From jhowland at ariel.cs.trinity.edu  Tue Feb  3 11:02:07 2009
From: jhowland at ariel.cs.trinity.edu (John Howland)
Date: Tue Feb  3 11:02:18 2009
Subject: [Csped] CSPED Mailing List
Message-ID: <737997E2-8D8D-49E9-AA86-CF5AB76AE586@ariel.cs.trinity.edu>

iPhone Gurus (aka PED Junior Students),

I've subscribed you to our class mailing list  
(CSPED@Mail.CS.Trinity.Edu).

By next Monday, I need your choice of group leader for each project  
group
(Group 1 and Group 2).  Also, you should have started your interviews  
with
our project consultants, Dr. Chuck White (cwhite@trinity.edu), Mr.  
Fred Zapata
(Fred.Zapata@Trinity.edu), and Mr Tony Salinas  
(Tony.Salinas@Trinity.edu).

Our consultants are very busy people, so please try to schedule your  
visits
in groups of at least 3 students at a time and prepare your questions  
ahead
of time.

Finally, by next week, I would like to have a brief presentation from  
each
group of your efforts to build one of the sample iPhone apps and run it
on the emulator.

Finally, I need at least one of the additional Department 3G iPhones  
so each
group can have access to a phone to download some of the Stanford and/or
ACU apps.  This should be a show and tell and can be the efforts of just
one member of each group.  The idea is to give each of the rest of us a
quick How-to of the process.

I'm excited about this project, particularly because we have a really  
great
group of really talented students and I also want to thank our  
consultants
for their input to our course.

John

_______________________________________________________________
John E. Howland       url: http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~jhowland/
Computer Science    email: jhowland@ariel.cs.trinity.edu
Trinity University  voice: (210) 999-7364
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From cwhite at Trinity.Edu  Thu Feb 12 09:48:25 2009
From: cwhite at Trinity.Edu (Charles White)
Date: Thu Feb 12 10:50:29 2009
Subject: [Csped] These students did it on their own!
Message-ID: <980B66B9-1233-41C6-A3BA-A0E8552A34AA@Trinity.Edu>

Why can?t we do something like this right now!?


Students at Georgia Tech Create Unofficial Campus iPhone Application

A homemade iPhone application at the Georgia Institute of Technology  
has gained a following ? and won its student creators some fans.

The application, called GT Login, is essentially a cellphone-friendly  
interface to several existing Web-based campus services. With a few  
taps, users can read their campus e-mail, see which laundry machines  
are available, or check when the next shuttle bus will arrive using  
their iPhone or iPod Touch. The application is free, but it requires  
a Georgia Tech account to access the services.

Adrian Smith, a senior at the university majoring in computer  
engineering, made the application for fun ? because he wanted to  
learn how to program applications for the iPhone. He has now teamed  
up with some fellow students to form a company to build other iPhone  
applications, and he says he spends between two and 10 hours each  
week tweaking the functionality and adding features to GT Login. More  
than 1,000 people each week use the application, according to Mr. Smith.

One fan of the service is Brian Mathews, who works in the library at  
the university (his title is ?user-experience librarian?). He e- 
mailed Mr. Smith and suggested that they add a feature that would let  
students see which computers in the library were available and which  
were occupied. The library has such a service on its Web site, so the  
programmers simply needed to integrate it into their iPhone  
application ? which they quickly did.

?I really like that it came from students rather than us doing it,?  
said Mr. Mathews. ?It has more of an underground kind of vibe to it.?  
?Jeffrey R. Young
Posted on Wednesday February 11, 2009 | Permalink |

Charles B. White, Ph.D.
V.P. Information Resources and Administrative Affairs
Professor, Psychology
Trinity University
San Antonio, Texas 78212

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From pmyers14 at me.com  Thu Feb 12 10:12:18 2009
From: pmyers14 at me.com (Paul Myers)
Date: Thu Feb 12 10:52:26 2009
Subject: [Csped] iPhone App
Message-ID: <AA1C166E-F967-4E8C-B0E2-560498A381B6@me.com>



Pat Semmes just forwarded this to me (from today's online  
Chronicle).  Some of the remarks after the news item are interesting  
too.

http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/? 
id=3608&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

Paul



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Department of Computer Science
Trinity University
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PHONE:  (210) 999-7398
FAX:    (210) 999-7477

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From jhowland at ariel.cs.trinity.edu  Thu Feb 26 10:39:35 2009
From: jhowland at ariel.cs.trinity.edu (John Howland)
Date: Thu Feb 26 10:39:49 2009
Subject: [Csped] Change in Speaker for next Monday
Message-ID: <323272F3-0326-42E6-8BF6-FF0A3B919278@ariel.cs.trinity.edu>

Dear Class,

Mr. Dirk Elmendorf, Trinity Grad and Rackspace founder will be the PED
speaker next Monday.  His talk is titled "Perspective From The  
Trenches".

