Wednesday, 23 May 2007
podcasts on comics
If anyone is interested in comics follow the link and you'll find a series of podcasts related to various comics. I thought I'd post it up since this subject is all about doing podcasts. http://goldenagecomics.libsyn.com/
The time has come..
Today is the day that I give my presentation. Argh! My throat is not clear at all!
Amanda's presentation is today too. She's speaking on online forums. There are all sorts of forums- from gardening to gaming forums. Forums are different to chat programs in the sense that the information can be looked on and more people can access them. The term 'forum' is one of many that describe what it denotes. Other terms used include web forums, message boards, and online forums. There are sub forums that are basically topics and subjects. Forums are like containers where members of the community can create their own thread. A 'flat' thread is in chronological order and a threaded post is in reply to a 'mother' host. Many forums ask people to register to become members and this requires usernames, passwords, and sometimes email addresses to verify. Forum features include custom avatars, custom signatures and online profiles. The point system is quite an interesting part of forums. Forums are made up of administrators, moderators and members. Members can edit posts, start new threads and comment on other people's posts. There is also forum etiquette, such as no double posting. This is where people post in response to their own post without a post by someone else inbetween.
I had a bad feeling that something was going to happen with my recording- and it did! :( I have no idea where my garageband file has gone!! Well, at least I can use my other recording and drag it into garageband.. I guess it's just a harder way to do it or maybe it wont be as good a quality. I hope I can still edit my presentation well. Oh well, this part is over, now it's time for the technical part. Wish me luck cos I'm going to need it!
Oh and today in class after the presentations we looked at the different publish settings for flash files. I was familiar with the flash and HTML formats but I was unaware of the options that protect your file from being imported when online. This subject has encouraged me to get into flash and understand it more because I haven't really used it much at all but I know that it is a very useful program.
Amanda's presentation is today too. She's speaking on online forums. There are all sorts of forums- from gardening to gaming forums. Forums are different to chat programs in the sense that the information can be looked on and more people can access them. The term 'forum' is one of many that describe what it denotes. Other terms used include web forums, message boards, and online forums. There are sub forums that are basically topics and subjects. Forums are like containers where members of the community can create their own thread. A 'flat' thread is in chronological order and a threaded post is in reply to a 'mother' host. Many forums ask people to register to become members and this requires usernames, passwords, and sometimes email addresses to verify. Forum features include custom avatars, custom signatures and online profiles. The point system is quite an interesting part of forums. Forums are made up of administrators, moderators and members. Members can edit posts, start new threads and comment on other people's posts. There is also forum etiquette, such as no double posting. This is where people post in response to their own post without a post by someone else inbetween.
I had a bad feeling that something was going to happen with my recording- and it did! :( I have no idea where my garageband file has gone!! Well, at least I can use my other recording and drag it into garageband.. I guess it's just a harder way to do it or maybe it wont be as good a quality. I hope I can still edit my presentation well. Oh well, this part is over, now it's time for the technical part. Wish me luck cos I'm going to need it!
Oh and today in class after the presentations we looked at the different publish settings for flash files. I was familiar with the flash and HTML formats but I was unaware of the options that protect your file from being imported when online. This subject has encouraged me to get into flash and understand it more because I haven't really used it much at all but I know that it is a very useful program.
Tuesday, 22 May 2007
Oh no!
Well as I do the finishing touches to my presentation for tomorrow.. I have found some of my screenshots to be missing. I must have deleted them accidentally so I have to go and take some more. Oh well, shouldn't take too long. I think I shall try and play with editing a voice recording in Garageband today because I am still unsure about doing it. Anyway, I am feeling better so fingers crossed for a clear recording tomorrow!
Sunday, 20 May 2007
my presentation
This past week I have been gathering all my information and material for my presentation and typing it up. I think it might be a bit too long at the moment especially since I am showing screenshots as well, so I'll have to read through it again and make a few adjustments. While writing my speech, I realised that there are so many things I could say about Windows Live Messenger. There are so many features and things you can do, and even though I use it everyday, I don't know every possibility available with the program. There are a number of things that are related to Windows Live Messenger but aren't actually part of the original program. Like IM- which is something you can sign up for and for every IM message that you send, a small amount of money goes to some kind of research or organisation that helps with people in need.
Now there's emails about WLM, and Windows Live Spaces, which are things I will be talking about in my presentation. I am actually sick at the moment so I am hoping and praying that I can get through my presentation without it sounding awful especially because it's being recorded!
Now there's emails about WLM, and Windows Live Spaces, which are things I will be talking about in my presentation. I am actually sick at the moment so I am hoping and praying that I can get through my presentation without it sounding awful especially because it's being recorded!
Wednesday, 16 May 2007
Week 9
We're already up to week 9 and that means that my presentation is due next week. I have an idea of how I want to present my topic but it's going to take a fair bit of work. Because I'm doing my presentation on Windows Live Messenger, I can't simply go onto the internet and show everyone from there. So, I have to use a lot of screenshots so people have something to look at while I am talking. I've got the screenshots that I want to use, it's just putting it together. I think I'm going to try and do a flash presentation but I'll see what happens.
