I installed twitter (if I get to the exceptional, I'll be needing this), the feature to find people in your gmail already signed up is disabled at the mo, so I am friendless! added the application on facebook so it's there for when I need it.
Also made a submission form and the php file to read it, clever me did it on my computer that had no php so obviously nothin worked! i just need to get the form to read in the variables but the basics are there.
I kinda have WAMP workin with a password, the error page comes up but then i click to open another phpmyadmin page and it works. slightly confused about that one but it works for now so thats something.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Thursday, November 15, 2007
meeting - 14/11/07
I had a meeting with Lorcan and Graeme yesterday to get feedback on my presentation, I now have a few things to fix so next time it should be better!
From the presentation I gave, it was clear that I didn't have a clue about the technology side so its been simplified right down for me and I'll be tackling it in small steps. At the moment I have to get my head around what my project is actually doing and not worry about the precise technologies just yet. I have a simple diagram which I'll blog soon.
This weekend I have to create two php forms/pages which will be part of the server although they're not yet going to be connected to the database or anything. One page will have a form asking for two inputs, an ID/name and an IP address (this doesn't yet correspond to a specific location), and the other page will be printing out a list of what was inputted. I'll be using Lorcan's lecture notes to do this as he has good examples which are very relevant and I can pretty much use as they are. I'll be looking at a few more tutorials on html and php this weekend to get to grips with it.
By the end of next week at the latest I will have my 2nd draft of Chapter 2 done, with the full template in place, I will try to get my abstract written as well because Graeme said this should explain the whole project in 5 sentences and if you get sidetracked you always have your abstract to get you back and focused. I think they are on Lorcan's blog so I'll have a look at what they are.
My WAMP is now all working and we added a database with two fields - ID and IP, haven't done anything with it but it's good to have it set up. I have to add a password which we had some trouble with but Graeme has sent me a link which looks good so I'll try following that and see if I have any luck!
From the presentation I gave, it was clear that I didn't have a clue about the technology side so its been simplified right down for me and I'll be tackling it in small steps. At the moment I have to get my head around what my project is actually doing and not worry about the precise technologies just yet. I have a simple diagram which I'll blog soon.
This weekend I have to create two php forms/pages which will be part of the server although they're not yet going to be connected to the database or anything. One page will have a form asking for two inputs, an ID/name and an IP address (this doesn't yet correspond to a specific location), and the other page will be printing out a list of what was inputted. I'll be using Lorcan's lecture notes to do this as he has good examples which are very relevant and I can pretty much use as they are. I'll be looking at a few more tutorials on html and php this weekend to get to grips with it.
By the end of next week at the latest I will have my 2nd draft of Chapter 2 done, with the full template in place, I will try to get my abstract written as well because Graeme said this should explain the whole project in 5 sentences and if you get sidetracked you always have your abstract to get you back and focused. I think they are on Lorcan's blog so I'll have a look at what they are.
My WAMP is now all working and we added a database with two fields - ID and IP, haven't done anything with it but it's good to have it set up. I have to add a password which we had some trouble with but Graeme has sent me a link which looks good so I'll try following that and see if I have any luck!
Monday, November 5, 2007
3rd meeting - 05/11/07
I met with Lorcan and Steve and they helped me alot with what technology fits where and what relates to what, i will have my new system archictecture diagram up soon. They also checked my laptop and explained Apache and WAMP to me, they both seem to be working but MySQL isn't so I will have a look at that and do a few tutorials this week and if I have any problems I'll let them know.
We talked about building a paper prototype of my clock, this will be beneficial to me and for when I try to explain the idea of the clock to other people.
The presentation is on this Thursday and the advice given was to make about 8 slides and have the introduction and the conclusion of my presentation scripted, that way I know where I'm starting and where I will be finishing. This should help with the nerves if I'm more confident in what I'm doing!
I will try to get my 2nd draft finished in the next 2 weeks I'll set my deadline for the 17th/18th November, I'll also be familiar with the technology side a bit more so I can write a short bit on that too.
Also, Lorna Brown from Microsoft Research has been keeping in touch with Lorcan and it looks like a possible trip to meet Lorna and some of her colleagues working on the Whereabouts Clock may happen in January. Fingers crossed!
We talked about building a paper prototype of my clock, this will be beneficial to me and for when I try to explain the idea of the clock to other people.
The presentation is on this Thursday and the advice given was to make about 8 slides and have the introduction and the conclusion of my presentation scripted, that way I know where I'm starting and where I will be finishing. This should help with the nerves if I'm more confident in what I'm doing!
I will try to get my 2nd draft finished in the next 2 weeks I'll set my deadline for the 17th/18th November, I'll also be familiar with the technology side a bit more so I can write a short bit on that too.
Also, Lorna Brown from Microsoft Research has been keeping in touch with Lorcan and it looks like a possible trip to meet Lorna and some of her colleagues working on the Whereabouts Clock may happen in January. Fingers crossed!
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