I created this a few years ago while at University but I still feel it's relevant today.
Free Advice Poster for University First Years
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Video Editing With #iMovie on iPhone
0 commentsExperimenting with iMovie for iPhone. Just a little disappointed with the jump in the cut as you can set a duration time for the titles, but you have to use it over a specific video or image section that determines its length. Although there is a limited amount of styles, the video does export well keeping the quality of the original video. It does however require a WiFi connection when trying to directly upload through the app.
Do you know who works here?
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Although I can't say that I work in the building pictured above, I can say I don't work too far from it!
With it now being over a week since my immersion into the London lifestyle I thought it would be good to give an overview of what I've been experiencing down her in The Big Smoke!
Moving down the weekend before starting a new job in never easy but in my case it was and everything has run really smoothly. Having London on your door step is just brilliant! You get to quickly realise how important Oyster cards are too.
With regards to my new job I'm working as an in-house Junior Web Designer & Developer for the Evangelical Alliance in London. It's a Christian charity organization resourcing, networking and representing members by giving them a voice in parliament. They roughly have 28,000 individuals, 3,300 churches and 750 Christian organization within their network.
So as their 'in-house' Web Junior you'd think I'd be just be working on the same site day-in and day-out, but no, thankfully I'm not.
The resources the Alliance provides to its members includes a variation of content from sub sites, emails, newsletters and most importantly their Idea magazine.
I've therefore been touching up some images and graphics for newsletters banners, social media pages, editing videos and redesigning certain sub sections of one of their sub brands. I'm also helping to develop some wireframes for the new site they're currently trying to redesign.
As I'm only in a web team of two they're currently outsourcing the initial design and development of their new website however my aim is to get more of it done in-house to limit costs.
Come September I'll be also working on a project to design and develop a site aimed at 18 - 30 years old and have been selected as a possible project manager for a smaller job advertisement board site too.
For me this shows that not all in-house jobs that you may see are as boring as you first think they are.
All in all I'm enjoying London as it's a great place to live. I'm enjoying the job, building up professional experience and although my blogging may dry up a little, I am exactly where I want to be - A Multimedia Graduate working as a Web Designer in London.
Student Accommodation in Chester Website
Labels: Student Accommodation in Chester, Website 1 commentswww.studentaccommodationinchester.co.uk
A small information site designed for a client offering student accommodation in Chester, North Wales.
A Quick Driving Lesson Website
Labels: A STAR Driving Tuition, Website 1 comments
Just a quick website that I've produced for my brother-in-law. He's a driving instructor down in Yeovil, Somerset.
Presenting A STAR Driving Tuition
My 'Month On' Update as a Multimedia Graduate
0 commentsAlthough it's been a silent month of blogging, in which I'm sure you've all enjoyed the peace and quiet, I've now received my final results for my degree. I'm pleased to say I've passed with a First Class Honours in Multimedia! Yes you can hold the applause as this doesn't guarantee me any job, but just puts me in a better position for one.
So a month on from final deadlines and my 10th episode of my video blog, I've been busy with exhibition and interviews. Our #MultimediaMMXI exhibition went well and I've also had some offers for interviews from that which I'm excited about.
I've also been working on our New Designers exhibition which I've been selected along with another 8 Multimedia students to exhibit our work. The work that I'll be exhibiting is connected to my personal research document on Augmented Reality and Quick Response Codes. If you're interested in what I did through that process you can look at it via this blog under the appropriate PRP tags. The exhibition will be taking place on the 6 - 9 July.
My client project for the Colwyn Bay Hockey Club is now live too. Once the appropriate members and team captains of the club get training on how to use WordPress to it's full potential the site should really take off!
Finally I've had some feedback on my WebGrad site and will be soon adding the ability for users to get the RSS feed that I'm displaying on the site for themselves. This means users can user their own RSS readers rather than having to come to the WebGrad site.
Well that's it for now, but look out for a portfolio update in the coming weeks as I've got more of my work to add to it!
New #WebGradEngine V2
Labels: Graduate, Jobs, RSS Feed, Twitter, Web Designer, WebGrad, WebGradEngine 0 comments
A week on from the first release of The Web Grad Engine and I'm already rolling out V2.
Presenting http://www.webgrad.co.uk
For more updates on the Web Grad Engine follow @WebGrad on Twitter
What's new?
- More Twitter keyword searches integrated into one feed for better results
- Facebook Like button
- A designated Twitter account for your suggestions - @WebGrad
- It's own domain name - webgrad.co.uk
- More results from feeds. No 50 results per feed
- More RSS feeds from other websites included
- A deeper explanation of the project found under 'Info' tab
Hope you like the improvements!
For more updates on the Web Grad Engine follow @WebGrad on Twitter
#WebGradEngine V2 In The Making
Labels: Graduate, Jobs, RSS Feed, Twitter, Web Designer, WebGrad, WebGradEngine 0 comments
Today has been the release of The Web Grad Engine V1 and I'm already buzzing with ideas for V2 which will be the next update. The reason for V1 being so limited in gathering information is because I wanted to get the ball rolling. Now it's a case of adding to improve usability and scope in the information it provides to the user.
