1. Start: 11:50am
2. F2F: Part two of performance management interview. HoS recommended I make a daily diary of activities for two months. I'll do blog entries. Still need to do homework. (45 minutes)
3. E-mail: (after forum posting hadn't been answered after two days) question about forum posting requirements for itc240 (and so itc540). It wasn't clear from the subject outline and study guide. There are four modules and in the third assignment pairs of students are given one of the last three modules to do tasks on including three forum postings. In the second assignment one task is three weeks of forum postings related to modules one and two. Because of duplication and subsequent updates of the assignments the posting requirements for the third assignment became out of kilter and only two postings apparently are required. I also wondered if really the postings for the module given to pairs of student should be done by them during the weeks that module is studied by all students. There was no study schedule showing week number, date starting and module to study so I made one of those and posted it to both forums. (1 hour)
4. Phone: Arthur W from Information Studies wanted advice about the discussion list OZTL_Net. Mailman version hasn't been updated by tech support for several years and operational bugs are becoming annoying. Schools' mail servers are now including richtext footers in all outgoing messages which Mailman eliminates. Separate archive search developed by me isn't working correctly. I recommended they all move over to Google Groups making search much better and the danger of malware in attachments less likely. (30 minutes)
5. Act: Weekly maintenance of software on Baran server. Labstore still works. (15 minutes)
6. F2F: Help Rolf Faux (with http://icwater.org hat on) consider options for wireless connectivity for SAM-ET project. Sensors connected to eKo solar-powered modules with wireless connectivity back to internet gateway. Unfortunately there is no internet out in the test paddocks so Telstra NextG has to be used. Discussed how to get from gateway to 3G modem. (1 hour)
7. F2F: Discussed with Tan and Rolf the SAM-ET project. (30 minutes)
8. F2F: Rolf as student asked what he could do about Net Eng III (15 minutes)
9. Act: Request change of CC on MIT-EMC page. (5 minutes)
10. Act: Request network outlet in JCC room 256 installed last year be connected to Baran server. (5 minutes)
11. Email: Unread 92. (30 minutes)
12. E-mail: Handled enquiry from Ed about using CSU VPN with Linux. (15 minutes)
13. F2F: Discussed marketing with Anthony and gave him some advice about creating presentations. Showed him Dick Hardt's impressive presentation and pointed him to the Steve Job versus Bill Gates presentation styles on Presentation Zen. (30 minutes)
14. Act: Miscellaneous items. (1 hour)
15. Entry: Creating and updating. (45 minutes)
16. End: 11:30pm