April 2012
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Closing Thoughts
Creative Group Project;
(Employed v Self Employed & Honours Considerations rolled into one)
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All the way through this blog Ive cited MYST as an inspiration for me. This one game, created almost twenty years ago started me out on a personal journey, a quest, which eventually led me to Napier.
I find it utterly amazing that the immersive...
March 2012
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Honours Proposal (draft)
Mission Statement : MEMORYSCAPE
“To create an immersive environment explicitly designed to invite user reflection, emote user input & create a visually rich, detailed & printable version personal to the user for download”
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Identifying my Quest:
Is our perception of an immersive virtual environment, (which initially may seem to...
Week Nine - Effective Business Choices
Week nine’s presentation highlighted choices which may face companies within the first few years of inception & how they impact on the company future. Most of the examples given suggested that trying to increase the size of a company by the acquisition of, or merger with another company within the first three years proved unsuccessful. Often the people required to more effectively manage...
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Week Eight - Solo Flight or Safety in Numbers?
Anyone who has financial responsibilities needs to weigh up whether employment with a steady (& for the most part) guaranteed income is better suited to their circumstances than risking the possibility or financial hardship, or failure in setting up their own business. From students just starting out to twilight go-getter’s & all the ages in between, we all require money to...
Group Project Update
Following the “Crits Week” & a few discussions about our feedback - as a group & then with Ians’ advice, our Project Manager was beginning to show concern again about our abilities to achieve a good mark using only our current skills & those discussed in our presentation. I suggested that instead of many meetings where we seem to go round in circles, we each complete...
February 2012
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Week Six - Criticism or critique?
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Most people are loathe to open themselves up to “crit” for the very reasons outlined in the presentation. Since (as discussed) there remains such a mis-interpretation between the words “critique” & ”criticism” & the negative connotations which accompany the latter, the very suggestion of being critiqued, often makes the heart...
Week Three & Four - CV's & Interviews
In week three Patricia showed solid examples of “good & poor” CV’s, portfolio’s & covering letters which got me thinking. I haven’t updated my online presence for almost a year & my website still reflects more upon my flash based work, than the HTML5 I’ve been learning -so that was a busy weekend! *I updated it!
In week four, Both Patricia &...
January 2012
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Week Two - Coping Strategies
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When previous strangers are brought together to acheive a common goal - differences in personalities, methodology & ethic can cause tensions. How we successfully cope with this develops the core strengths of the team as a whole.
Having worked together twice previously, I feel our team has begun to recognise & respect how our distinct personalities & different approaches...
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Week One - Critical Reflection
Team : Alistair Fellowes, Ross Ogston, Suzi McCombie
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We have discussed the final delivery format we would like & where our individual skills fit into this. By recognising the need for a more balanced spread of these skills & responsibillites, we have begun to discuss how we will work together properly as a team & how our...
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Week 0...& so it begins!
Quite excited to be back at Uni today & begin to feel the buzz & hype begin for Creative Group Project (CPG). Having spent the weekend thinking over the solid advice from Ian I felt that I wasn’t in the emotional position to change groups. Evaluating the positives from our last group coursework I/we’ve decided to stay as our orginal group of three & start afresh, taking...
