Mobile Creativity

www.flixn.com

Another cool web 2.0 app. Make movies and put them on your blog or myspace. I wonder does it work with Wordpress.

http://simplephotoshop.com/photoshop_tools/indexf.htm

If you have the basics already, bone up here

1. Sign up for Flickr. Upload some shots. Make a badge. Put it on your website.

2. Write a short paragraph about two other Web 2.0 applications. Why do you like them? What makes them Web 2.0?

http://www.emilychang.com/go/ehub/

Week 1 class will consist of a discussion based around the following topics:
What is multimedia?
What is an example of multimedia?
Is there a definition? If there is it useful?
Is multimedia a good name for multimedia?
What is multimedia design?
What is a multimedia design project?
What are the characteristics of design…as applied in multimedia?
Mobile content
Web 2.0
DELICIOUS
FLIKR
TAG CLOUD
BLOG

[20%] In this module a series of mini assignments will be set. Some of these assignments will simply explore a technology or some form of multimedia phenomenon, others will involve a design task.
How will it be marked?

Assignment Mark Due date Aims

Assign 1 9 wk2 get into web 2.0 with Flickr

Assign 2 20 wk3/4/5 more web 2.0 exploration

Assign 3 10 wk 6 layout and composition

Assign 4 27 Alarm clock/model the user project

Assign 5 25 Website overall

Attendance 09 marks

Class Lists

http://www.mikons.com

I think this is my favourite web 2.0 app. Make icons…be happy

http://www.infm.ulst.ac.uk/wuser.php?group=mdf5

and
www.infm.ulst.ac.uk/~mdf4nue Eadaoin Nugent

www.infm.ulst.ac.uk/~cbf5lah Hugh Law

World politics nicely summed up in cartoon form

http://www.endofworld.net/ 

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