Apr 25, 2007
NEWSFLASH ! NEW JOB !!!
I've accepted an offer from IBM and look forward to handing in my notice tomorrow after 7 years at Compuware. I learnt a hell of a lot at Compuware both good and bad but IBM has always been part of my dream list, so off I go - yipee!
Apr 11, 2007
NET11 - Module 4 - Tools for using the Web
Downloading tools / plug-ins Task
RealPlayer
Cost - Good marketing to get you to download the paid version - I had to look carefully but found a Free version.
Ease of use - After checking the system requirements and finding Vista not supported, I went to my XP machine and used it there. Again marketing played a big part, it was all about getting you to subscribe to content - I un-ticked all the options to save a spam deluge. Quite a bit of setup and config options were considered during installation and careful to not let it 'take over' all my defaulted other applications. Once working and played with it for a while, its smoother and faster playback than Windows Media Player for mpeg and mpgs and also includes alot more scope of features too - I like it - I think I'll keep it as my new default for these ... for a while anyway.
Functionality - Definately offers more functionality than Ive seen in other players.
Utility - Its faster to load and play the files definately - it also downloads files from the net differently using Windows settings which provides a better indication of time to download, not automatically trying to stream it on the fly.
Commonality - Windows Media is the standard because its an included application as part of the operating system installation and updating process but it need not be, just as the European Union has found against Microsoft. I would say that Realplayer is a contender for being a standard but it needs to almost reinvent itself like Google did with search engines.
Copernic
Cost - Various options, used the free one.
Ease of use - Again didnt work on Vista, found it took some time to configure and luckily referred the webct forum which helped.
Functionality - It worked and showed results but I think Google beats it without having to install the agent and results were 'as good'.
Utility - cant say it increases effectiveness
Commonality - it may have its merit with different kinds of users but not a general 'standard'.
Searching the Web
Advanced Internet Users Tutorial - CIESE
www.k12science.org/tutorials/advanced/
Results 1 - 10 of about 107,000,000 for advanced internet users. (0.12 seconds)
Advanced Internet Users Tutorial - CIESE
Choosing a link below will bring you to a web page that describes a specific procedure or aspect of browsing the internet. This tutorial ultimately directs ...www.k12science.org/tutorials/advanced/ - 16k - Cached - Similar pages
Advanced Internet Users Tutorial - CIESE - Keyboard Shortcuts
The following are a list of keyboard strokes that are commonly used. Keyboard shortcuts are the same for all versions of both Internet Explorer and Netscape ...www.k12science.org/tutorials/advanced/shortcut.html - 16k - Cached - Similar pages[ More results from www.k12science.org ]
- Advanced User's Internet Training Resources
VICNET Internet Training - More Advanced Users. Been connected to the Internet for a while? Want to get more out of the services it offers? ...www.vicnet.net.au/training/advance.html - 18k - 12 May 2007 - Cached - Similar pages
Advanced Internet Users, School of Continuing Education ...
Advanced Internet Users. Nearly everyone knows how to use the Internet, but are you an expert? Can you find the number of people currently living in the ...www3.uwm.edu/sce/course.cfm?id=6835 - 13k - Cached - Similar pages
http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/global/asiapac/news/2005/pr_09-21.html
Professor Li Xing, deputy director, of the CERNET Network Center said, "With the increase in the number of Internet users and the development of advanced ...newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/global/asiapac/news/2005/pr_09-21.html - 48k - Cached - Similar pages
Copernic returned 42 results
http://www.k12science.org/tutorials/advanced/
http://www.k12science.org/tutorials/advanced/saveweb.html
http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/usingwindows/internet/tips/advanced/2advanced_list.asp
http://www.softstack.com/advink.html
http://www3.uwm.edu/sce/course.cfm?id=6835
Results from Google were definitely higher in number. Google also gave search results for the individual words – not just the exact phrase. Google seemed to find more interesting and relevant results.
Boolean searching task
The biggest number of hits relating to these key words
> 'advanced+internet+user' - 292M results
Sources relating to skills-based information on these key words.
> 'advanced internet users skills based learning' - 1.15M results
Information coming only from university sources
> 'advanced internet users and site.edu' - 834 results
Organising search information task
1.
URL. http://www.k12science.org/tutorials/advanced/
Author : unknown
Institution : Stevens Institute of Technology
2.
Launch URL. http://data.webjunction.org/wj/documents/898.pdf
From here : http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=898
Author : Nancy Riesgraf
Institution : Hibbing Public Library
Summary : The PDF link is a community technology awareness program developed by the Library as a course outline.
3.