The talk will focus on things learned on the job that Dirk wishes
someone had brought up before he got there.

This will be a great presentation, as Dirk is an outstanding
speaker.

John

_______________________________________________________________
John E. Howland       url: http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~jhowland/
Computer Science    email: jhowland@ariel.cs.trinity.edu
Trinity University  voice: (210) 999-7364
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From jhowland at ariel.cs.trinity.edu  Wed Apr  8 16:03:36 2009
From: jhowland at ariel.cs.trinity.edu (John Howland)
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 16:03:36 -0500
Subject: [Csped] iPhone Project
In-Reply-To: <A76EAE65FF39C349B81E1CD3A0DDAFFA33432B6A@ITS-Blanco.trinity.local>
References: <A76EAE65FF39C349B81E1CD3A0DDAFFA33432B6A@ITS-Blanco.trinity.local>
Message-ID: <F86C5ECE-7F6A-49BF-93FA-DE734D24984E@ariel.cs.trinity.edu>


On Apr 7, 2009, at 2:43 PM, Salinas, Tony wrote:

> Hello Dr Howland,
>
> I was just curious about the iPhone project. How are the students  
> doing? Any progress? Any obstacles?
>
> A couple of weeks ago I sent Rebecca a note asking about it but  
> never heard back. Just wondering.

Tony and Fred,

The Juniors made a prototype presentation last Monday (I'm sorry, I  
should have invited you guys -- I will make
arrangements for them to present to you and Chuck if we can find an  
appropriate time.  I will talk to them
on Monday about this).

I'm not entirely satisfied with how things turned out, but these  
students will be doing Senior software next
year where they will have an opportunity to do more.  One of the  
requirements they got from some of you
required support of other phones in addition to the iPhone.  The only  
way they could deal with this was to
do everything on the server side which meant they didn't do any  
native iPhone development in this project.
However they did give some attention to making the server side stuff  
look and work like an iPhone app.

When would be a good time for a presentation to you guys?

John

>
> Thanks,
> Tony
>
> _______________________
> Tony Salinas, MBA
> Assistant Director, ITS
> Trinity University - San Antonio, Tx
> 210.999.7459
> www.trinity.edu/its
>

_______________________________________________________________
John E. Howland       url: http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~jhowland/
Computer Science    email: jhowland at ariel.cs.trinity.edu
Trinity University  voice: (210) 999-7364
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From jhowland at ariel.cs.trinity.edu  Thu Apr  9 15:10:39 2009
From: jhowland at ariel.cs.trinity.edu (John Howland)
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 15:10:39 -0500
Subject: [Csped] Second Presentation of the Junior Projects
Message-ID: <914B4FCD-28AF-442F-83DA-D605AF4795C8@ariel.cs.trinity.edu>

Students,

We need to do a presentation of your efforts for the ITS director and  
Dr. White.
I would like you to prepare presentation slides for each of the  
projects which include
the project requirements, uml diagrams for the application functionality
and, of course, a demo of the prototype.  I think what both groups  
did is pretty good
and we just need to sell what you have done a little better than the  
initial presentation did.
These are the important clients.

It might even be nice to use the iPhone emulator to demo the projects  
running
on an iPhone.  We could use VNC console back to one of the Mac's in  
HAS200 for that.

Finally, we need to determine a time for the presentation.  The  
second hour of
Class on the 13th and 20th are taken by other activities, so that  
leaves April 27
at 3:30.

If there was a Tuesday or Thursday time, then Dr. Pitts could be  
present and he
has indicated to me that he would like to see the presentations.

Please let me know if there is a time on Tuesday or Thursday when all  
of you could
be present.  If not, then we will use April 27 at 3:30 as the time.   
The location can be
SLH but it may be better to do it in HAS in terms of using one of the  
lab Mac computers.
I will work out the appropriate location once you determine the date.

The April 27 date has the advantage in that it gives you extra time  
to develop presentation
slides and polish your presentation.

Waiting to hear from you and, again, good job so far!

Thanks


_______________________________________________________________
John E. Howland       url: http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~jhowland/
Computer Science    email: jhowland at ariel.cs.trinity.edu
Trinity University  voice: (210) 999-7364
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From jhowland at ariel.cs.trinity.edu  Thu Apr  9 15:18:43 2009
From: jhowland at ariel.cs.trinity.edu (John Howland)
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 15:18:43 -0500
Subject: [Csped] iPhone Project
In-Reply-To: <C603B617.28FE%fred.zapata@trinity.edu>
References: <C603B617.28FE%fred.zapata@trinity.edu>
Message-ID: <06BD3716-0403-475A-BCB5-5022343B4353@ariel.cs.trinity.edu>


On Apr 9, 2009, at 2:26 PM, Zapata, Fred wrote:

> John,
>
> When do you have time next week?