It's time for Timmy's presentation. He is talking about myspace and how bands use it as opposed to individuals.
Myspace was created as a social network service. However, it is now also used as a personal network and Tim is covering this from a musician's perspective. He has a space for his own music at myspace.com/mungoraye and also one for his band at myspace.com/justlikejosiah. Myspace can be used to post gig dates and have a photo gallery. It's basically a way to get your work out there and is really good for people in the music industry or wanting to break into it. There were issues regarding ownership of material but now the conditions have changed and bands can retain all ownership rights when they upload any pics, music, videos etc. It was good presentation, very concise.
The second presentation was by Luke. He was talking about using the internet in terms of the fear gaming clan. He clarified that a clan is a group of people who play online games. Fear is the game the involves powerful weapons and fighting the opposition. People from teams and groups. Teamspeak is a website that is basically a server and chatroom that allows players to talk to each other with the use of microphones. Luke's clan called [MOB] has a website and people can join their clan and get help to become a better player. There's another website called Joomla where members can post a notice, gaming time and email to members. At first I was really confused what Luke was talking about but as he went on I got a gist of what it was.
We continued on with our flash websites today and learnt how to make each individual page and how to rename buttons and frames to make coding easier. With the buttons, there are so many possibilities when you go in and edit them. They can rotate, change colour or size when you hover over them or after you click them. It's quite open to your imagination. I had never used behaviours before, only actions so that was quite interesting and I think it is actually an easier way to attach scripts to various components.
It's time for Timmy's presentation. He is talking about myspace and how bands use it as opposed to individuals.
Myspace was created as a social network service. However, it is now also used as a personal network and Tim is covering this from a musician's perspective. He has a space for his own music at myspace.com/mungoraye and also one for his band at myspace.com/justlikejosiah. Myspace can be used to post gig dates and have a photo gallery. It's basically a way to get your work out there and is really good for people in the music industry or wanting to break into it. There were issues regarding ownership of material but now the conditions have changed and bands can retain all ownership rights when they upload any pics, music, videos etc. It was good presentation, very concise.
The second presentation was by Luke. He was talking about using the internet in terms of the fear gaming clan. He clarified that a clan is a group of people who play online games. Fear is the game the involves powerful weapons and fighting the opposition. People from teams and groups. Teamspeak is a website that is basically a server and chatroom that allows players to talk to each other with the use of microphones. Luke's clan called [MOB] has a website and people can join their clan and get help to become a better player. There's another website called Joomla where members can post a notice, gaming time and email to members. At first I was really confused what Luke was talking about but as he went on I got a gist of what it was.
We continued on with our flash websites today and learnt how to make each individual page and how to rename buttons and frames to make coding easier. With the buttons, there are so many possibilities when you go in and edit them. They can rotate, change colour or size when you hover over them or after you click them. It's quite open to your imagination. I had never used behaviours before, only actions so that was quite interesting and I think it is actually an easier way to attach scripts to various components.
Wednesday, 9 May 2007
Week 8 summary
First up today is Tom. His presentation is on online communities, but on deviantART in particular.
Online communites give people the ability to have an online persona. Some online communities are myspace, bebo and deviantART.
DeviantART shows the potential of young artists. It is an online community that allows interaction between people all over the world. There is free membership and it is driven by comments and interactions of the people. Each person has a gallery which other members can view and comment on. There are also groups within this community. For example, kids with guns (www.kwgcrew.org) has a site about all kinds of graffiti and stencil art with threads on other art types as well. I think it's a good idea to involve user's designs for the banners on the webpage and I like how it changes every time you reload the page. People feel a freedom showing their designs online because the online persona does not have to match their "true" personality. I found this topic interesting because I myself am thinking of ways to get my design work out there and this is one option that has a lot of potential.
The second presentation is by Robert. His presentation is on myspace.
Myspace is a social website for a network of friends and blogs. It is found at www.myspace.com. On the site you can search for films, alphabetically if you prefer. Under events, it now has information about gigs and events in Australia. You can edit the HTML of your myspace page if you are fluent with html or css.
Myspace is very similar to Friendster, which is the online community that I use. Myspace seems to be more worldwide though, whether Friendster seems to be very popular within the asian community. I think it's a great way to show people your work, music, photos etc.
There is also a third presentation today by Daniel. His topic is MP3s and itunes.
MP3s are available from sites like yahoo.com, bigpond.com and MP3.com. Bigpond runs competitions to get people to buy music through their site. MP3's have a small file size but also a small loss in file quality. iTunes has information about bands, news, rss feeds and of course music. From the iTunes application, you can go to the iTunes store which has information about Apple Products and accessories. iTunes is a good application to use because it acts as a proper music library. iTunes now allows bands to sell their songs online however it does get a profit of approximately 50c/download. If you want to buy music, a 30 second clip is provided so you can try before you buy.
