June 2009
2 posts
Week 15 - Reflective META Post
I nominate my Week 10, 11 and 12 posts for grading.
Web 2.0 has changed the face of the internet for the better. The advancement in web design elements such as XML has paved the way for more a more user friendly experience when one uses the internet. The development of ‘Social Media’ such as ‘Flickr’, ‘YouTube’, ‘Myspace’, ‘Facebook’...
Week 15 - Prod Project B - Working! →
Here is the link to my working photographic tour of Hong Kong, ENJOY!
May 2009
4 posts
Week 14 - Prod Project B
Have figured out how I am going to present my Photo Tour!
I have written about each of my images and finished the ‘theoretical’ side of the project and now I just need to incorporate ‘Google Maps into it. I am going to make a blog post for each of the images/comments about the images and then link the images to the actual destinations in Sydney and Hong Kong.
For example, I...
Week 13 - Prod Project B
Not much to say this week.
Have decided to create a photographic tour of my trip to Hong Kong this year for my Prod Project B. I have several photos I will be able to use and have found heaps on Flickr that will also help me. Im unsure on how I’m going to set it out as of yet, however, I have decided to gather my images first, then write about each of them and then do some research and...
Week 12 - Data Visualisation
Data - noun 1 facts and statistics used for reference or analysis. 2 the quantities, characters, or symbols on which operations are performed by a computer. (Ask Oxford)
Visualising data is one of the most common methods used to graphically convey a logical argument or point in modern day society. Most commonly, the idea of graphs, depicting data is seen to prove and back up statements made and...
Week 11 - Multiplicity
Multiplicity in relation to New Media and today’s society revolves around the concept of many pieces of content being put together to form a coherent structure that can be visually displayed or explained. Multiplicity can be found everywhere in modern day society, in relation to ‘media’ and furthermore, ‘web 2.0’, multiplicity is the basis for various content...
April 2009
3 posts
Week 10 - Web 2.0
The ‘introduction’ of ‘Web 2.0’ into everyday “web-life” has certainly changed the face of the internet in many ways with particular regard to features such as usability, content and context. Coming from humble beginnings the ‘www’ has transformed itself into a self serving device, so much so, that the question we must ask us ourselves is,...
Week 7 Lab Production Project A (Cont...again)
Finally! My Production Project is finished, I have finalised the layout and collated all my information into 7 blog posts and an extra blog post for my rationale.
The final layout is as follows:
WWE - What, Where and the Finer Details
A WWE Match - The Basics
WWE Superstars - Roles
WWE Superstars - Brief Bio
Championships
WWE Fan Photography
WWE Current Affairs and Forums
Rationale
On...
Week 6 Lab Production Project A (Continued)
OK so my project is well underway and i’m slowly getting everything put toegther. The images are slowly but surely being tagged, described, linked and attributed. The gernal overview of my Exhibition is as follows:
WWE
Overview and Brief Intro of the company - who they are, what they do and where they do it.
Breif Bio of some WWE Superstars ( I had planned to create a dreamweaver type...
March 2009
4 posts
Week 5 Lab - Assignment 1 Production Project A
Week 5’s lab consisted of us starting and working on our first assignment. I started with option 1, however, i found it a bit too theoretical and found that doing something more practical and “artsy” was more of an interst to me. So i have chosen to go with option 2 - online exhibition. My theme is going to be “wrestling” mainly WWE because it is of great interest...
Week 4 Lab API's
In this week’s lab, Nathan further discussed and explained API’s which were the topic of this weeks lecture. For our purposes we will be “piggy backing” off other websites and using their API’s such as the Flickr API for grouping photos. I then created an RSS Reader account (Bloglines) and proceeded to add my favourite blogs to the reader. This is a very useful...
Week 3 Networked Media Production
This weeks lecture focussed on a general overview of HTML and CSS. HTML standing for Hyper Text Markup Language and CSS standing for Cascading Style Sheet. Both are describing languages and are used to provide a description for the texture of web based content. XML (extensible markup language) was also discussed and how it differs from HTML in such a way that it does not conform to the same...
Week 2 - First Networked Media Production Lab
Today was the first Networked Media Production Lab for the semester. Max explained the uses of blogs and how we’ll be required to use them throughout the semester for this unit. We were then asked to go online a find some blogs that were of interest to us….I went onto technorati.com and used the search engine to find some blogs that contain material that are of interst to me.
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