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One Week To Go...

Getting into the final stages of testings and my tutor (Andy Smith) will be looking over my report for the final time on Friday.

Not much else to say, so i'll get back to writing!

 - Chris Willitts (Luggage)

 - the testing of the experiment ended here!

Two Weeks of Dissertation Based Fun...

This is it the two week half term is upon me, and this means that i can begin the upheaval of my dissertation.

Today ill be updating the prototype and sticking a CSS style-sheet behind it which will develop the prototype into a fully functional end product.

after this i will be laying out the report into headings and setting it up to accomodate the overwhelming amount of research that has been and need to be done.

then its gonna be bed time...

Chris Willitts (Luggage)

 - The testing of the experiment began here!

So Much for the Restart...

Unfortunately things don't always pan out the way that you would like, so unfortunately the Dissertation is not going the way i wanted. However i have done a little work on the beast but it is still in its early stages...

The dissertation is now structured and i have been having regular talks with my supervisor. Hopefully the gears will seriously be slung into action in around two weeks time with the coming of a half term.

Chris (Luggage)

New Year New(/Re-)Start

With the new year coming round i have been using my time differently, as (like everyone else) my priorities have been shifting to getting very drunk on a regular basis and therefroe unfortunately have neglected my dissertation.

This dissertation isn't the only thing that has been left forgotten at the bottom of a pile of work, there were also many other peices of coursework/assignments which had to be completed in early January and unfortunately they had to be completed first, on top of that in my new job i have to mark some assignments and get ready for the next semester of teaching.

This however is not a blog about me merely making excuses, this a blog detailing my efforts of getting back on track. I have now completed all but one of the due assignments and am going to begin the groundwork on my dissertation along with another peice of coursework which is due in march.

Best get back to it then!

p.s. and to make matters worse, my computer is thrwing a right wobbly so im using my mum's laptop...

Interim Report pt. II

My interim report has finally been and gone! I was first on yesterday and talked in depth through my dissertation and how i came to the idea i came to.

The questioning i faced from Martin(Amos), Jane (Brooks) and Scott(Smith) was brilliant i seemed to be able to answer all questions faced with a great degree of knowledge apart from one which i had not considered before.

Jane asked me "Your prototype uses participants who are seeking out information, is there a difference in opinion if the users are seeking programs from a list." i.e. The start menu in Windows. which did raise a question to be included within my dissertation, and see wether there is a change in opinion from information gathering menu's and program listsing menus.

Aside from that all was well and hopefully a large chunk of of the 75 marks will have been acheived.

p.s. : The interim report counts for 75/500 marks.
Chris (Luggage)

Interim Report Pt. I

I have just been fiddling around making sure that my interim report was finished before i had to present it tomorrow @ 3.00pm (edit- i'm first on! at least i get it out of the way!).

As i have been researching deeper into my subject i have come to the realisation that there have been many other in depth articles about the subject matter that i am trying to recreate, but only few who have accomplishe their task using the internet as their medium, i.e. Mtei and Zaphiris used the internet but Kiger, humanfactors.com and The university of Michigan used things such as programs, and in-car radio's.

Therfore my experiment is a little bit more niché than i had once thought and also leaves me even more set in my ways that one day if accomplished properly i could carry this on to make it into an official study (or at least an ongoing study hosted on the internet which could calculate results without too much trouble).

In closing then, presentation tomorrow, wish me luck!!

Chris (Luggage)