http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/ en Copyright 2007 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:06:30 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jeff and Mike's blogs about Agile Spaghetti. I agree with Mike, some of us are not so good of programmers - So Agile method is not in the very comfortable Zone. But for others like Jeff, it gets on top of the list. Through surfing last night, I ran into this google video by Elisabeth Hendrickson - which is little over an hour long. I found it to be very helpful, it was very interesting to see how agile testing works in real life in google quarter. Video was published in 2005 , amazing to see how agile method have grown over two years. Have fun watching it over the break. ]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/04/re_agile_spaghetti.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/04/re_agile_spaghetti.shtml agile Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:06:30 -0500 whereismycaffeine Strength: Layout is great as always. Idea about adding specials/coupons is great; it will give another reason for customers to come to your site instead of searching through 10 other sites to see what specials each site is running. You can maybe have an additional section of the 10 top rated best coffee shops, etc for future iterations. Weakness: It would be great if you guys actually buy domain to have it running. I can see it being used by local community (coffee store owners) to get there name and reviews out. ]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/04/review_iteration_3_whereismycaffeine.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/04/review_iteration_3_whereismycaffeine.shtml Iteration3Review Where is My Caffeine Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:56:23 -0500 MCubed's iteration 3. Strength: It was huge improvement in the sight style/css. Site looked much user friendly. I especially liked the "see result by location" it kind of gives the visual of where one want to be in particular job industry. You guys have great ideas for future also. Excellent work! Weakness: I agree with prof. Gibson regarding the home page being the index page on the website. I think you guys should have instruction page available for user's who are confused and wondering but have the main page as Mash up. ]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/04/review_iteration3_mcubed.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/04/review_iteration3_mcubed.shtml iteration3review MCubed Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:40:28 -0500 TeamExtream's iteration 3. Job well done. Strength: I am proud that it all worked out. Great job. In my opinoin, this team was doing pretty well in almost every iteration, but audiance interaction was kind of missing. I liked the idea of having fourm to solve that problem. Google search seem to integrate well with that too. I am sure, my brother who is in love with sports will enjoy using this site. Weakness: You have done too well. ]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/04/review_iteration_3_team_extream.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/04/review_iteration_3_team_extream.shtml Iteration3Review TeamExtream Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:33:30 -0500 website. Listening to iteration 2 blogs - 1. We have added User Login window 2. My Favorite Places's Blog engine is connected to the actual website. 3. In addition, we are keeping tally of how many other people have certain location selected as their favorite place Website looks great. If you want to know more in detail check our presentation. ]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/04/myfavoriteplaces_final_iteration.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/04/myfavoriteplaces_final_iteration.shtml FinalIteration Iteration3 myfavoriteplaces Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:14:50 -0500 I am not sure if it's just me or others are similarly receiving same kind of email tracking for blogs. Through out the whole last week, I have been receiving about three to four emails per day - informing me that there are unapproved tracking. Is there a way to block these messages? Is anyone else experiencing the same? http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/04/hacking_emails.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/04/hacking_emails.shtml email tracking Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:24:15 -0500 here and ppt can be found here. Strengths: Good working site in both IE and Firefox Great idea to improve the ISA site even further, this does add a lot Weakness: Map size is little small I would like to see list of restaurants also on the right hand side for user who are more into ‘lists of places’ instead of ‘mapped pins’ Instead of buttons on the map – It would be nice to see them listed under or the side of the map I like Rosie’s idea of bringing also American restaurants in there too; I agree a lot of international students are also interested in eating at American restaurants To improve appearance and implementation with actual ISA site, it would be nice to keep the same color scheme as the ISA site. Overall, great progress from iteration1!! Can’t wait to see next iteration! Keep it up. ]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/03/iteration_2_reviews_isa_site_mashup.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/03/iteration_2_reviews_isa_site_mashup.shtml ISASiteMashup Iteration2Review Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:48:07 -0500 here goals for the next iteration are listed here. Strengths: Great concept I like the layout of the webpage, it looks very clean Easy to use Weakness: I had hard time finding what you are actually ‘mashing’, then after searching a bit I ran into the actual google powered events calendar It seems like website is loaded with a lot of information, a lot of what user can actually look up going to their actual site. So, what is the real value of coming to your site? To get to the calendar page, I was forced to another page (new window opened)  Why not show the calendar on your website. Also, when I was surfing the calendar, I was forced to step out of actual website three times, to get to the actual event information. It would be really neat if you can implement this information in actual calendar. There are some issues for the website to open in IE Overall, great progress from iteration1!! Can’t wait to see next iteration! Keep it up. ]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/03/iteration_2_review_hacknmash.