03/30 Class -- Field Trip

We're closing out March in high fashion with a Newbury Street field trip for tomorrow's class.

We'll be meeting with the Boston Globe's technology writer DC Denison at Trident Cafe to talk about the Pulse Point project at 9:00 a.m.

Please bring laptops, if you have -- and I'd like someone to sign out the class camera to bring. We'll get the lay of the Pulse Point land from DC and then create some content to post.

We'll wrap up class at 11 to give people time to get back to campus.

In light of the 75% absence rate of last class, I need everyone to confirm attendance by commenting on this post. DC's taking time out of his schedule to meet with us and I've assured him of full attendance!

Update
Clarification -- We will meet at 9 am at the Trident Cafe.

Classcast?

Was the classcast *just* a first half phenomenon?! No ClassCast today kids!

Get your paper walk throughs together for tomorrow's class. We'll also talk about digging into blogger templates to customize your blog. And we'll discuss Pulse Points which will lead us into a field trip next week (March 30th).

Oh -- and if you have laptops, bring them tomorrow please!

Second half of semester

I don't have our classcast together -- I've been a bit under the weather! I'm also rejiggering our syllabus for the remaining few weeks of the class...

So perhaps classcast tonight? Or perhaps not!

Also -- FYI, I've been having some difficulty loading images with blogger.

VideoString

"An interactive Flash application allowing users to explore the evolution from written language to video communication by creating linear, syntactical, 'sentences' out of short video clips."

Check out Serra Shiflett's thesis project -- VideoString. I told Serra that our class would check it out -- she has a survey set up on the site.

In fact, this is a good example of project planning/user testing, which is going to be the focus of our class on Thursday (I'm rejiggering the syllabus).

Cell Phone content query

Mark Glaser solicits readers as to what type of content they want on their cell phones. Let's discuss in class!

Classcast -- 03/02/06

As promised -- a Wednesday a.m. delivery!