Fred, I'm working with the students now to try to find a time
when all 10 can be available to make another presentation.
It probably won't occur next week, however.  One time I know they
can meet is during the second hour of the last class period which
is April 27 at 3:30 p.m.  So you might try to work that into
your schedules if possible (let me know if that works for you
guys and Chuck).  I've asked the class to try to work out better time,
if possible, on a Tuesday or Thursday so Dr. Pitts can be present.
I will be back in touch with you as soon as I hear back from them as
to whether or not a Tuesday or Thursday time will work for them.

Thanks,

John

>
> Thank you,
>
> ___________________________________________________________
> Fred Zapata, Director and Chief Information Technology Officer
> Trinity University
> One Trinity Place, San Antonio, Texas
> P please consider the environment before printing this email
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: John Howland <jhowland at ariel.cs.trinity.edu>
> Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 16:03:36 -0500
> To: Tony Salinas <Tony.Salinas at Trinity.edu>
> Cc: Fred Zapata <fred.zapata at trinity.edu>, Gerald Pitts  
> <gpitts1 at mac.com>, <csped at sol.cs.trinity.edu>
> Subject: Re: iPhone Project
>
>
> On Apr 7, 2009, at 2:43 PM, Salinas, Tony wrote:
>
> Hello Dr Howland,
>
> I was just curious about the iPhone project. How are the students  
> doing? Any progress? Any obstacles?
>
> A couple of weeks ago I sent Rebecca a note asking about it but  
> never heard back. Just wondering.
>
> Tony and Fred,
>
> The Juniors made a prototype presentation last Monday (I'm sorry, I  
> should have invited you guys -- I will make
> arrangements for them to present to you and Chuck if we can find an  
> appropriate time.  I will talk to them
> on Monday about this).
>
> I'm not entirely satisfied with how things turned out, but these  
> students will be doing Senior software next
> year where they will have an opportunity to do more.  One of the  
> requirements they got from some of you
> required support of other phones in addition to the iPhone.  The  
> only way they could deal with this was to
> do everything on the server side which meant they didn't do any  
> native iPhone development in this project.
> However they did give some attention to making the server side  
> stuff look and work like an iPhone app.
>
> When would be a good time for a presentation to you guys?
>
> John
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tony
>
> _______________________
> Tony Salinas, MBA
> Assistant Director, ITS
> Trinity University - San Antonio, Tx
> 210.999.7459
> www.trinity.edu/its
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________________________
> John E. Howland       url: http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~jhowland/
> Computer Science    email: jhowland at ariel.cs.trinity.edu
> Trinity University  voice: (210) 999-7364
> One Trinity Place     fax: (210) 999-7477
> San Antonio, Texas  78212-7200
>
>
>
>
>
>

_______________________________________________________________
John E. Howland       url: http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~jhowland/
Computer Science    email: jhowland at ariel.cs.trinity.edu
Trinity University  voice: (210) 999-7364
One Trinity Place     fax: (210) 999-7477
San Antonio, Texas  78212-7200





From jhowland at ariel.cs.trinity.edu  Tue Apr 14 10:39:03 2009
From: jhowland at ariel.cs.trinity.edu (John Howland)
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:39:03 -0500
Subject: [Csped] iPhone Project
In-Reply-To: <06BD3716-0403-475A-BCB5-5022343B4353@ariel.cs.trinity.edu>
References: <C603B617.28FE%fred.zapata@trinity.edu>
	<06BD3716-0403-475A-BCB5-5022343B4353@ariel.cs.trinity.edu>
Message-ID: <BA7A1EF5-758C-4643-8BD6-EB129658B95F@ariel.cs.trinity.edu>


On Apr 9, 2009, at 3:18 PM, John Howland wrote:

>
> On Apr 9, 2009, at 2:26 PM, Zapata, Fred wrote:
>
>> John,
>>
>> When do you have time next week?
>
> Fred, I'm working with the students now to try to find a time
> when all 10 can be available to make another presentation.
> It probably won't occur next week, however.  One time I know they
> can meet is during the second hour of the last class period which
> is April 27 at 3:30 p.m.  So you might try to work that into
> your schedules if possible (let me know if that works for you
> guys and Chuck).  I've asked the class to try to work out better time,
> if possible, on a Tuesday or Thursday so Dr. Pitts can be present.
> I will be back in touch with you as soon as I hear back from them as
> to whether or not a Tuesday or Thursday time will work for them.

