Snow Day Continued - Assignment 4
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Assignment 4:
Final assignment has three parts:
1. Make sure you have a blog post that specifically outlines your goals and the roles you are willing (and not willing) to take for the team. This is very important -- it may result in a realignment of the class.
2. Find two or more sites that reflect the end product you think you'd like to produce (or be able to produce by the time we conclude in June) - either as an individual or through group effort. Post these to your blog by Monday (when reading is due). Give us the URL and your reasons for selecting them.
3. Finally, think about standards and adoption (fall quarter lessons!) as it relates to interoperability of instant messenging clients. Why do you think IM is not as seamless as e-mail? Share your arguments for or against interoperability in IM.
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1. My goals for the quarter are to create group success with everyone having a role which suites their talents and interest best.
2. Websites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website#Types_of_websites
Something clean and simple - http://www.localnewscomesfirst.com/
Something colorful - http://www.nick.com/
3. IM is not as seamless as e-mail because it is distracting, has not reached critical mass and is not a supervening necessity at work. In the office there are many options for communication, in-person, phone, email. Each of those interactions allows someone to respond in their own scheduled convenient time. IM however requires instantaneous response which at times may be best but lacks time for reflection and quality of the response. However if used similar to a scheduled video conference meeting those issues could be solved. The most pressing reason hindering IM adoption is that email is more widely known as one of the first popular work tools and IM does not offer something more competitive over email. IM is like a written phone conversation; useful but is not necessary. Email on the other hand has become necessary reaching critical mass from supervening necessity, which is why companies will more likely offer and require use of an email address but not an IM.
Assignment 4:
Final assignment has three parts:
1. Make sure you have a blog post that specifically outlines your goals and the roles you are willing (and not willing) to take for the team. This is very important -- it may result in a realignment of the class.
2. Find two or more sites that reflect the end product you think you'd like to produce (or be able to produce by the time we conclude in June) - either as an individual or through group effort. Post these to your blog by Monday (when reading is due). Give us the URL and your reasons for selecting them.
3. Finally, think about standards and adoption (fall quarter lessons!) as it relates to interoperability of instant messenging clients. Why do you think IM is not as seamless as e-mail? Share your arguments for or against interoperability in IM.
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1. My goals for the quarter are to create group success with everyone having a role which suites their talents and interest best.
2. Websites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website#Types_of_websites
Something clean and simple - http://www.localnewscomesfirst.com/
Something colorful - http://www.nick.com/
3. IM is not as seamless as e-mail because it is distracting, has not reached critical mass and is not a supervening necessity at work. In the office there are many options for communication, in-person, phone, email. Each of those interactions allows someone to respond in their own scheduled convenient time. IM however requires instantaneous response which at times may be best but lacks time for reflection and quality of the response. However if used similar to a scheduled video conference meeting those issues could be solved. The most pressing reason hindering IM adoption is that email is more widely known as one of the first popular work tools and IM does not offer something more competitive over email. IM is like a written phone conversation; useful but is not necessary. Email on the other hand has become necessary reaching critical mass from supervening necessity, which is why companies will more likely offer and require use of an email address but not an IM.
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