A very brief post:
Had a more interesting second day. Did a lot of testing and found a few bugs that need fixing. I'm also going to be let loose on the content side of things and tackle some of the propotional spaces.
I went to see Charles Leadbeater discuss his new book 'We-Think: Mass Innovation, not mass production' at the British Library this evening. It was truly inspirational and has given me too much to think about to start discussing right now.
I also had my new desk delivered. There's a bit of a bash in one corner but I need one too much to think of sending it back.
Wednesday, 26 March 2008
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
First day of real work
What a morning - I left in plenty of time to catch the tube only to hear that the District and Circle lines were both down between Edgware Road and Earl's Court - exactly where I wanted to go. Thankfully, the number 27 came to the rescue and got me there just in time.
The building I am working in is quite amazing - a vast atrium with water features, escalators, spiral staircases, swipe cards, security men - the lot.
I learned some interesting things about web analytics and the powerful tools that companies use to make sense of statistics. I remember having a lecture about this kind of software from someone from one of the other London universities - you can tell exactly what people are doing on your site, how long they're spending in one place, where they entered the site and how many pages they clicked through.
I also spotted a couple of bugs and tomorrow I think I'm going to get onto testing patches.
I liked this Travelvine entry. I'm not keen on Facebook and I don't have a MySpace or YouTube account, but I do enjoy my rss feeds, del.icio.us, Twitter and, of course, blogs and blogging.
As I will be probably be spending a lot of time talking to people about advertising space in my new job, I'd be interested to know how other people feel about this - I seem to naturally faze out content that isn't part of the site . . . or maybe it registers in the back of my mind and prompts me to buy stuff whithout me even realizing . . . ?
The building I am working in is quite amazing - a vast atrium with water features, escalators, spiral staircases, swipe cards, security men - the lot.
I learned some interesting things about web analytics and the powerful tools that companies use to make sense of statistics. I remember having a lecture about this kind of software from someone from one of the other London universities - you can tell exactly what people are doing on your site, how long they're spending in one place, where they entered the site and how many pages they clicked through.
I also spotted a couple of bugs and tomorrow I think I'm going to get onto testing patches.
I liked this Travelvine entry. I'm not keen on Facebook and I don't have a MySpace or YouTube account, but I do enjoy my rss feeds, del.icio.us, Twitter and, of course, blogs and blogging.
As I will be probably be spending a lot of time talking to people about advertising space in my new job, I'd be interested to know how other people feel about this - I seem to naturally faze out content that isn't part of the site . . . or maybe it registers in the back of my mind and prompts me to buy stuff whithout me even realizing . . . ?
Monday, 24 March 2008
Pre-placement nerves!
Firstly, I would like to thank Darren, Karen and Nicola for your comments on the first entry of my re-launched blog. When I was blogging the first time round it was purely as a means of communication between some friends who were working on a project together.
Having looked at both Karen and Darren's blogs, I see that mine is a bit sparse in comparison! If I manage to convince my new boss that I should be sent away on field trips, I'll fill it full of lovely photographs.
I found this report from a roundtable discussion earlier this year that I thought was interesting. I think that the idea that people don't necessarily go online to book holidays, but rather to research destinations, hotels etc; is completely right. Choosing a holiday isn't like buying a DVD from Amazon . . .
I shall post tomorrow with details of my first day in (gainful?) employment.
And incidentally, I went to see Much Ado About Nothing this evening at the National, which was really wonderful.
Having looked at both Karen and Darren's blogs, I see that mine is a bit sparse in comparison! If I manage to convince my new boss that I should be sent away on field trips, I'll fill it full of lovely photographs.
I found this report from a roundtable discussion earlier this year that I thought was interesting. I think that the idea that people don't necessarily go online to book holidays, but rather to research destinations, hotels etc; is completely right. Choosing a holiday isn't like buying a DVD from Amazon . . .
I shall post tomorrow with details of my first day in (gainful?) employment.
And incidentally, I went to see Much Ado About Nothing this evening at the National, which was really wonderful.
Start again
Ok, I'm going to try to start over with this blog and maybe invite some new people to contribute. Tomorrow I am starting my 2 month placement at the Mail Online. I will be working on the Travel section so I've spent most of the afternoon Google-ing travel websites and looking at other online papers' travel sections.
I've already found a couple of really interesting blogs in this area:
Some at the sites I've looked at so far are better than others. For instance, travel sites that place emphasis on the user experience rather than pushing an Amazon-esque shopping basket mentality, are vastly more appealing - I think, at least.
I would be really interested in any advice or opinions, so please feel free to comment!
Carly
I've already found a couple of really interesting blogs in this area:
Some at the sites I've looked at so far are better than others. For instance, travel sites that place emphasis on the user experience rather than pushing an Amazon-esque shopping basket mentality, are vastly more appealing - I think, at least.
I would be really interested in any advice or opinions, so please feel free to comment!
Carly
Monday, 14 January 2008
Happy New Year!
First entry of 2008!
Today we hand in the Internet Technologies website project, what a relief.
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Today we hand in the Internet Technologies website project, what a relief.
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Monday, 17 December 2007
A fellow bored blogger!
How delightful to see an entry again!
I've had a weekend off from study to put on my painter/decorator hat - helping Greg re-do his room. I never imagined I would get excited by curtain rails?!
Ilia you missed an extremely tedious Systems Management lecture on Thursday. Seriously, you would have been tearing your hair out.
Happy essay writing. Are you jetting off soon? Safe trip for when you leave - I've already embraced the season of over indulgence - will be rolling back to school like a barrel.
xxx
I've had a weekend off from study to put on my painter/decorator hat - helping Greg re-do his room. I never imagined I would get excited by curtain rails?!
Ilia you missed an extremely tedious Systems Management lecture on Thursday. Seriously, you would have been tearing your hair out.
Happy essay writing. Are you jetting off soon? Safe trip for when you leave - I've already embraced the season of over indulgence - will be rolling back to school like a barrel.
xxx
Monday, 10 December 2007
No more blog
Don't know if either of you will check this again . . .
I've really enjoyed keeping the blog. I have to admit I wasn't entirely sure what the point in them was until we started using one for our project.
Anyway, I may try to keep it going . . . even if it's just a means of distracting me when I'm supposed to be doing proper work.
xxx
I've really enjoyed keeping the blog. I have to admit I wasn't entirely sure what the point in them was until we started using one for our project.
Anyway, I may try to keep it going . . . even if it's just a means of distracting me when I'm supposed to be doing proper work.
xxx
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