To all,

I have now had an opportunity to talk to the PED Junior students.
They all feel that the best time for them is 3:30 p.m., April 27, 2009
in HAS 228.  I hope you can all work this time into your schedules.

Let me know, and thanks!

John

>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> ___________________________________________________________
>> Fred Zapata, Director and Chief Information Technology Officer
>> Trinity University
>> One Trinity Place, San Antonio, Texas
>> P please consider the environment before printing this email
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: John Howland <jhowland at ariel.cs.trinity.edu>
>> Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 16:03:36 -0500
>> To: Tony Salinas <Tony.Salinas at Trinity.edu>
>> Cc: Fred Zapata <fred.zapata at trinity.edu>, Gerald Pitts  
>> <gpitts1 at mac.com>, <csped at sol.cs.trinity.edu>
>> Subject: Re: iPhone Project
>>
>>
>> On Apr 7, 2009, at 2:43 PM, Salinas, Tony wrote:
>>
>> Hello Dr Howland,
>>
>> I was just curious about the iPhone project. How are the students  
>> doing? Any progress? Any obstacles?
>>
>> A couple of weeks ago I sent Rebecca a note asking about it but  
>> never heard back. Just wondering.
>>
>> Tony and Fred,
>>
>> The Juniors made a prototype presentation last Monday (I'm sorry,  
>> I should have invited you guys -- I will make
>> arrangements for them to present to you and Chuck if we can find  
>> an appropriate time.  I will talk to them
>> on Monday about this).
>>
>> I'm not entirely satisfied with how things turned out, but these  
>> students will be doing Senior software next
>> year where they will have an opportunity to do more.  One of the  
>> requirements they got from some of you
>> required support of other phones in addition to the iPhone.  The  
>> only way they could deal with this was to
>> do everything on the server side which meant they didn't do any  
>> native iPhone development in this project.
>> However they did give some attention to making the server side  
>> stuff look and work like an iPhone app.
>>
>> When would be a good time for a presentation to you guys?
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tony
>>
>> _______________________
>> Tony Salinas, MBA
>> Assistant Director, ITS
>> Trinity University - San Antonio, Tx
>> 210.999.7459
>> www.trinity.edu/its
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________________________
>> John E. Howland       url: http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~jhowland/
>> Computer Science    email: jhowland at ariel.cs.trinity.edu
>> Trinity University  voice: (210) 999-7364
>> One Trinity Place     fax: (210) 999-7477
>> San Antonio, Texas  78212-7200
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________________________
> John E. Howland       url: http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~jhowland/
> Computer Science    email: jhowland at ariel.cs.trinity.edu
> Trinity University  voice: (210) 999-7364
> One Trinity Place     fax: (210) 999-7477
> San Antonio, Texas  78212-7200
>
>
>
>

_______________________________________________________________
John E. Howland       url: http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~jhowland/
Computer Science    email: jhowland at ariel.cs.trinity.edu
Trinity University  voice: (210) 999-7364
One Trinity Place     fax: (210) 999-7477
San Antonio, Texas  78212-7200





From jhowland at ariel.cs.trinity.edu  Tue Apr 14 14:04:30 2009
From: jhowland at ariel.cs.trinity.edu (John Howland)
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:04:30 -0500
Subject: [Csped] April 27 Presentation
Message-ID: <861EE4D8-90A0-4458-8629-0E84F53EE546@ariel.cs.trinity.edu>

Juniors,

I have a responses back from Dr. White (Administrative VP), Fred  
Zapata (ITS Director), and Tony Salinas
(ITS Asst. Director) that all will be present for your presentation.   
Let's try to polish these presentations
so that you can impress the hell out of these people.  This is  
important because next year's senior project
will likely be related to this PED project and result in systems  
which are deployed by the University.

Thanks,

John

_______________________________________________________________
John E. Howland       url: http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~jhowland/
Computer Science    email: jhowland at ariel.cs.trinity.edu
Trinity University  voice: (210) 999-7364
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From jhowland at ariel.cs.trinity.edu  Mon Apr 27 16:41:25 2009
From: jhowland at ariel.cs.trinity.edu (John Howland)
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:41:25 -0500
Subject: [Csped] Great Job!
Message-ID: <AFD55E93-A319-4E65-AB25-569AEAA7D475@ariel.cs.trinity.edu>

Juniors,

Thanks for doing a second presentation for the ITS people.  They were
greatly impressed with what you have done.  I really appreciate your  
efforts
to do a second presentation for them.  I am (justifiably) proud of  
the work that
you have done and the fine way in which you represented our Department.

I'm looking forward to what you do for the Senior Software project.

John

_______________________________________________________________
John E. Howland       url: http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~jhowland/
Computer Science    email: jhowland at ariel.cs.trinity.edu
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