Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Sites of Interest

Interaction-Design.org

this looks an informative site with regards to my personal project

It has an ENCLYCLOPEDIA of all things INTERACTIVE

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

my designs

Contemporary Contextual Studies

Simon Pope is my lecturer for Contemporary Contextual Studies which is fundamentally all things that happen that are contemporary
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con‧tem‧po‧rar‧y  [kuhn-tem-puh-rer-ee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation adjective, noun, plural -rar‧ies.
–adjective
1. existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
2. of about the same age or date: a Georgian table with a contemporary wig stand.
3. of the present time; modern: a lecture on the contemporary novel.
–noun
4. a person belonging to the same time or period with another or others.
5. a person of the same age as another.
[Origin: 1625–35; < LL contempor- (see contemporize) + -ary]

—Related forms
con‧tem‧po‧rar‧i‧ly, adverb
con‧tem‧po‧rar‧i‧ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. coexistent, concurrent, simultaneous. Contemporary, contemporaneous, coeval, coincident all mean happening or existing at the same time. Contemporary often refers to persons or their acts or achievements: Hemingway and Fitzgerald, though contemporary, shared few values. Contemporaneous is applied chiefly to events: the rise of industrialism, contemporaneous with the spread of steam power. Coeval refers either to very long periods of time—an era or an eon—or to remote or long ago times: coeval stars, shining for millenia with equal brilliance; coeval with the dawning of civilization. Coincident means occurring at the same time but without causal or other relationships: prohibition, coincident with the beginning of the 1920s.
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con·tem·po·rar·y (kn-tmp-rr) Pronunciation Key
adj.
Belonging to the same period of time: a fact documented by two contemporary sources.
Of about the same age.
Current; modern: contemporary trends in design.

n. pl. con·tem·po·rar·ies
One of the same time or age: Shelley and Keats were contemporaries.
A person of the present age.


[Medieval Latin contemporrius : Latin com-, com- + Latin tempus, tempor-, time + Latin -rius, -ary.]
con·tempo·rari·ly (-tmp-r�r-l) adv.
Synonyms: contemporary, contemporaneous, simultaneous, synchronous, concurrent, coincident, concomitant
These adjectives mean existing or occurring at the same time. Contemporary is used more often of persons, contemporaneous of events and facts: The composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart. A rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation. Simultaneous more narrowly specifies occurrence of events at the same time: The activists organized simultaneous demonstrations in many major cities. Synchronous refers to correspondence of events in time over a short period: The dancers executed a series of synchronous movements. Concurrent implies parallelism in character or length of time: The mass murderer was given three concurrent life sentences. Coincident applies to events occurring at the same time without implying a relationship: “The resistance to the Pope's authority... is pretty nearly coincident with the rise of the Ottomans” (John Henry Newman). Concomitant refers to coincidence in time of events so clearly related that one seems attendant on the other: He is an adherent of Freud's theories and had a concomitant belief in the efficacy of psychoanalysis.
Usage Note: When contemporary is used in reference to something in the past, its meaning is not always clear. Contemporary critics of Shakespeare may mean critics in his time or critics in our time. When the context does not make the meaning clear, misunderstanding can be avoided by using phrases such as critics in Shakespeare's time or modern critics.

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CONTEMPORARY

adj 1: characteristic of the present; "contemporary trends in design"; "the role of computers in modern-day medicine" [syn: modern-day] 2: belonging to the present time; "contemporary leaders" [syn: present-day(a)] 3: occurring in the same period of time; "a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation"; "the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart" [syn: contemporaneous] n : a person of nearly the same age as another [syn: coeval]


We will be exploring new ideas eg:
PEER TO PEER (FILESHARING)
COPYWRIGHTS(OPEN COPYRIGHTS EG CREATIVE COMMONS)
LOCATION SPECIFIC SERVICES (CONTENT BUILT FOR SPECIFIC PLACES)

The learning outcomes of this module are:

Subject-specific skills
· Evaluate issues related to a chosen specialism within the discipline area in written form;
· Undertake scholarly enquiry relevant to personal Lab/Studio practice.
· Evaluate specific contextual issues related the design of interactive media products and systems;
· Synthesize various methods, approaches and theories into a distinct, personal practice;

Cognitive skills
· Understand essential concepts, principles and theories;
· Critically appraise and review a range of practices;· Compare and evaluate various methodologies;
· Think creatively;
· Develop ideas, concepts, proposals and solutions in response to a brief and as self-initiated activity;

Practical Abilities
· Publicly present their own work in a cogent and concise manner;
· Research, write and present a report

Monday, September 25, 2006

What makes a good blog

1. IDENTIFY AREA - EXAMPLES, URL'S
2. DESCRIBE - EXAMPLES URL'S
3. ANALYSIS - GROUPING DISCUSSION
4. EVALUATION - CRITERIA
5. CONCLUSION