Straight out of my Desire Drive

What I do when I’m really really bored.

It’s 2 am… I can’t sleep… Been TRYING to do work all night. At 1, I gave up and recorded this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtNhmCgErrA

Update

Well I’ve finally gotten around to updating my Visual Art page, next up I’ll probably create a page for my writing.

I better get started on my IM videos tomorrow. Starting by recording myself singing True Colors. =)

Also, I saw this today. Pretty cool.

I’m a geek, move along.

And if you don’t get it, we’re just not gonna work out. =P

Itinerary for next week

Comms History and Tech: I can pretend doesn’t exist.

FilmTV: Synopsis and a blog post relating to the reading

Integrated Media: A little more reading, the three videos, and a post about which of the three I like.

From the IM blog:
Make a 30 second film about blue things that you like (things that are blue, not things that make you feel blue).

(My gym shorts?)

Make a 30 second film about red things that you like

(Rose with French Vanilla tea)

Make a 30 second film about yellow things that you like

(Me? =P)

True Lies: Reading Log

Gym….

Update: Monday: Vanity Workout

Tuesday: Chest and Triceps

Wednesday: Shoulders and Biceps

Thursday: Rest

Friday: Back and Thighs

Saturday: Vanity Workout

Personal Projects:

-Finish the wings for ‘Utsuho Detailed’

-Figure out what I wanna do with ‘Temp’

-Write a review for The Artist and/or watch another movie.

Coffee Feature

The video project my team produced. Details are in the video description, and end credits.

Blog Summary Post

12th January – Review of blog in its current state

This post was an attempt by me to ensure that the presentation of my blog communicated what I wanted it to, because the presentation communicates a first impression. This first impression is crucial, because it creates the context by which the audience interprets your content in.

13th January – Recall: Linear and Database Ways of Communication

This post was a post where I establish an academic authority to my writing and draw on out of course knowledge to improve the work of my assignment for the course.

23rd January – Wordle and meta data

A short post where I link an image to my blog, but I also bring in the experience I had, how I resolved it, and established a degree of knowledge of coding, by talking about how I fixed it by closing tags.

30th Jaunary – Website Ideas

A brief post explaning my creative direction for my hypertext essay.

30th January – The Importance of Saving Drafts

This blog post was probably where my posts stopped being so formal, and took on a more personal tone. It’s definitely away from the original image I had for my blog, but possibly closer to how people normally use their blogs.

31st Jaunary – About Me

I finally get started updating my blog Pages, which helps because if a user does not know a clear idea of what my blog is about, the About Me is usually the best way to get a feel of the writer. My About Me also establishes my authority in the subjects I discuss, and the Contact Me Page, allows me to be contactable for projects.

6th February – Worldometer

Whilst we have learnt about hyperlinking very early on, I am very pleased with this post. I take an in-class experience, relate it to out of class knowledge and hyperlink to use the database function of communication to bring about tangential learning to the audience.

8th February – Websites and the Internet, Private Spaces in Public Spaces

A well written piece on a current topic, with an educated view, backed by references, and more tangential learning.

10th February – Friendship and Professionalism

Written on personal experience, in regards to a professional viewpoint, mixed with a personal viewpoint. I reinforce and justify my actions, and thus, my blog becomes a method of public relations to ensure my actions are not seen in the wrong light.

11th February – LOOK!!!
Definitely out of the usual style I write in, it takes on an extremely casual tone, designed to be humorous, then segues into a academic opinion meant to be thoughtful, more in line with my usual writing style.

Preparation for the end

So, I’m sitting in my last tutorial/lab for Network Media getting ready to submit my Participation blog post and my Reflection blog post and I’m thinking about what I’ve done over the course of this semester. I hate doing things like this, because the minute I write that post, the authenticity of the blog is damaged. I’d rather not write it, but I don’t want to fail.

LOOK!!!

First things first, I’m one of THOSE PEOPLE. The kind of people who have 20 tabs open in Firefox, because they’re all so important that I can’t close them and instead relegate them to small App Tabs if I’m not utilizing the specific webpage at that moment. My Firefox crashed, but thankfully, it has a contingency plan to give me a list of my previous tabs, and restore my previous session. For some odd reason, and I blame my lack of sleep, I clicked on Start New Session rather than Restore, causing me to lose all those tabs.

What really struck me, was that now that they weren’t there, I could not recall what I had opened, save for a few key tabs I had been using just before the crash.

Sure, you COULD say that it’s a lesson about what I deemed important, but I see it as a lesson that technology has become so convenient in remembering things for us, and in turn, we probably aren’t remembering things as well as we used to. How many of us know 5 friends’ phone numbers by heart? I certainly don’t.

Friendship and Professionalism

So I talked to a friend about my problems working with people; in particular, working with friends. It occurred to me, that as much as I’d like to help my friends and be accommodating to them, I realized that when I work, my priority is my work, irregardless of my familiarity to my peer. It concerned me that I could bring myself to be harsh to people who I was close to on a personal level. However, I came to the realization, with my friend’s help, that it was alright, and in fact a good thing, to detach my personal relations and professional relations.

Communication through Interaction

Communication is done through semiotics and the most direct of which, is language.

However, communication can be done in less direct ways, and it is important to consider these before we accidentally communicate unintended messages. The most extreme examples of these would be in gaming but it’s still possible to communicate through your interactive aspects in websites.

Non-direct communication mediums:

• Color Palette
• Symbols
• Layout