tag:learningremix.emich.edu,2007-08-15:/Fall07/blog-5//36 2007-12-21T17:22:17Z My Learning Remix blog Movable Type 4.1rc1 tag:learningremix.emich.edu,2007:/Fall07/blog-5//36.2340 2007-12-11T14:21:19Z 2007-12-21T17:22:17Z

We have updated and finalized our page for Iteration 3. Thanks for the input from Tobias and Jessica: removing the alert box; enhancing design and layout using CSS and table element. We added error handling if either Google API or...

Kiki Tobias and Jessica: removing the alert box; enhancing design and layout using CSS and table element. We added error handling if either Google API or Yelp API do not give a response back. Please click to review our page and presentation. For those of you who do not have facebook account: username: jaka.robertson2@gmail.com password: 'jobfriends' (without the single quote)]]> tag:learningremix.emich.edu,2007:/Fall07/blog-5//36.2279 2007-12-10T14:53:58Z 2007-12-11T03:53:53Z

We just completed integration of our fourth API which is Yelp API. Please review and give us any feedback for our Iteration 3. About our mashup: 1. retrieve and display user and user's friends data (interests and location) from FaceBook....

Kiki Yelp API. Please review and give us any feedback for our Iteration 3. About our mashup: 1. retrieve and display user and user's friends data (interests and location) from FaceBook. 2. locate places (from user data) using AJAX Search and display map using GoogleMap. 3. provide review of selected search result from Yelp service. FYI: we are going to enhance the layout/design and turn off the alert box for our final project. If you don't have facebook account, please use the following: username: jaka.robertson2@gmail.com password: 'jobfriends' (without the single quote) ]]> tag:learningremix.emich.edu,2007:/Fall07/blog-5//36.2144 2007-12-07T16:09:34Z 2007-12-07T16:16:43Z

I just went to your page and see the changes on your code, specifically at your css code. However, I'm using IE6 and as you mentioned before, the page is still having layout issue with IE6. One suggestion that you...

Kiki your page and see the changes on your code, specifically at your css code. However, I'm using IE6 and as you mentioned before, the page is still having layout issue with IE6. One suggestion that you might want to consider is to use table element to display the list of search result. Good luck guys! ]]> tag:learningremix.emich.edu,2007:/Fall07/blog-5//36.2140 2007-12-07T14:48:14Z 2007-12-07T15:00:32Z

Great jobs guys! I just went to your page again and tried all the functionalities, they all work well: the ending address has a default value from Ashley's restaurant; the default zip code for starting address is 48197; and adding...

Kiki page again and tried all the functionalities, they all work well: the ending address has a default value from Ashley's restaurant; the default zip code for starting address is 48197; and adding driving direction option on info marker. Good luck on your presentation guys! One thing that I noticed from using mapquest webservice is that if I put incorrect address (eq. Seattle, WA, 48197), it gets prioritized by the zip code value, while using googlemaps, it gets prioritized by the city/state value. ]]> tag:learningremix.emich.edu,2007:/Fall07/blog-5//36.2088 2007-12-06T14:22:11Z 2007-12-06T14:49:30Z

You guys did a tremendous job! Your mashup is very useful to many of us. One suggestion is to put a "legend" to explain what green/red marker means. As for the functionality, it seems to be working well, except for...

Kiki Your mashup is very useful to many of us. One suggestion is to put a "legend" to explain what green/red marker means. As for the functionality, it seems to be working well, except for one scenario. Please use my facebook login: 1. username: jaka.robertson2@gmail.com, password:'jobfriends' (without the single quote) 2. put "administrator" as the keyword 3. Map will display 3 green markers (in WA, MI, TX) and 1 red marker (in CA). 4. Click on any green marker, it won't display the list of the jobs. ]]> tag:learningremix.emich.edu,2007:/Fall07/blog-5//36.2087 2007-12-06T14:09:10Z 2007-12-06T14:20:36Z

I just tried to use your mashup, it's pretty nice. You guys did a great job on this! After reviewing your page, I have couple suggestions that you might want to consider: 1. Since you put Ashley's Restaurant as a...

Kiki your page, I have couple suggestions that you might want to consider: 1. Since you put Ashley's Restaurant as a default InfoMarker, then put Ashley's address at the "Ending Address" as well. 2. Error handling. When I click "Get Direction" without "Starting Address", MapQuest assumes the starting address is from "somewhere in Colorado area". Good luck guys on your presentation!]]> tag:learningremix.emich.edu,2007:/Fall07/blog-5//36.2054 2007-12-05T18:40:20Z 2007-12-05T18:47:51Z

As I mentioned on my previous blog, SERENA launched Mashup Maker for business users. And I just read an article about SERENA just began shipping their product called Serena Business Mashups 2008 platform. The tools are free but pricing for...

Kiki previous blog, SERENA launched Mashup Maker for business users. And I just read an article about SERENA just began shipping their product called Serena Business Mashups 2008 platform. The tools are free but pricing for mashups deployment via full installed version begins at $10,000. I still haven't got a chance to try the tool yet, hopefully soon once I finished Project Iteration 3 :)]]> tag:learningremix.emich.edu,2007:/Fall07/blog-5//36.2051 2007-12-05T14:16:54Z 2007-12-05T18:01:17Z

I heard so many complaints about Windows Vista, however, I just came across article that talks about security threats. And I just found out that Vista operating system is more secure compare than others as Halvar Flake, CEO of security...

