The Blog Strikes Back

Greetings,
I'm on the third week into the course and have progressed further with the A9 TheBiz assignment by having completed the 6.2 section of it. I am very pleased with what I produced for that section of the assignment and I think I completed it to a better standard than the 6.1 section. Of course before I hand the 6.1 in on the 10th October I will have put some time aside to improve it the best I can. The main thing I will be doing to improve it is:

• Add all the references I used
  

I am now onto the 6.3 aspect of the A9 assignment, the first part of it (defining the roles of a four person team) seems relatively straight forward after the work we did on it on Monday. For the documents that need producing I initially didn’t understand what it was I needed to be doing so I had a chat with Steve and I have more of a comprehension of what I need to produce. As long as I plan my time correctly I’m confident it will be done.

Demolition Blog

There were all sorts of madness that went on with this blog last week as I originally created it on the standard blogger.com, but then decided to remake it on the beta blogger. After initially getting it all up and running correctly I couldn’t seem to log back in. After much frustration I realised when I made it I had put my login name ending with .com instead of .co.uk. Then when I had it all working again, I accidentally deleted the Google account that I had used to make it… and the blog disappeared. So finally I’ve remade it again and emailed both Steve and John as I had to change its address (as it wouldn’t let me choose the old one).

Note:

• Email peers with update of blog address.
  

As to time planning while I have improved from last year I still need to work on it and rigorously stick to it as I ended up not having enough time to complete the action plans for John’s assignments. To correct this I have planned in my weekly planning form to complete these on Tuesday night and have set them as the highest priority. Other than that mishap I managed to get all the other tasks I had planned completed on schedule.

This week I’m planning to complete the bulk of my work as early as possible in the week because I’ll be at the Bloodstock festival most of Friday and also Saturday. I want to get it done early so I don’t have it all to do on Sunday and have to rush it, which has happened in the past.

Weekly Action Plan (Blog To The Future):

• Complete Action Plans for [A7] and [A8] (Priority: High due to time planning error last week)
• Research any relevant dates regarding CSS history [A8 22.1].
• Research cascade, inheritance, specificity on the W3C website [A8 22.1]. (www.w3.org)
• Complete the defining the roles of a four person team part of [A9 6.3]
• Produce documentation for [A9 6.3]
• Make amendments to [A9 6.2] (line up references, convert test plan into a form)
• Start thinking about A7 Digital Portfolio
  

Deadline for A9 6.3 – 2nd October.

Thanks for reading; any comments would be greatly appreciated.

Return Of The Blog

Greetings,
Just over a week into my second year now and I am pleased with the work I have already accomplished, especially having the assignment 9A 6.1 essay on the legal essentials of intellectual property rights. When the time comes on October 10^th to hand in the completed assignment, the amendments I need to make sure I have completed are:

• Insert all of the references I used.
• Double check my spelling and grammar to make sure there are no silly mistakes.
• Make sure the essay structure flows.

After yesterdays lesson with John I am now much happier and clearer as to what the CiSSy assignment A8 requires now that we have had a good chance to ask John questions regarding it.

Also yesterday I received feedback for my blog as a whole; most if not all of the changes will have already been implemented by the time you read this. I agree with the comments given as they make my blog look a lot more professional and fitting for my target audience.

I’ve found writing this blog a lot more comfortable than I did the first one, seems I’m just getting more used to this sort of thing as before this I had never had a blog or anything that I regularly publish my thoughts and feelings into. Plus I can see its potential uses like for example to aid me in my time planning and action planning.

For the 6.2 I have found Steve Krug’s book ‘Don’t Make Me Think’ useful, and also I like the way it is written. I shall be reading some more of it when I get chance to.

Things to do this week:

• Continue to improve my time planning.
• Research CSS levels 1, 2, and 3.1 for A8 CiSSy.
• Read some more of ‘Don’t Make Me Think’.
• Complete TheBiz 6.2 research then type up in essay format.
• Update my blog with a second entry (though I suppose I can already tick that one off my list!)

Deadline for TheBiz 6.2 – Monday 25^th September.

Thanks for reading; any comments would be greatly appreciated

Enter The Blog

Greetings,
I managed to get up early enough to get the bus on the first day back and get back into a more normal sleeping pattern after the summer holidays

After first receiving the assignments I initially wasn’t sure where to start with them but after reading them through thoroughly it has become clearer as to what I need to do. My note taking from the lectures has already proven useful in the planning stages of TheBiz assignment. I’m fairly confident I know what I will be writing.

Thanks for reading; any comments would be greatly appreciated.