My Other Blog

So I have been working pretty hard on my assignment blog. I have officially decided on what I am going to do and have already done quite a bit to it. I am doing the option 3 which is about a current issue and therefore I am doing it about Beijing post-Olympics, or as some people (including me) are calling it, "The Olympic Effect". It is coming along really quite well and I am really pleased with the design/layout I have done. It is pretty plain and simple because originally I created it all bright and colourful to attract attention but after awhile I thought it looked kind of tacky. The new look is all black with creamy coloured writing which I think gives it an interesting look which grabs the readers attention just as much as a colourful page would. I also created a nice title design on Photoshop which makes it a bit different and keeps it different from the basic template. The only other thing which I am trying to work out is how to post the posts backwards so the first post remains at the top... so far not much luck...

My Olympics

Coming up with a current issue for my 'Production Project A' has been a kinda difficult. I haven't been sure how big or major the current issue needs to be or also how current it needs to be. The obvious one would be the Olympics because it has just been so exposed by the media however, it has just finished so it isn't exactly "current". I had one thought though. Even though the Olympics are over there still seems to be a definite aftermath type feeling in the air. People are still talking about it and the buzz of the event seems to be still very fresh. I am sure that there would be a lot to talk about even now that the competition is over. China has been preparing for this event for almost 8 years so I can't see the feeling their to just close down a few days after it ends. If I do something about this "effect" I intend to have some images and definitely some for of video probably from YouTube. Due to the massive scale of an event like this there is just so much information out there that can be useful. I don't want to do something basic like a report style reference page that feeds the audience basic information about the 2008 Olympics. I want it to be something different but still something people will still be interested in because it has just been such a major defining moment in the last time period.

My First Big Decision

I have finally decided what I will do for my first project (Project A). At first I originally thought that I would just do the online exhibition with either photos or writing or some other sort of media but then realised that I didn't have a lot of media to exhibit in the first place. Then I pretty much immediately crossed off the first option because, even though it would be an interesting assignment to diagram a websites information flow, it would probably be quite tricky. I finally then decided that I really liked the idea of the last/third option to create a reference page or site for a current affairs topic. I have decided to create a new blog on Blogger completely about a current issue. I will divide main points into different blog posts and then that will give me the freedom to link to outside sites and to other blogs that might have similar content. I like the freedom of Blogger that lets me add videos from YouTube or images to help make my reference page even more interesting and informative. Now I just have to think of a current issue... :P

My Facebook

I am not afraid to say that I use Facebook. A lot of my friends use it and I use it to stay in contact with a lot of them. It is kinda cool and kinda fun to use. I would like to add more links to my blog so I thought I would put a link to my Facebook here. It gives me more of an opportunity to experiment with links more than anything else.

I am enjoying Networked Media Production so far. Some of it seems quite complicated but once I sort of play around a bit more with my Blog, Feeds and the other sites, I think I'll learn that way. :D I'd like to try and add a YouTube to my next post to give that a go. Also I would like to try and add some more photos from Flickr.