Linda's Blog http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/ en-us Copyright 2007 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:28:22 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss MCubed reviewed by Linda MCubed Site: Strenghts: Nice functionality. Site seems fairly solid and easy to use. Weaknesses: The search does not appear to return consistant results. Using location=Ann Arbor Michigan returns resuts that are not included when using location=Michigan.]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/mcubed_reviewed_by_linda.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/mcubed_reviewed_by_linda.shtml iteration 3 MCubedReviewed Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:28:22 -0500 My favorite places reviewed by Linda Site announcement. My favorite places site. Strengths: I like that you use background color to distinguish between items in the "My Favorites List". It makes it easy to read. Weaknesses: When the site opens there is a marker on the map without an info window to give details about the location. Would be nice to have the info window. It would be nice if the map would zoom out to show all points plotted. Sometimes I will make a selection based on distance to travel which is hard to gague without seeing all the points at the same time. ]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/my_favorite_places_reviewed_by_linda.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/my_favorite_places_reviewed_by_linda.shtml iteration 3 MyFavoritePlacesReviewed Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:44:21 -0500 Where's my Caffeine reviewed by Linda Site announcement. Where's my caffeine site. Strengths: Nice functionality. I like that I can submit new locations. Weaknesses: I don't like having to scroll to see the hole map. I also wish the add a cafe option was visible when the page opened. I think I would have like a smaller graphic with the cafe list and add button below it and visible when the page opened.]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/wheres_my_caffeine_reviewed_by_linda.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/wheres_my_caffeine_reviewed_by_linda.shtml iteration 3 WhereIsMyCaffeineComReviewed Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:32:23 -0500 TeamExtreme iteration 3 review by Linda The post announcing their site. Their interation 3 site. Stregnths: I still like this site. Lots if information presented in an easy to access format. Fun site. Weaknesses: It would be nice if, after clicking on a marker, the info window opened and was centered over the map. Righ now it may open off or partially out of the visible area. Some spacing and other minor issues to deal with but functionality is nice.]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/teamextreme_iteration_3_review_by_linda.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/teamextreme_iteration_3_review_by_linda.shtml iteration 3 TeamExtremeReviewed Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:28:51 -0500 Map Your Buddies Iteration 3 Reviewed by Linda Map Your Buddies iteration 3 site announcement. Map Your Buddies site. Stregnths: The addition of the music information is great. I think that sharing music with your friends is something that will keep users comming back. Nice functionality. Weaknesses: It would be great if I could listen to samples, share samples of the music with my friends without having to go through Amazon and three more links. ]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/map_your_buddies_iteration_3_reviewed_by_linda.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/map_your_buddies_iteration_3_reviewed_by_linda.shtml iteration 3 MapYourBuddiesReviewed Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:10:09 -0500 ISA site mashup reviewed by Linda The announcement of the site. ISA site mashup iteration 3. streangths: I like that the weather info sits below the restaurant buttons but wish there was a little more space above the weather heading. Like the saved search functionality. weaknesses: It would be nice if the google search and the news list could share a column (ajax change from search to news list based on a button). There is a lot of wasted space under the google search and I know I wouldn't be searching for food at the same time I'm looking for a news article. I think it would be nice if there was a way to reorganize the page so I didn't have to scroll to see the news list or saved location list. ]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/isa_site_mashup_reviewed_by_linda.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/isa_site_mashup_reviewed_by_linda.shtml ISASiteMashupReviewed iteration 3 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:47:02 -0500 AJACS iteration 3 review by Linda Their anouncement of iteration 3. AJACS Iteration 3 site. stregnths: This is still one of my favorite projects because of the way the information is presented. It is easy to use, fun to visit and very entertaining. weaknesses: In areas of the site test is still being truncated in the popup boxes. It would be nice to have an icon or graphic visible representation for the weather information. When I click "Read More" for one of the headlines then click the back button to return, the map is blank and the News list is empty. Need a better recovery. In Attractions the thumbnails are being drawn over the scroll bars.]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/ajacs_iteration_3_review_by_linda.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/ajacs_iteration_3_review_by_linda.shtml AJACSReviewed iteration 3 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:36:37 -0500 Web 2.0 in business posts included a link to an article that I found very intersting. The articele is about using web2.0 applications as a key to developing profit centers. I think the article is missing one of the biggest advantages of using the web as a platform. The ability of these applications to save company resources such as time, effort, and people. While I agree that web2.0 is a potential money maker for companies that are developing the applications. I think that the article could have gone much further into the biggest advantage of changing to web2.0 which for most businesses which will be the cost savings due to better resource allocation. Companies like Ford will probably not do a lot of sales business via their web2.0 applications but they could stand to save millions by implementing web2.0 applications in business areas that could use better resource management. Web2.0 with mashups could even potentially provide the company with more accurate and efficient upper level decision making support.]