Josef Nankivell - Student, geek, persistent polemicist

My notes from lecture 3 of ISAD337 – Professional practice and social responsibility.

This report analyses the relationship between risk management and the success and failure of software development projects. Subsequently, the report studies the integrity of the knowledge that risk management is based upon. The analysis is supported by two case studies, the “Public Record Office’s Electronic Catalogue” and “Britain’s Training Programme for the Unemployed IT System.”

Crime itself is defined as “Engaging in conduct that has been outlawed by a particular society” (Karl de Leeuw, J. A. Bergstra, 2007) and cybercrime is defined as “The use of computer technology to engage in socially outlawed conduct” (Karl de Leeuw, J. A. Bergstra, 2007). From these definitions, de Leeuw recognised that “Most cybercrime we see today simply represents the migration of real world crime into cyberspace”.

The project began with the research of a possible approaches for a web application at Cornwall & Devon Media. This was useful and allowed fast and detailed learning about the possible approaches: both with user interface design, and with back-end technologies such as MySQL andPHP.

A project initiation document is a logical document that brings together the key information needed to start the project on a sound basis. In short, this is the, “who, why, what, when and how”, part of the project. It defines all major aspects of a project and forms the basis for its management and the assessment of overall success.

The wait is over! Once again it is that wonderful time of year when we are graced with another glorious build of Ubuntu Linux. Full of the same awesomeness with the promise of being even better than the previous release. Get your hands on the juicy Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala here.
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Mobile technology and cloud computing have brought about a radical change in computing and computing practices in the workplace. These changes have proven advantageous to organisations and staff, however, the success of these new technologies has resulted in their main weakness.

After installing the beta of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala this evening, I tried to install Dropbox using the 9.04 deb, with very little luck indeed! The magical Dropbox team haven’t yet released a deb for 9.10, which is understandable as it has only just gone beta! So I got to work to find a way to install Dropbox on the Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala beta. You can either wait until a deb is released, or be brave and give my guide a go!

Bid4It is an online auction marketplace that features items and services from local businesses that are customers to Cornwall & Devon Media Ltd. Currently, the items sold on the marketplace are managed locally, however, the online marketplace package is supplied and hosted by an international company, “City Xpress.”

“Using Google Sync, you can now get your Gmail messages pushed directly to your phone. Having an over-the-air, always-on connection means that your inbox is up to date, no matter where you are or what you’re doing.”