Internet Applications Spring 2008

Housekeeping Expectations Introductions Course structure Overview of Syllabus

Documents Course documents –Syllabus / course packet –

Group discussion Break into groups (4-6 people each) and discuss what you expect to learn in this course (technologies, concepts, etc). Be prepared to report the main concepts that stood out in your group to the class.

Background and experience What is our background with the Internet? What roles do online applications play in our lives (personal, social, educational, work)? What are our expectations and goals for this course?

Definitions The InternetInternet Applications Information Architecture / organizationArchitecture Users

Common examples Google docs Songza Microsoft live Yahoo Blogs - Technorati Wikipedia

Common themes Users / clients Developers, contributors, readers, buyers Platforms Systems, devices, applications, languages Application design Look and feel, functionality, relationship to users Information structure Organization, data structure, portability, extensibility User issues Security / Privacy, Accessibility, information need

Application boundaries What are the boundaries of Internet Applications? –What can internet applications do? –Where do we think that ‘non-internet’ applications take over? –What creates these divisions – technical reasons, social reasons?

Next week History of Internet Structure of the Internet The anatomy of an Internet application Group sign-ups