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/03/iteration_2_review_hacknmash.shtml HackNMash Iteration2Review Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:18:41 -0500 here and ppt is the here. Strengths: I like the size of the info window, and it is very user friendly with added scrolls. I also like the Layout of the webpage Weakness: To make it more user friendly, it would be nice if all the places you have in the pull down menu are alphabetized Since, you are showing a good size window at the given location – why not also add the news headline there too. On the other hand if you want to leave the news on the right hand side then maybe adding a scroll down be very helpful, so when users is reading news they don’t have to go down the whole site to read the news. In the info window, sometime it is taking user to flicker site, and sometimes it is showing actual pictures – Why?? (for example, It was showing flicker site instead of pictures for Jamu and Kashmir) Overall Great work! Can’t wait to see iteration 3! Keep it up ]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/03/iteration_2_review_ajacs.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/03/iteration_2_review_ajacs.shtml AJACS Iteration2Review Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:25:50 -0500 here and ppt is here. Strengths: I like the front page with all the info about the project for the new users Actual Mashup web page also looks great with good size map Weakness: I am not sure if that the issue is only with demo account – but the picture in the info window is showing only when clicked from side list, picture does not show if it is selected from the map. Great work! Can’t wait to see iteration 3! Keep it up ]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/03/iteration_2_review_map_your_buddies.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/03/iteration_2_review_map_your_buddies.shtml Iteration2Review Map Your Buddies Thu, 29 Mar 2007 01:36:22 -0500 here and ppt is the here. Strengths: Look of the site is very nice and pleasant; especially background color sets the mode for coffee. Website is easy to use I like info window loaded with address, time and other info. Weakness: Maybe, it’s just my computer but map is taking some time to load. You are mashing data from local coffee shops, goggle maps, and Flicker, but to access pictures from flickers user have to switch the webpage and then type in the tags to access actual pictures. It would be really neat if pictures can be actually inserted into the info window as another tab. Website looks good, can’t wait to see iteration 3! Keep it up ]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/03/iteration_2_review_where_is_my_caffeine_3.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/03/iteration_2_review_where_is_my_caffeine_3.shtml Iteration2Review Where is My Caffeine Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:18:26 -0500 here and ppt is the here. Strengths: Site layout is really easy to use I also like the instruction page put in front for new comers Weakness: There is no title on the page It’s little hard to see where each job location is located. It would be really helpful if you can also pull out name of the city with the title of the job (on the right hand side). Instead of giving link to “more information” and clicking it again to get to the actual job posting – It would be really neat if initial information is shown in the info window and then rest can be accessed upon the click. Can’t wait to see iteration 3! Keep it up ]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/03/iteration_2_review_mcubed_2.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/03/iteration_2_review_mcubed_2.shtml Iteration2Review MCubed Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:53:12 -0500 here, and here is the ppt. Strengths: Site is ‘Mashing’ information from many sources. Much improved look from the first iteration I really like the info you have given in home page, it avoids confusion as of how to use the website Weakness: Start flash window is good, but I think timing is too much. Can’t wait to see iteration 3! Keep it up. ]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/03/iteration_2_review_team_extream.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/03/iteration_2_review_team_extream.shtml Iteration2Review TeamExtream Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:09:51 -0500 mashup for iteration 2. Details on the project can be found in this presentation. Please review and tell us what you like or dislike about our project. Our mission is to provide a tool for people that allows them to find places of interest to them, that are local to where they are, and allows them to manage a list of their most favorite places upon visit to the website.]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/03/presenting_iteration2_my_favorite_places.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/03/presenting_iteration2_my_favorite_places.shtml iteration2site myfavoriteplaces Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:05:04 -0500 video An interesting integration of fabric and light by Phillips Corporation. Phillips Corporatio had an introductory show in Germany, there is the perscpective from news media. They are ready to launch these 'blinking' clothing line for public in near futhure. ]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/03/talk_about_integration.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/jrehman/2007/03/talk_about_integration.shtml Phillips Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:49:25 -0500