June 2009
3 posts
fifteen week reflektion
This past semester has been very enjoyable for me. The networked media unit has given me a wonderful insight into the purpose and availability of connected content. Socially, we are all connected and media tools are at the forefront of our daily communications.
Undertaking this blog component proved very worthwhile as I could often refer back to websites or posts that I had included to assist in...
my nmp project b - iTunes:artistcorner
Well I have finally completed my data visualisation for project B and I must say that it was definitely interesting.
I sought to take in a lot of other works to give me a basis for which to work my project around. Working on the project proved to be a challenging task as to actually determine how I wanted the project to look, what sort of data should be included to make the visualisation and also...
the top 3hree
The following are links to my top three posts throughout the semester:
Link: Navigating Networked Media - Finding Networked Media
Link: Web 2.0 | It Is What It Is & Not - On Web 2.0
Link: Plot Me On The Scope - Data Visualisation
Thanks.
May 2009
7 posts
this is some fresh stuff
so I’ve kept looking up some examples of data visualisations to help with how I would like mine to come across or how I would like mine to look. A few websites that I have looked at were really good and informative.
The first one that I looked at was Smashing Magazine and reading their page titled: Data Visualization: Modern Approaches, it gives you a very good insight into the applications...
nmp project b - update 2
This is the second update of my project. It is a look in stages of how the program would work within the iTunes environment.
more on that data vizion
Ok, so I’ve probly shown that this data visualisation stuff is fascinating to me. Working on my data visualisation project has got me to keep digging up stuff for inspiration and just to see what kind of things people are working on around the globe.
I find it is so large now that even big corportions are adopting data visualisations as part of their promotion/advertising campaigns. One of...
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plot me on the scope
The use of data is so widespread that information can be applied to the greatest or to the most minuscule of references. We use data everyday and even if we might not consider it on a regular basis as it occurs, it is definitely there.
Data. Everywhere was one of the best lectures that I saw because it shows the natural relationship between information and application. What does it mean to be...
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on that project two grind
So today I decided to try and find some examples of data visualisations and comment about why the particular examples I choose appeal to me. Firstly I have been trying to find out exactly when the shift began to occur but that is proving to be a daunting task.
I can understand that the shift by many individuals and companies towards representing data in a visually pleasing manner stems from the...
nmp project b - update
This is an update of my data visualisation project. Basically the idea behind it is to create an iTunes section that takes into account my music library and creates a visualisation of related artists and possible artists that I might like but are not in my library as yet. It is a combination of personal data as well as data that would be in the iTunes Store and is similar in concept to the...
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mul+iplici+y..
well i must admit that this weeks lecture was perhaps one of the hardest ones for me to follow. but just looking at some of the examples from our nmp del.icio.us site, the social media commentary that can be attributed and gained from multiplicity is quite interesting.
i think to help me better understand, i’ve adapted to calling it a montage or collage. but i think it just adds another...
April 2009
7 posts
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webtwopointoh | itiswhatitis¬
Wow, so I am a part of web 2.0. Seems cool enough, for a long time the meaning behind this term escaped me and to be honest, it annoyed me.
What was all this web 2.0 compliant crap that I was reading everywhere? Turns out I was a part of it, go figure. I do admit that it does give me a better feeling to have a grasp on the applications of web 2.0 and the possibilities that it presents although...
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data viz - proj two
Okay so for my project two I have decided that I will do a data visualisation, the concept of visually representing data has been growing in momentum over the last view years, with the collection of social data at the forefront of visual representation.
I would like to incoporate perhaps something personal as my data set, just so I can personally see how a part of my life may be graphically...
nmp project a - reflexion
Ok so I did not get as good a mark as I would have hope for but it is a learning curve. I perhaps did not give myself enough time to execute the assignment as well as I would have liked and that is something that will have to be rectified. Thank-you for my feedback and I do admit that I did not check the terms and conditions of my sourced images. Sorry. Now I am looking forward to project B. It...
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so i've been looking around...
Today I had a look at some of the other projects from our networked media class and I must say that most of the work that I saw was really cool and showed the various ways in which media elements can be used to link to other formats in various ways from simple tags and links to flash automation and shows the innate quality of clever design through media production.
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nmp project a - exoticcars online
Project A for first term Networked Media Production required me to curate an online exhibition. One that implemented some of the various attributes associated with networked media. The focal point of the online exhibition was to consider the best way to present my subject to the viewer and then to address the size of the collection, finding the available tools to assist in the creation and...
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browse vs. search: clean and dirty relativity
So this whole thing about ontology is more interesting than I intended to give it credit for. The world ‘ontology’ has briefly entered and escaped through my ears on various ocassions without receiving much thought or recognition on my part but the ‘Carving Up the World’ lecture managed to, how do I put this, managed to shift some inner attentiveness, yes that will do.
The...
semi-permanent | 2009 | sydney
Attending Semi-Permanent this year is definitely one of the highlights of my year thus far. The exhibition showcased some of the most talented designers and media producers from down under and across the globe.
The speakers were awesome, kicking off with Melbourne’s own Timba Smits, one of the creative minds behind Wooden Toy magazine (circulated around sydney and melbourne) and also...
March 2009
8 posts
project a - hmmm
project A has been under way for about a week now and I’m having to change my image sets around in my project. i couldn’t find any photos that i liked (one’s in good resolution anyway) but I have come across a site called NetCarShow and they have some fantastic photos of exotic cars so it looks like it might be a goer.
by the way…i’m making an online gallery for...
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api stands for something...what about copyright?
this weeks lecture was very interesting for me due to the nature in which online networking is managing to reach boundless avenues. the thought on the use of API’s is something that us (media producers) are going to have to understand and take full advantage of…the idea of efficiency with less effort is very appealing but does the registration of material (i.e. copyright) enter the...
dephining API
well I thought I would give a heads up about what API stands for. here it goes:
1. An application programming interface (API) is a set of functions, procedures, methods or classes that an operating system, library or service provides to support requests made by computer programs - Wikipedia
Link: API - Wikipedia
2. Application Program Interface. Generic term for any language and format used by...
look at me now...
…so this is my work that i did for new media 2, designed to look at some areas that i’m interested in like photography, poster design, fashion and product promotion…only 3 images but a lot of thought and editing…this project also allowed me to stumble onto Viewbook, which is a free dynamic media hosting site. it blends Flash and the web to create flash based folios or presentations. to view...
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navig8ing netw0rked m3dia
So today I look at how networked media is navigated through the use of various tools, systems and interfaces. Networked media is becoming more and more of a tangible ‘will do’ as opposed to a ‘must do’. Digital content is presenting itself in new forms every single day of our waking lives and how it is received, interpreted and recycled is quite an interesting and vast...
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how to make love w/ cool serenading songs
If this is what HTML and CSS meant then, let’s say a lot of people would be on the ball unfortunately for those people, hypertext markup language and cascading style sheets offer a whole different application.
The thought that virtually anyone can put content online in awesome because it does not require any expensive software to do so and all that is required is the learning of said...
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beginning to tumbl
welcome to the blackdesignr tumbl log…i’m ronald, a fourth year graphic design student at UC…a lot of my interests lie within the boundaries of…nothing really, i branch out as far as i wish. all interests me but i take a particular shining to influential creativity – the ability to borrow from others and have the same done to you is truly powerful. enough riff raff, this is my second post so...
putcha blogs up!
Ok so this is where my blog resides - in the mean web feeds of tumblr. Over the coming weeks it will host a range of articles and entries as part of my Networked Media Production unit. A: Nope! Yeh, I know there was no question, but I could feel you wanted to ask something.