URL. http://www.vicnet.net.au/training/advance.html
Author : Unknown
Institution : Vicnet, a division of the State Library of Victoria
Summary :
Screenshot of webpage taken from : http://www.vicnet.net.au/training/advance.html
Evaluating the Web
I have chosen the VICNET link http://www.vicnet.net.au/training/advance.html because of its content and that the publisher is a trusted source of information - the State Library of Victoria. Its relevent to Internet training and covers alot of the course content that we have learnt as part of Net 11. The main purpose is to teach and inform the community about the internet and advanced use - extending the experience of the users. It does well to inform the audience of further uses of the internet, what they stand for and how to apply them and why they are there.
The snapshot of the site would be most helpful in future as its clear and identifies the summary of content. The description is also very appealing and concise "Been connected to the Internet for a while? Want to get more out of the services it offers?Here's a select list of the many excellent Web-based courses you can work through at your own pace."
RealPlayer
Cost - Good marketing to get you to download the paid version - I had to look carefully but found a Free version.
Ease of use - After checking the system requirements and finding Vista not supported, I went to my XP machine and used it there. Again marketing played a big part, it was all about getting you to subscribe to content - I un-ticked all the options to save a spam deluge. Quite a bit of setup and config options were considered during installation and careful to not let it 'take over' all my defaulted other applications. Once working and played with it for a while, its smoother and faster playback than Windows Media Player for mpeg and mpgs and also includes alot more scope of features too - I like it - I think I'll keep it as my new default for these ... for a while anyway.
Functionality - Definately offers more functionality than Ive seen in other players.
Utility - Its faster to load and play the files definately - it also downloads files from the net differently using Windows settings which provides a better indication of time to download, not automatically trying to stream it on the fly.
Commonality - Windows Media is the standard because its an included application as part of the operating system installation and updating process but it need not be, just as the European Union has found against Microsoft. I would say that Realplayer is a contender for being a standard but it needs to almost reinvent itself like Google did with search engines.
Copernic
Cost - Various options, used the free one.
Ease of use - Again didnt work on Vista, found it took some time to configure and luckily referred the webct forum which helped.
Functionality - It worked and showed results but I think Google beats it without having to install the agent and results were 'as good'.
Utility - cant say it increases effectiveness
Commonality - it may have its merit with different kinds of users but not a general 'standard'.
Searching the Web
Advanced Internet Users Tutorial - CIESE
www.k12science.org/tutorials/advanced/
Results 1 - 10 of about 107,000,000 for advanced internet users. (0.12 seconds)
Advanced Internet Users Tutorial - CIESE
Choosing a link below will bring you to a web page that describes a specific procedure or aspect of browsing the internet. This tutorial ultimately directs ...www.k12science.org/tutorials/advanced/ - 16k - Cached - Similar pages
Advanced Internet Users Tutorial - CIESE - Keyboard Shortcuts
The following are a list of keyboard strokes that are commonly used. Keyboard shortcuts are the same for all versions of both Internet Explorer and Netscape ...www.k12science.org/tutorials/advanced/shortcut.html - 16k - Cached - Similar pages[ More results from www.k12science.org ]
- Advanced User's Internet Training Resources
VICNET Internet Training - More Advanced Users. Been connected to the Internet for a while? Want to get more out of the services it offers? ...www.vicnet.net.au/training/advance.html - 18k - 12 May 2007 - Cached - Similar pages
Advanced Internet Users, School of Continuing Education ...
Advanced Internet Users. Nearly everyone knows how to use the Internet, but are you an expert? Can you find the number of people currently living in the ...www3.uwm.edu/sce/course.cfm?id=6835 - 13k - Cached - Similar pages
http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/global/asiapac/news/2005/pr_09-21.html
Professor Li Xing, deputy director, of the CERNET Network Center said, "With the increase in the number of Internet users and the development of advanced ...newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/global/asiapac/news/2005/pr_09-21.html - 48k - Cached - Similar pages
Copernic returned 42 results
http://www.k12science.org/tutorials/advanced/
http://www.k12science.org/tutorials/advanced/saveweb.html
http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/usingwindows/internet/tips/advanced/2advanced_list.asp
http://www.softstack.com/advink.html
http://www3.uwm.edu/sce/course.cfm?id=6835
Results from Google were definitely higher in number. Google also gave search results for the individual words – not just the exact phrase. Google seemed to find more interesting and relevant results.
Boolean searching task
The biggest number of hits relating to these key words
> 'advanced+internet+user' - 292M results
Sources relating to skills-based information on these key words.
> 'advanced internet users skills based learning' - 1.15M results
Information coming only from university sources
> 'advanced internet users and site.edu' - 834 results
Organising search information task
1.