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/web_20_in_business.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/web_20_in_business.shtml web2.0 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:55:52 -0500 HackNMash interation3 iteration3 post. In order to make things easier on our classmates we have posted only the relevent pages to this site. The events page displays a calendar of events. Clicking on an event will display a prototype window with information about the event such as event name, location, details and a link to a map of the event location. Clicking on the map link with then display the mashup. A single point showing the location of the event. Our presentation may be found here.]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/hacknmash_interation3.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/hacknmash_interation3.shtml HackNMash iteration3site Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:21:14 -0500 Illness mashup This mashup allows users to post their own illnesses which are then mapped for viewing. The local area currently shows 17 people sick and what their symptoms are. Users may search based on symptom, age, gender, zipcode, and may control the time range during which the symptoms where reported. This could be a lot of fun during the cold and flu season.]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/illness_mashup.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/illness_mashup.shtml Mashup Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:52:00 -0500 Client-Side Web Programming Certificate this program? After listening to me talk about class for the last 16 weeks, one of my co-workers has become interested in Ajax programming and found a certificate program being offered by O'Reilly and the University of Illinois Office of Continuting Education.
This series is comprised of three courses that span web scripting from basic to complex. Students learn the core technical skills necessary for a complete understanding of front-end web development, from HTML and CSS, to JavaScript DOM and AJAX. In O'Reilly Learning's unique online Learning Sandbox®, students have access to their own web progamming environments where new skills can be applied as they are presented. Completion of the 3-course series earns students a Certificate of Professional Development from the University of Illinois Office of Continuing Education. All courses are certified by the University of Illinois Office of Continuing Education, and students receive Continuing Education Credits upon completion of each course in the series
He is interested in any information or opinions on this program. His main concern is that the program isn't accredited and may not be viewed as valid despite being backed by the University of Illinois.]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/clientside_web_programming_certificate.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/clientside_web_programming_certificate.shtml Continuing Education Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:30:13 -0500 jQuery Praneeth's blog post. Anyone who is interested in jQuery might want to check out this site it offers some nice working examples of jQuery code in action. ]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/jquery.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/jquery.shtml jQuery Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:36:06 -0500 Create your own RSS feed This link give a nice breakdown of what I have to do to create my own RSS feed. It isn't something I need for my current project but it is always nice to have some basic knowledge of the process. This site also provides a link to a feed validator. Seems like a very handy item to have on hand. This site provides some nice reasons to implement your own RSS feed.]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/create_your_own_rss_feed.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/create_your_own_rss_feed.shtml RSS feed Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:16:16 -0500 HackNMash Iteration 3 update in terms of goals Goals: Tasks completed: Find and repair bug that prevents events page from loading in IE Tie event list to the visual calendar possibly be using 30 boxes to display jSon event data. Add the ability to retrieve events by month. Tasks in progress: Open maps in a popup window. Add blogger and weather from Mini-project 3. Improve look and feel of pages. Move javascript code into js files. Cleanup and comment code. Provide details to help users correct the issue of time displayed as military instead of hour and minute ]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/hacknmash_iteration_3_update_in_terms_of_goals.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/hacknmash_iteration_3_update_in_terms_of_goals.shtml HackNMash Iteration 3 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:45:49 -0500 HackNMash Iteration 3 update We have made some alterations to the calendar and are currently feeding the jSon data to the calendar. The code for this is rather simple but also provides for a nice benefit. I don't have time right now to rewrite the calendar code to accept the jSon feed directly so key portions of the feed are placed in an array for manipulation by the calendar code. At the end of that process it is possible to add holidays and other reoccuring non-event data without placing it in the Google Calendar. The page still isn't pretty but it does work. http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/hacknmash_iteration_3_update_1.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/lbukovac/2007/04/hacknmash_iteration_3_update_1.shtml HackNMash Iteration 3 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:21:11 -0500