the order... [Sep 29, 2008]
This year's ecommerce module guide
Below is this year's Module Guide. The course is going to be a bit different from last year particularly in the way it is examined. Instead of a case study each student will complete a series of activities... [Sep 29, 2008]
Adding forms:More mashups for my Shopify ecommerce store
As part of my preparation for the new year of teaching I have been building and running a complete ecommerce store in partnership with traders at London's Borough Market. This sells French Food such... [Sep 6, 2008]
Demo of CMS at Hyper Island
In Karlskrona showing off our CMS [Sep 2, 2008]
Toolbox 1.0: Last year's IT Toolbox Module (2007)
As I am preparing my teaching for the Autumn I thought it would be useful to package up last year's notes into a single document. This document includes all of the activities we did last year as well... [Aug 30, 2008]
Last year's ecommerce module (2007)
As I am preparing this year's teaching for Kingston University I thought it would be worth compiling last year's course into a single document that could be reviewed and printed. I have included a full... [Aug 30, 2008]
Apple Donuts in Delaware
[Aug 3, 2008]
Generating an instant traffic hit from StumbleUpon
You will have heard of the potential of social media sites such as Digg, Delicious and StumbleUpon but until you actually see the almost instantaneous response from being StumbledUpon it is hard to... [Jul 20, 2008]
Why Dubai is not an ideal holiday destination
[May 24, 2008]
Where's Wally? He appears to be at the Tate Modern
[May 17, 2008]
Trends in eCommerce: a Hyper Island session
Today Hyper Island asked me to run a public lecture as part of their Hyper Island Sessions series. Please use the form below to ask questions or get in touch. [May 16, 2008]
Cedars in Tuscany
[May 6, 2008]
Duffy makes video near my house
[Mar 28, 2008]
No 102 from One Thousand Paintings and mine
[Mar 24, 2008]
More experiments: Shopify and PollDaddy mashed up with Javascript to provided timed surveys
A cold wet Easter weekend provided the right sort of setting for some programming experiments. As already mentioned here I am experimenting with an ecommerce toolkit called Shopify to create and build... [Mar 24, 2008]
Do blogs help improve eCommerce results?
We are trying to persuade a number of our ecommerce clients that they should use blogs and social networks to promote themselves, their sites and improve their results. Most are reluctant siting the... [Mar 13, 2008]
New experimental food shop built using Shopify
I have been building a new ecommerce site over the past few weeks to test out the new site building tools offered by Shopify. It would be worth any students with ecommerce projects taking a look at... [Feb 26, 2008]
Icebergs off the Upsala Glacier, Patagonia, Argentina
[Dec 19, 2007]
