Participate in the discussion (on the class discussion forum) on topics raised by the instructors for this week. You are also encouraged to raise new topics for discussion.
Post your answers to the homework questions, which are also on the discussion forum, during the week.
By now you should have read Information Rules Chapter 1.
Additional discussion of lecture topics this week can be found in Networked Applications:
Architecture: 3.1, 4.1
Client-server computing: 3.2
Interfaces and layering: 4.2