I didn't know that the iTunes store had tv episodes for free download and that you can subscribe to them. That sounds really cool and I think I may try that one day!
Online communites give people the ability to have an online persona. Some online communities are myspace, bebo and deviantART.
DeviantART shows the potential of young artists. It is an online community that allows interaction between people all over the world. There is free membership and it is driven by comments and interactions of the people. Each person has a gallery which other members can view and comment on. There are also groups within this community. For example, kids with guns (www.kwgcrew.org) has a site about all kinds of graffiti and stencil art with threads on other art types as well. I think it's a good idea to involve user's designs for the banners on the webpage and I like how it changes every time you reload the page. People feel a freedom showing their designs online because the online persona does not have to match their "true" personality. I found this topic interesting because I myself am thinking of ways to get my design work out there and this is one option that has a lot of potential.
The second presentation is by Robert. His presentation is on myspace.
Myspace is a social website for a network of friends and blogs. It is found at www.myspace.com. On the site you can search for films, alphabetically if you prefer. Under events, it now has information about gigs and events in Australia. You can edit the HTML of your myspace page if you are fluent with html or css.
Myspace is very similar to Friendster, which is the online community that I use. Myspace seems to be more worldwide though, whether Friendster seems to be very popular within the asian community. I think it's a great way to show people your work, music, photos etc.
There is also a third presentation today by Daniel. His topic is MP3s and itunes.
MP3s are available from sites like yahoo.com, bigpond.com and MP3.com. Bigpond runs competitions to get people to buy music through their site. MP3's have a small file size but also a small loss in file quality. iTunes has information about bands, news, rss feeds and of course music. From the iTunes application, you can go to the iTunes store which has information about Apple Products and accessories. iTunes is a good application to use because it acts as a proper music library. iTunes now allows bands to sell their songs online however it does get a profit of approximately 50c/download. If you want to buy music, a 30 second clip is provided so you can try before you buy.
I didn't know that the iTunes store had tv episodes for free download and that you can subscribe to them. That sounds really cool and I think I may try that one day!
Wednesday, 2 May 2007
Week 7- Presentations begin!
This is the first week back to uni after the mid-session break and the presentations begin!
WARNING: Make sure your presentation is actually recording in Garageband before you start! That is totally something that I would do- do my speech without recording it! I'm a bit worried about that now...
Man.. setting up is taking forever!! Uni computers have issues... lots of issues. Even the good ones. I am getting sleepy.. very sleepy..
Anyway, the first presentation today is by Paul. His topic is: Something Awful forums
Summary:
www.somethingawful.com is a comedy website that basically bags out everything and anything. You have to pay US$9.95 upfront to become a member and this is the only fee unless you get banned and want to rejoin or if you want to buy a customised avatar for yourself or someone else. The fee keeps undesirable people out of the forums.
There are other options that you can pay for such as:
-Avatars
-unlimited access, forums
-archives
-free of ads
-change user name
-banner - non-profit, selling something
I found it interesting that people's post count decrease if they post in the FYAD forum. It was also good that Paul explained some of the terminology used on the website. I liked how internet humour is described as humour that wouldn't exist without the internet. Photoshop Friday sounded like an interesting thread too.
This week after Paul's presentation, we looked at creating a webpage in flash. I hadn't tried making one in flash before because we learnt how to use Dreamweaver in a previous subject. Flash is so much easier though and it seems more reliable. You can basically make anything a button and layers make the whole thing so much easier! I will definitely be using what I learnt in future projects, possibly even my own website for my online portfolio.
Oh and just so I remember later, after my presentation do this:
Garageband -> Save -> Share -> Export to Disk
WARNING: Make sure your presentation is actually recording in Garageband before you start! That is totally something that I would do- do my speech without recording it! I'm a bit worried about that now...
Man.. setting up is taking forever!! Uni computers have issues... lots of issues. Even the good ones. I am getting sleepy.. very sleepy..
Anyway, the first presentation today is by Paul. His topic is: Something Awful forums
Summary:
www.somethingawful.com is a comedy website that basically bags out everything and anything. You have to pay US$9.95 upfront to become a member and this is the only fee unless you get banned and want to rejoin or if you want to buy a customised avatar for yourself or someone else. The fee keeps undesirable people out of the forums.
There are other options that you can pay for such as:
-Avatars
-unlimited access, forums
-archives
-free of ads
-change user name
-banner - non-profit, selling something
I found it interesting that people's post count decrease if they post in the FYAD forum. It was also good that Paul explained some of the terminology used on the website. I liked how internet humour is described as humour that wouldn't exist without the internet. Photoshop Friday sounded like an interesting thread too.
This week after Paul's presentation, we looked at creating a webpage in flash. I hadn't tried making one in flash before because we learnt how to use Dreamweaver in a previous subject. Flash is so much easier though and it seems more reliable. You can basically make anything a button and layers make the whole thing so much easier! I will definitely be using what I learnt in future projects, possibly even my own website for my online portfolio.
Oh and just so I remember later, after my presentation do this:
Garageband -> Save -> Share -> Export to Disk
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