URL. http://www.k12science.org/tutorials/advanced/
Author : unknown
Institution : Stevens Institute of Technology
Screen from Stevens Institute of Technology : http://www.k12science.org/tutorials/advanced/
2.
Launch URL. http://data.webjunction.org/wj/documents/898.pdf
From here : http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=898
Author : Nancy Riesgraf
Institution : Hibbing Public Library
Summary : The PDF link is a community technology awareness program developed by the Library as a course outline.
3.
URL. http://www.vicnet.net.au/training/advance.html
Author : Unknown
Institution : Vicnet, a division of the State Library of Victoria
Summary :
Screenshot of webpage taken from : http://www.vicnet.net.au/training/advance.html
Evaluating the Web
I have chosen the VICNET link http://www.vicnet.net.au/training/advance.html because of its content and that the publisher is a trusted source of information - the State Library of Victoria. Its relevent to Internet training and covers alot of the course content that we have learnt as part of Net 11. The main purpose is to teach and inform the community about the internet and advanced use - extending the experience of the users. It does well to inform the audience of further uses of the internet, what they stand for and how to apply them and why they are there.
The snapshot of the site would be most helpful in future as its clear and identifies the summary of content. The description is also very appealing and concise "Been connected to the Internet for a while? Want to get more out of the services it offers?Here's a select list of the many excellent Web-based courses you can work through at your own pace."
NET11 - Module 3 - FTP
I used the Simple FTP Client - horrendous and buggy app, but could have been part the fault of curtin webct. Ive done a fair bit of ftp'ing for my clients as well as my own 'homespaces' for various ISP's, its simple enough but the curtin one did my head in! After researching the forums I had to download the VPN client to get it working and to view it but finally managed to upload the volcano web site to it - that was painful and could have been more intuitive - maybe externally hosted space is the way to go!
http://www.student.curtin.edu.au/~13777766
http://www.student.curtin.edu.au/~13777766
Apr 10, 2007
NET11 - Module 3 - Volcano
I dont know what happened yesterday but I missed this all together and it wasnt until I looked in the forum that I had to do another task - confused, but luckily help was there in the forum - thanks !
Instructions on opening a web page were not wide ranging enough to cater to other browsers and the setup of having 2 blank pages open, that wasnt needed.
Instructions on opening a web page were not wide ranging enough to cater to other browsers and the setup of having 2 blank pages open, that wasnt needed.
Apr 9, 2007
NET11 - Module 3 - WWW Standards
5 most important ‘rules’ for writing online :
1.Chunking - this means breaking down the information in to small blocks where the concepts are clear, concise and set out in a format that most understand in sequence. This caters to the way that people read information akin to the F sequence.
2.Linking - its essential that the links to further information do actually contain information that is relevant to the topic and that do provide additional information that stays 'on topic' and doesnt introduce other potential competing theories.
3.Layout - most people fall in to 1 of 4 categories in the 4mat model. This model caters to the 4 different ways that people like to receive, perceive and process information. All of these audiences must be considered. Additional reading http://flexways.flexiblelearning.net.au/learning/4mat.asp
4.Content - in order to keep the audience interested, its essential to present your most relevant and interesting information at the beginning of the article.
5.Consistency - navigation is critical to the user experience of getting the information they need including page and home links.
Legal issues
Have you used images or words on your web page or website that contravene copyright laws?
No - I'm aware of copyright laws in my job.
Would you be in breach of copyright if you put the Curtin logo at the top of your web page for an assignment?
Yes, without permission you would be - you must specificly ask the marketing in a formal request. Outside agencies include student use too - so no way unless its otherised.
FTP
1.Chunking - this means breaking down the information in to small blocks where the concepts are clear, concise and set out in a format that most understand in sequence. This caters to the way that people read information akin to the F sequence.
2.Linking - its essential that the links to further information do actually contain information that is relevant to the topic and that do provide additional information that stays 'on topic' and doesnt introduce other potential competing theories.
3.Layout - most people fall in to 1 of 4 categories in the 4mat model. This model caters to the 4 different ways that people like to receive, perceive and process information. All of these audiences must be considered. Additional reading http://flexways.flexiblelearning.net.au/learning/4mat.asp
4.Content - in order to keep the audience interested, its essential to present your most relevant and interesting information at the beginning of the article.
5.Consistency - navigation is critical to the user experience of getting the information they need including page and home links.
Legal issues
Have you used images or words on your web page or website that contravene copyright laws?
No - I'm aware of copyright laws in my job.
Would you be in breach of copyright if you put the Curtin logo at the top of your web page for an assignment?
Yes, without permission you would be - you must specificly ask the marketing in a formal request. Outside agencies include student use too - so no way unless its otherised.
FTP
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