Kiki complaints about Windows Vista, however, I just came across article that talks about security threats. And I just found out that Vista operating system is more secure compare than others as Halvar Flake, CEO of security firm Zynamics, explained. In addition to that, Microsoft has always been investing a lot of money on security for their products, even though we're not really sure a good result could come up with that much of money, because hackers always find a way to hack :)]]> tag:learningremix.emich.edu,2007:/Fall07/blog-5//36.2038 2007-12-05T03:39:22Z 2007-12-05T03:56:06Z

I started to do my Mini Project 3 by utilizing Yelp API a week ago, but now I have incorporated two more APIs (googlemaps and AJAX search) into it. Initially, the page would only display two pieces information of a...

Kiki Yelp API a week ago, but now I have incorporated two more APIs (googlemaps and AJAX search) into it. Initially, the page would only display two pieces information of a place, the name and address by taking phone number as the input. I thought that it wouldn't be so useful. And plus, since our project (InterestLocationFinder) is using these three APIs anyway, I took another step to incorporate all of them into my Mini Project 3 page. Now user is able to get full benefit from these 3 APIs, rich search results (from AJAX Search), ratings info (from Yelp) and user friendly map (from GoogleMaps). There is no limitation on what users can search on the mashup, however, if AJAX Search or Yelp could not find related info, then an alert message will pop up. Please click here to review my Mini Project 3. Click here to review my Initial Mini Project 3. ]]> tag:learningremix.emich.edu,2007:/Fall07/blog-5//36.1934 2007-12-03T18:53:23Z 2007-12-03T19:11:39Z

Pi Corporation, based in Seattle, is working on a product called Smart Desktop. Jon Herlocker, vice president of of engineering Pi Corporation, describes Smart Desktop as a program that is designed to group information by project. It unifies the information...

Kiki Pi Corporation, based in Seattle, is working on a product called Smart Desktop. Jon Herlocker, vice president of of engineering Pi Corporation, describes Smart Desktop as a program that is designed to group information by project. It unifies the information into a single view, so all the various files (from Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Project, FireFox, Excel, etc) will be displayed accordingly. Smart Desktop works with Microsoft applications, Adobe Acrobat, Google Docs and Zoho Sheets. There are some other companies working on products of this type and Microsoft is one of them. Microsoft develops a product called Center for Information Work.]]> tag:learningremix.emich.edu,2007:/Fall07/blog-5//36.1932 2007-12-03T17:23:54Z 2007-12-03T17:31:12Z

I came across this white paper article about Software Configuration Management best practices.The article describes the challenges that project managers (PMO group) face and suggest key points that potentially could help them to reduce numbers of failed projects. Click here...

Kiki Software Configuration Management best practices.The article describes the challenges that project managers (PMO group) face and suggest key points that potentially could help them to reduce numbers of failed projects. Click here for further reading.]]> tag:learningremix.emich.edu,2007:/Fall07/blog-5//36.1856 2007-11-28T14:11:54Z 2007-11-28T22:41:58Z

We have three main objectives for our final project. First is to use JSON format instead of proprietary format in getting data from FaceBook api. Second is to add review and rating using Yelp api. And last is to improve...

Kiki JSON format instead of proprietary format in getting data from FaceBook api. Second is to add review and rating using Yelp api. And last is to improve the search functionality by adding more options. I have modified our code to use JSON format to grab data from FaceBook api. Click here to test the page and please let me know if you experience any difficulties. The page will redirect you to FaceBook login and display your and your friends' data (name, location, interests).]]> tag:learningremix.emich.edu,2007:/Fall07/blog-5//36.1811 2007-11-27T17:31:55Z 2007-11-27T17:53:42Z

Paglo is an IT search engine that can help to analyze and discover information about your computers, networks and users. Paglo collects data across all IT silos and indexes them to uncover their relationships. For example, if you need to...

Kiki Paglo is an IT search engine that can help to analyze and discover information about your computers, networks and users. Paglo collects data across all IT silos and indexes them to uncover their relationships. For example, if you need to know about how many copies of certain software are installed on computers in order to comply with your license agreement, Paglo allows you to view the statistic in real time. Paglo also has the ability to share search queries with the Paglo community and with combination of Paglo's open API, it could lead to opportunities for a variety of mashups and dashboard widgets.]]> tag:learningremix.emich.edu,2007:/Fall07/blog-5//36.1806 2007-11-27T15:51:33Z 2007-11-27T16:05:06Z

I just finished reading the last two chapters of our textbook, XML and JSON. These two chapters would really help me to achieve one of our objectives for project iteration 3. Currently we are using proprietary "format" to save and...

Kiki XML and JSON. These two chapters would really help me to achieve one of our objectives for project iteration 3. Currently we are using proprietary "format" to save and get all data from FaceBook API. Our plan is to use JSON format since it is easiest to deal with JavaScript language.]]> tag:learningremix.emich.edu,2007:/Fall07/blog-5//36.1799 2007-11-26T21:09:36Z 2007-11-26T21:25:13Z

CAI and IT Metrics & Productivity Institute host series of webinar related to Software Best Practices. Computer Aid Inc (CAI) is a consulting company that offers service in IT process transformation, business consulting, application support, application development, desktop services and...

Kiki CAI and IT Metrics & Productivity Institute host series of webinar related to Software Best Practices. Computer Aid Inc (CAI) is a consulting company that offers service in IT process transformation, business consulting, application support, application development, desktop services and staff augmentation. CAI founded organization called IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (ITMPI) to improve the practice and management of software development and maintenance. ITMPI promotes best practices guideline in Software Process, Software Metrics, Software Estimation and IT Governance. Click here to see the webinar series for 2007-2008 calendar. One of the webinars that might interest us is "Implementing Agile Development in New Teams" and it will be held on November 28th 2007 10:30am - 12pm EST.]]>