Week 1 First meeting with Prof. Newton Fernando - brief overview of the project - related technologies within MXR which can be used - Task: to read BlogWall paper (done) Week 2 Self-directed research - possible choices of operating system - exercises on basic Java and PHP programming - internet research on Russell Dimensions Week 3 Second meeting with Prof. Newton Fernando - discussed technical aspects of BlogWall with Janaka - met Janaka and Xiaoming - Task: read iPlot manual, paper and website link (done) Week 4 - Overall briefing by Dr. Adrian - similarities to Confucius Computer raised? - read paper on circumplex model (Russell Dimensions) - developed basic block diagram Week 5 - Task: to find API for mobile phones to manage geo-data (done) - potential candidates: Google Gears, JSR 179 (Location API for J2ME) - Task: to examine features of current mobile phones (done) - market share: Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, LG - common denominator: Java ME, MIDP 2.0 - option to include Flash Lite / Flash GUI for higher-end phones - alternative is to use JSR 226 which supports SVG - LWUIT can be exploited to generate device-independent interface - Task: setup programming framework Week 6 Recess Week Week 7
- sample screens and flow between screens designed - further discussion with Asanka on system development Week 8 - additional screen design, with implementation details - rudimentary database developed - working on XML format for data interchange Week 9 and 10
- XML format refined, further work on interface development Week 11 and 12 - met with Komal, UROP student who is interested to work on this project - further understanding of SVG format and application to J2ME - discussion of work distribution Reading Week, Examinations and Vacation - prepared for CA2 - demo screen for main menu completed - revised features of system
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