Week 2 - Reflection

It's late (I know), written but hadnt been published..oops.. Can you tell im still getting to grips with this?!

This week was interesting. We looked at HTML and also worked on our group work too.


Group Work

Lets talk about the group first. Our group is called Virtual4, and for the moment, we have decided not to assign each person with a role as we feel that the work we are currently doing towards the group work overlaps each other, so maybe at a later stage we will designate roles. Although, we as a group have decided that Mette should take the design role as shes more knowledgable and fluent with this, BUT, it also only fair that we all contribute towards the wiki as leaving this all to her wouldnt be fair. Also, i think it is a good idea that we as a group all publish something on the wiki as it can also act as a board of ideas where we can collate together our ideas and therefore access them whenever we want and need too ...

We had decided to brainstorm some ideas and meet up later in the week, we wanted to discuss these ideas which we wanted to prepare before me returned for week 3's session. It was not only to show Nigel what we were thinking so far, but it also allowed the group to find a focus and a basis, like a foundation, so we have something to work towards; a concept to work around.

So far, although there was some negativity towards the idea of 'group work' within the group at the beginning of the course, i feel comfortable and content with the people I am working with. I feel they are organised, productive and approachable. I feel content that i am working with people who I can understand and think on the same wave length as myself.


HTML

• TIM BURNERS LEE created HTML
• Internet explorer interprets the information and takes the code and does the work
• The browser reads the a code; syntax (if incorrect, it will not work)
• HTML works in containers and Tags are paired
• ERIC BINA created Image Tags
• An 'ABSOLUTE LINK' will always work aslong as it has the full correct address and the image is available
• NICOLA PELLO worked on the 1st HTML
• MARK ANDRES created a browser called Mosaic
• NCSC - National Centre for Super Computers
• NETSCAPE created by Mark Andres and Co..
• MICROSOFT WINDOWS created Internet Explorer
• Browser Wars started as people started creating Tags that only Internet Explorer could read; therefore Netscape couldnt read these Tags, which created Browser WARS!!

My Motivational thought for week 2:
...who waits until circumstances completely favor his undertaking, will never accomplish anything.

Author: Martin Luther

Further Research / Reading to do:

1. NVU
2. Raymond