msgbartop
Course website for USC Online Communities (APOC) CMGT 538
msgbarbottom

No assignment this week!

Mar 08, 2010

Front End / UI (user interface) Overview

Mar 04, 2010

Please find the slides below for Class #8, which gave an overview on Front End / User Interface (UI). Thanks to Tim for the great guest lecture!

Automattic Guest Lecture

Mar 04, 2010

Please find the slides below from Raanan @ Automattic. Thanks again Raanan for the great presentation!

Assignment

Mar 01, 2010

Please identify 2-3 sites that you enjoy spending time on and write a few bullets on aspects of the frontend – what you like and what you do not like (and why). Please submit the assignment via the comments below.

Also, make sure that you are keeping up with your weekly readings.

Types of Hosting and Selection of Backend Platforms

Feb 27, 2010

Please find class 7 slides below – thanks again to Raanan for the great presentation!

Reading Assignment: WordPress blog

Feb 21, 2010

Please read 4-5 recent stories (in the last 6 months) from the Automattic Blog (http://automattic.com/blogs/) and compile a 1-2 page essay on advantages / disadvantages of using the Automattic platform.

History of Online Communities

Feb 19, 2010

Please find the class presentation below. Subjects covered include: History of Online Communities, BBS, AOL IM, ICQ, Instant Messenger, Blogger, Tripod, GeoCities, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Friendster and more!

Yelp presentation

Feb 18, 2010

Here is the class presentation from Christina, thanks again Christina!

No assignment for the upcoming class – have a great weekend

Feb 13, 2010

Building a team and development techniques

Feb 13, 2010

Class presentation on building a team and various development techniques.