CS3216: Objectives.

Or: what I hope to learn from/get out of this class.

But first, a minor diversion. (Sorry!)

The first time I heard about CS3216 was at the start of last summer. I looked over the description, briefly…

Talking about WeChat

(But not really.)

WeChat is, at first glance, yet another mobile instant messaging app. As was mentioned by another group, it seems the general strategy of these apps’ developers is to copy from each other (or, less harshly, to “maintain feature parity”…

Team Dynamics

An exercise from the past.

Here’s a “fun” scenario: you’re the project manager on a team of three, working to create a mobile app for CS3216's final project. Only one member on the team is a developer, and the other two (yourself included) have no experience…

Medium’s Note System

A previous assignment for this course required us to not only comment on other people’s posts, but also to receive comments on our own — the idea being that if you made thoughtful or interesting points, you’d generate a good discussion. Something I kept hearing after that (being the only…

Two Stories about Failing, Silently

The best worst problems are the ones where you don’t get any feedback.

Language Issues

Cloudy Skies

Rambling about the Web, on the Web.

Web apps seem to be the current popular thing, and there are certainly many reasons to use or develop them. I’m still not on board with the whole “the web is the future” thing, though. Not just yet.

Ads and Intent

Rambling about advertisements.

Last Monday’s session saw a talk given on getting more users for your apps: “growth hacking”. I didn’t like it.

I’m not sure if I can honestly say that’s entirely changed, but over the course of the…