Journal Post 8

It has been a busy couple of weeks for me so I have not been able to update the blog as often as I had hoped. I have done quite a bit of work on my research project since the last post, one of the main updates to the blog are the new calendar that I have embedded which shows the tentative schedule for testing including the weeks that each user will be testing each system. I have been using the repurposed system exclusively at work and have been keeping notes on the overall functionality of the the system and user experience. I will post the results when i have finished testing. The main things that I have accomplished since my last post include;

• I have a new project participate
• Griz Central student kiosks
• On 24/7 all they do is access internet and print
• Started David's testing on repurposed machine on 1/31/2012
• Started control test on Mary's PC on 1/24/2012
• Completed control test on 1/31/2012 
• results in spreadsheet (here)
• Researched thin clients and decided on either of two models 
• HP Smart Client t5335z
• HP Smart Client t5565z
• Specifications can be found (here)
• researched definitions of the information (knowledge) worker
• Almost everything I found referenced Peter Drucker (Peter Drucker Wikipedia)
• I need to find more information 
• Ubuntu 9.10 USB boot drives are stable and functioning properly 
• Sound is still not working
• All programs and applications installed successfully on server and are available to all users
• Microsoft Project and Visio were not able to be installed due to licensing issues
• We will attempt to install directly on profile that needs access to these programs
• I am currently working on a survey to hand to all participates to describe user experience after using repurposed machine
• I will post survey as soon as it is finished and results as they come in 
• Updated spreadsheet with computer models and PSU sizes 
• Decide whether I want to do a poster or oral presentation
• I love the visual idea of the poster but I would also like to be able to put my project into words so....

I should have more time this week to work on the project because I have taken Wednesdays off from work with that sole purpose.