Working it out...
So I've just been trying to get to grips with what I should be doing now as a 'Project Manager' for the project...
The past two classes that we had were a lot more constructive in terms of actually being introduced to new software and helping us to see different ways in which we can use the online collaboration tools.
I particularly like "Thinkature.com", and see it as a very useful piece of software for our group. It will hopefully help us plot out our sketchings of the website structure. This is great for us, given the length of the Easter break, the University closure for a week (which I think is unnecessary...surely some kind of shift rota should be implemented?!), and Eranta being at home in Latvia!! I'm jealous...
Anyway, back to the issue of learning!
The discussion about " multimedia buzzwords" was quite stimulating too...I had heard of "Second Life", but didn't realise the scope of it as a vast virtual world...its kind of frightening to think that things are going towards "virtual reality" in such a big way, and kind of sad too...I enjoy human contact!! I would be miserable if my job AND my social life were contained within the virtual world...at the same time, it raises really interesting possibilities, such as "virtual lectures", and "virtual property developments"...
I'm conflicted on how I feel about these developments, and I'm aware that I'm raising issues that have already been discussed for years (people would have been afraid of "social networks" like Myspace and Bebo a few years ago!...Some still are!!)...it just seems a lot more possible to me that people will lose that human element now that I'm aware of these upcoming progressions!...But then there will always be people who embrace technology more than others, huh?...
...Is ignorance bliss?!!...I don't think so, but I do believe in the philosophy of "simplify,simplify"...when technology does this, it's at it's best, in my opinion...
People still use the phrases "slaves" and "servers" in the machine network, don't they?...What happens when AI begins to understand what these phrases mean, and decides it doesn't want to be subservient any more?!
Guess I'll just have to hope that an Arnie-like droid will come and save me if necessary...
Ok...so, the things I've been thinking about...
1. Learning how to create nice buttons in Flash to put on the webpages that Adrian is developing...
2. Becoming more familiar with Dreamweaver that the buttons will take the user to the appropriate page (Numbers 1+2 are severely hindered by the closure of the University this week)...
3. Making a 'Gantt Chart' to monitor the groups progress and help our development...
4. Different connotations of the criteria of the brief (i.e. definition of a 'web presence')...hmmm...
5. Signing up to 'del.icio.us' and getting my group members to do likewise, so that we can share information from sites that we have researched...
6. The structure of the presentation (is it on the 16th or 17th of May?...I'll have to check that out...)...
7. Things that could make our site different...
8. Things to write about in the 'Production File' (relevant research, why choices were made etc.)...
I'm off to bed now, people...feel free to 'comment' me!
...as Arnie said, "I'll be back..."!!
The past two classes that we had were a lot more constructive in terms of actually being introduced to new software and helping us to see different ways in which we can use the online collaboration tools.
I particularly like "Thinkature.com", and see it as a very useful piece of software for our group. It will hopefully help us plot out our sketchings of the website structure. This is great for us, given the length of the Easter break, the University closure for a week (which I think is unnecessary...surely some kind of shift rota should be implemented?!), and Eranta being at home in Latvia!! I'm jealous...
Anyway, back to the issue of learning!
The discussion about " multimedia buzzwords" was quite stimulating too...I had heard of "Second Life", but didn't realise the scope of it as a vast virtual world...its kind of frightening to think that things are going towards "virtual reality" in such a big way, and kind of sad too...I enjoy human contact!! I would be miserable if my job AND my social life were contained within the virtual world...at the same time, it raises really interesting possibilities, such as "virtual lectures", and "virtual property developments"...
I'm conflicted on how I feel about these developments, and I'm aware that I'm raising issues that have already been discussed for years (people would have been afraid of "social networks" like Myspace and Bebo a few years ago!...Some still are!!)...it just seems a lot more possible to me that people will lose that human element now that I'm aware of these upcoming progressions!...But then there will always be people who embrace technology more than others, huh?...
...Is ignorance bliss?!!...I don't think so, but I do believe in the philosophy of "simplify,simplify"...when technology does this, it's at it's best, in my opinion...
People still use the phrases "slaves" and "servers" in the machine network, don't they?...What happens when AI begins to understand what these phrases mean, and decides it doesn't want to be subservient any more?!
Guess I'll just have to hope that an Arnie-like droid will come and save me if necessary...
Ok...so, the things I've been thinking about...
1. Learning how to create nice buttons in Flash to put on the webpages that Adrian is developing...
2. Becoming more familiar with Dreamweaver that the buttons will take the user to the appropriate page (Numbers 1+2 are severely hindered by the closure of the University this week)...
3. Making a 'Gantt Chart' to monitor the groups progress and help our development...
4. Different connotations of the criteria of the brief (i.e. definition of a 'web presence')...hmmm...
5. Signing up to 'del.icio.us' and getting my group members to do likewise, so that we can share information from sites that we have researched...
6. The structure of the presentation (is it on the 16th or 17th of May?...I'll have to check that out...)...
7. Things that could make our site different...
8. Things to write about in the 'Production File' (relevant research, why choices were made etc.)...
I'm off to bed now, people...feel free to 'comment' me!
...as Arnie said, "I'll be back..."!!
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