internet applications
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Internet Applications. Spring 2008. Housekeeping. Expectations Introductions Course structure Overview of Syllabus. Documents. Course documents Syllabus / course packet http://blackboard.unc.edu [email protected]. Group discussion. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Internet Applications
Spring 2008
Housekeeping
• Expectations
• Introductions
• Course structure
• Overview of Syllabus
Documents
• Course documents– Syllabus / course packet– http://blackboard.unc.edu– [email protected]
Group discussion
• Break into groups (4-6 people each) and discuss what you expect to learn in this course (technologies, concepts, etc).
• Be prepared to report the main concepts that stood out in your group to the class.
Background and experience
• What is our background with the Internet?
• What roles do online applications play in our lives (personal, social, educational, work)?
• What are our expectations and goals for this course?
Definitions
• The Internet
• Applications
• Information
• Architecture / organization
• Users
Common examples
• Google docs
• Songza
• Microsoft live
• Yahoo
• Blogs - Technorati
• Wikipedia
Common themes
• Users / clients• Developers, contributors, readers, buyers
• Platforms• Systems, devices, applications, languages
• Application design• Look and feel, functionality, relationship to users
• Information structure• Organization, data structure, portability, extensibility
• User issues• Security / Privacy, Accessibility, information need
Application boundaries
• What are the boundaries of Internet Applications?– What can internet applications do?– Where do we think that ‘non-internet’
applications take over?– What creates these divisions – technical
reasons, social reasons?
Next week
• History of Internet
• Structure of the Internet
• The anatomy of an Internet application
• Group sign-ups