Convergent Media overall

From what I’ve picked up from attending lectures and going through all these assignments is that convergence is everywhere and it looks like it will stay like this for ever or at least my lifetime unless something really huge happened like the internet blowing up but the chances of that happening are basically none. But [...]

google maps

The final assignment set for this project was to create a Google maps showing any route including a video and pictures. To create my Google map I first had to sign up for a Google account which I had done in the first week of the course. Then once I was signed in to Google [...]

final data visualisation

here is a link to my data visualisations. as I mentioned earlier I found the Matrix visualisation to be the best way to show my results followed by the Pie chart which was good at displaying percentages. overall i found my research to be what i expected it to turn out like with my favourite [...]

creating data visualisations

First of all to start creating my visualisation i had to sign up to many eyes, this was a simple process of giving them my email address and creating a password and user details before they would let me create my data visualisation. Then I went create visualisation in the participate menu, and chose upload [...]

second task questionnaire

For our second task we were asked to create a data visualisation of something that takes a part in student life. For this task we had to first come up with a questionnaire on something relevant so I choose gaming as I’m a gamer myself and spend quite a bit of my spare time playing [...]

Statistics of my life

To create my Flickr slideshow on statistics of my life I first had to take some pictures of things that took priority in my life as this would make putting statistics together easier. Once I had a selection of images to work with I then uploaded them onto my computer. Once that was done it [...]

flickr slideshow

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46684403@N08/sets/72157623672425278/show/with/4455130162/ in the above link you will be able to find my slideshow with 10 pictures of statistics of my life.

Photoshop test

Hybrid Media

We were asked to look at Lev Manovitch’s essay ‘understanding hybrid media’ which is a text about how different aspects of media have changed, adapted and then been combined together to make something new and better. After reading through the essay I have come to a better understanding of  how different medias can come together [...]

Week 4 Individual Task

Advertisers rely upon particular categories to distinguish its target audience into particular groups based upon age, gender, economic status, educational background etc. The categories A, B, C1, C2, D, E are commonly used. 1. Find out what these categories stand for. social grade social status occupation A upper middle class higher managerial, administrative or professional. [...]