Book a Meeting

If you'd like to meet me on June 19 or 20, please book a meeting slot and e-mail me.

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SOFT6008 Tutorial

I'd be prepared to have a 1 or 2 hour tutorial for students repeating SOFT6008. If you are interested please e-mail me and give me some indication of availability. 20 June is the last day I can make it, and mornings are best for me.

SOFT6007 Web Development Fun. Autumn Repeat

The autumn repeat for this module is a written closed-book exam in August. If you have registered for the repeat you will receive an e-mail from the exams office in due course.

Last year's exam paper is available here:
http://exampapers.cit.ie/pastexams/Computing/KSDEV_8_Y1/2012%20Autumn/KSDEV_8_Y1%20SOFT6007%20Web%20Development%20Fundamentals.pdf

Prediction Market Closed

The prediction market is closed now. No more trades are possible.

When the results come in I will cash out the positions and figure out who are the winners.

Thanks for playing. I learned a lot about what works, and even more about what doesn't.

COMP6023 New Web Server

The web server I used for class notes for this module was migrated to a new (virtual) machine. The files didn't make it across (irony not lost on me) and so I have to manually restore files from a local backup. I didn't copy over the slides I used for this class, because I figured nobody would be looking for them. If there's something you want please e-mail me and I can send on the PDFs.

By the time anyone is (gods forbid) repeating, I should have them all restored. If I forget please don't be shy about reminding me.

COMP6023 Class 23 ITS1

Nobody showed up, apart from the note taker. That's fine. People are busy.

I think it's safe to assume there will be no class on Friday morning.

Prediction Market Leader Board

There were some major changes of fortune lately.

May Day 2013

Many young people believe that the intellectual property system is evil and should be overthrown.  For them undermining the IP system is not just about getting free stuff, it is an act of rebellion, in anticipation of an all out revolution.  Sticking it to the evil record companies and to Hollywood is a political act.  I am fascinated by this, because I think they have got it wrong.  For the first time in human history the means of production in now in the hands of the proletariat.  The web has democratized the production and exploitation of (intellectual) capital.  Anyone can write and publish a book.  Anyone can record and publish a song.  Even Hollywood’s monopoly is waning. The bourgeoisie no longer controls the means of production.  Bizarrely, however the response of the proletariat to this opportunity to finally eat at the same table as the bourgeoisie, is to destroy the table.

You’ve got it all wrong comrades.  Free stuff is not the same thing as Freedom.

COMP6023 Class 24 DWEB/ITM

[very poor audio quality]

I'm not actually sure what this class was about. It was meant to be something, but became something else. Perhaps it's best described as a call to arms. It was possibly the most interesting class of year, but any credit is due to my cold medicine.

Good luck with your exams. It's been a pleasure doing business with you. Hopefully I will see most of you again in September.

COMP6023 Class 23 DWEB/ITM

We returned to SEO.

COMP6023 Class 23 DNET/DCOM

Only one student turned up and since neither of us seemed that keen we didn't have class.

COMP6023 Class 21 ITS1

We picked up with SEO where we left off some weeks ago.

COMP6023 Class 22 DWEB/ITM

We looked again at SEO

COMP6023 Class 21 DWEB/ITM

We looked at Google Analytics in more detail

COMP6023 LAB 11 DCOM

I met with a student to discuss his paper

COMP6023 Class 21 DNET/DCOM

We looked at Google Analytics

COMP6023 Lab 11 ITS1a

Students worked on various assignments.
 

COMP6023 Plan for the rest of the semester

I don't think we need any more labs.

Don't forget that you are expected to make a blog entry for Week 11 also. So the entry for this week will be the last. Your entry can be about the interesting things you found in your analytics reports. That can be a post and need not be a separate page.

We will continue to have lectures up to the end of Week 12. We won't have any classes in Week 13.

I appreciate that once the assignments have been handed in there is very little incentive to come to class. If you decide that your time is better spent elsewhere, that's fine. I won't take it personally.

GOMC should send the post-campaign report to Google when it's ready, and then send everything to me.

COMP6023 Assignment 2 Deadline passed

If you didn't get your assignment 2 submitted on time please e-mail me when it is done. I won't go looking for it. The standard late penalties will apply.

COMP6023 Class 20 ITS1

We looked at Character sets. We wrapped up a bit early because I was feeling a bit off, and I didn't want to launch into something new.

Thanks to Meabh O'C for the slides.