Category Archives: Web Computing

#154
Mobile Web, done well: m.ox.ac.uk

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Anthony

I’ve read a few things in the last week about Oxford’s Mobile App – mainly tweets about #ucisa10 and various follow-up blog posts – so thought I’d have a look. I am particularly pleased to see that their well put … Continue reading →

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#153
Ten things you can do to make your Iphone Web App work like an App

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Anthony

Skip to the Ten Things>> The launch of the iPad has reinvigorated discussion on the use of small(er) scale devices. with particular interest from the UK HE sector. This may be partly attributable to meeting the technological expectations of students, … Continue reading →

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#152
Course Finder update

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Anthony

An illustrated update on the Guerrilla Gardening Project showing how the new Course Finder’s adoption has meant some more work and many improved features. Continue reading →

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#150
Course Finder Demo App for Iphone

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Anthony

Course Finder Demo App for Iphone Here’s the Iphone & Touch version of the newly spruced Course Finder. The function is far more simple than the conventional web version, just select your award and then locate a course from the … Continue reading →

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#149
Course Finder Demo

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Anthony

Here’s the presentable, standalone variant of the demonstration Course Finder I showed at BathCamp. note: Compatibility View required for IE8, I’m working to fix this now. It’s probably best viewed on this project’s category page. Tested in a handful of … Continue reading →

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#147
BathCamp 2009, Buckland Dinham

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Anthony

Just back from BathCamp and keen to blog the things that most impressed me. This was my first time at BathCamp and my first ever BarCamp so was not sure what to expect. Friday Excellent meal at The Bell in … Continue reading →

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#146
Planting courses in the Guerrilla Garden

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Anthony

Prototype growing nicely View the category Guerrilla Gardening for the full story Here’re some screens of the new AJAX driven course finder. I’ll shortly add a hosted example but in the meantime the screens are sufficient to discuss some of … Continue reading →

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#145
Guerilla Gardening, day three – UI refinement

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Anthony

Got content.  Got concept. View the category Guerrilla Gardening for the full story On day one I had a rough plan of how to make the improvements to the Courses UI. How it’ll work The pencil sketch above is a … Continue reading →

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#144
Guerrilla Gardening, day two

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Anthony

View the category Guerrilla Gardening for the full story Adapting the Course page content Any hopes of getting hold of a clean and complete data source of every course’s details were soon dashed. The CMS – which of course thinks … Continue reading →

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#143
Guerilla Gardening, day one

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Anthony

Plot Chosen. The Courses area. View the category Guerrilla Gardening for the full story It’s a high traffic part of the site presenting probably the most important pre-application content we have.  Over the years it’s had gradual improvements, most notably … Continue reading →

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