Category Archives: Technology

China Research Trip

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 23 June, 2010. Filed under China, Research, Technology. Tagged , , . No comments.
With two colleagues I have just finished almost two weeks of research interviews in China. The research took us to Hangzhou, Guangzhou and Shenzhen (flying in and out of Shanghai). Our project looks specifically at technology firms and predominantly those we might call new generation Chinese firms. New generation firms are style typically SMEs, though [...]

Mashups and Teaching

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 19 January, 2010. Filed under Teaching, Technology. Tagged , , . No comments.
I had a productive Christmas making geo-mashups for teaching. Mashups are a method of developing web applications that link different web platforms through their programming interfaces (APIs). My first project has been to link Google Maps to my own database of articles and news stories about China so that students can locate them geographically. The [...]

Tone Mapping: OK Images from Bad?

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 2 March, 2009. Filed under Personal, Photography, Technology. Tagged , , . 2 Comments.
I went to Matlock and Matlock Bath on the weekend, both being Victorian towns in the Derbyshire Dales, the latter being an old spa town now very popular for motorcyclists to visit. The weather was lovely and some of the scenery great. Unfortunately, my photographs were nothing to write home about. Board with trying to [...]

Embedding Maps (updated x 2)

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 11 December, 2008. Filed under China, Teaching, Technology, Work. Tagged , , , . Comments Off.
I should shortly be heading to China again to prepare for travel with my students over the Easter break — the students seem quite exciting about the trip and during my preparations I’ll explore one or two new places that we could potentially visit to help the students understand more of the economic, cultural and [...]

Sony Home

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 24 November, 2008. Filed under Teaching, Technology, Work. Tagged , , , . Comments Off.
I received an invitation to download and register with Sony’s Home, a virtual environment not unlike Second Life that is currently in beta and works on the Playstation 3. The beta is still very limited: you can define how you look and move through your apartment (everyone gets one), a central square, shopping mall, cinema [...]