Some notes I wrote down last night for V2 include the following -
Merging different Twitter searches into one feed
Although merging these Twitter feeds will remove their avatars, just provide the user with a link to that particular Tweet, it might provide users with better quality of information. Last night while keeping track of the Twitter feed I noticed a Twitter user tweeting back to those who mentioned they 'need web designer.' This user would then tweet 'Hey, I here you need a web designer.' This would trigger my search to pick his tweet up too resulting in a mass of reply tweets. In merging the three it would break these mass reply tweets up.
Styling & Extras
Maybe some custom colours relating to where the information has come from for the RSS feeds. May be a little difficult as it will all be coming from one feed.
Adding in some more social media connections, for example, a Facebook 'like' button and Twitter stream for updates and developments on the Web Grad Engine.
More columns for more information to be displayed. These columns will have vertical scroll bars to hold more results but not increasing the page length.
Contact form for suggesting improvements, more RSS feeds sources, etc. Also a deeper 'About' page explaining the reason for creation and the face behind the product.
Further Expansion Ideas (V3+)
Although not a key aim of the project yet, I have considered adding in some adverts relating to the subject of web design and job hunting as this could act as a source of income to keep the project going. I have however postponed this part of the project as I want to aggregate quality content, build up visitors, Twitter followers and general website assets then go on to selling ad spaces.
Adding in location based real-time results with Geolocation or post code/city being inputted manually. This would then improve the quality of the results.
For more updates on the Web Grad Engine follow @WebGrad on Twitter
The Long Awaited Episode 10 is Here! Sit Here, Be Cool - Episode 10
Labels: Sit Here Be Cool, Video Blog, Vlog, WebGrad, Youtube 0 commentsThe long awaited Episode 10 is here to introduce The Web Grad Engine!
The Web Grad Engine is an aggregator for Graduate Web Designers jobs through the using the power of Twitter searchers and RSS feeds.If you're interested in it why not check it out for yourself at http://webgrad.cityandwool.co.uk For more information on its developments follow it on Twitter - http://twitter.com/webgrad
Introducing The #WebGradEngine - The Graduate Web Designer's Aggregator
Labels: Graduate, Jobs, RSS Feed, Twitter, Web Designer 0 comments
Over the last few days, and as my graduation has got closer, I've wanted to increase my job searching capabilities. What better way to do this than through a single page that updates in real-time!
Using a custom search in Twitter and multiple 'Web Design jobs' RSS feeds combined into one RSS feed, I'm creating some sort of a custom TweekDeck for job hunting.
As I slowly develop it into including more RSS feeds and better custom searches through Twitter I hope that this will be a product that can help any type of Web Designer looking for work.
Being released as Version 1, I know it's not perfect but the information it's gathering is so I wanted to be able to share it as early as possible.
Feel free to add suggestions of RSS Feeds or particular Twitter searches you might use. I am wanting to add in multiple searches like 'need web & designer' being one, 'want, web & designer' being another and 'hire, web & designer' being a third. These are ones I've used in the past and have worked.
I've also considered a Freelance section and a Professional section. Freelance being more small jobs picked up through Twitter, then Professional being more permanent job related.
Well, here it is for you're enjoyment...
The #WebGradEngine found at http://webgrad.cityandwool.co.uk
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Introducing The #WebGradEngine - The Graduate Web Designer's Aggregator
Labels: Graduate, Jobs, RSS Feed, Twitter, Web Designer 0 comments
Over the last few days, and as my graduation has got closer, I've wanted to increase my job searching capabilities. What better way to do this than through a single page that updates in real-time!
Using a custom search in Twitter and multiple 'Web Design jobs' RSS feeds combined into one RSS feed, I'm creating some sort of a custom TweekDeck for job hunting.
As I slowly develop it into including more RSS feeds and better custom searches through Twitter I hope that this will be a product that can help any type of Web Designer looking for work.
Being released as Version 1, I know it's not perfect but the information it's gathering is so I wanted to be able to share it as early as possible.
Feel free to add suggestions of RSS Feeds or particular Twitter searches you might use. I am wanting to add in multiple searches like 'need web & designer' being one, 'want, web & designer' being another and 'hire, web & designer' being a third. These are ones I've used in the past and have worked.
I've also considered a Freelance section and a Professional section. Freelance being more small jobs picked up through Twitter, then Professional being more permanent job related.
Well, here it is for you're enjoyment...
The #WebGradEngine found at http://webgrad.cityandwool.co.uk
Personal Research Project on QR Codes and Augmented Reality - Final Presentation
Labels: Augmented Reality, Daqri, Personal Research Project, PRP, QR Codes 0 commentsArtefact 6 - Evaluation
Labels: Augmented Reality, Daqri, Personal Research Project, PRP, QR Codes 0 commentsDue to the complications of the previous artefact I strayed away from heavy code and opted for further research into projects that are trying to replicate what I'm trying to do. I then came across Daqri. Daqri is currently a beta service that provides users with an easy non-code-heavy way of producing QR Codes that link to information on a user specific web page. It also provides the user with an Augmented Reality feature to add 3D models to the QR Code. The only problem with this is that the AR feature only works through the Daqri application, currently only on iPhone and iPad. Having been in contact with the developers at Daqri, I've managed to suggest for them to add a feature similar to my last artefact in adding an Augmented Reality video plane as adding video in this way increases its interactivity and the users engagement than just a plain 3D model without animation. I also had a few problems with their mobile as it wasn't optimised for mobile devices and was slow to load. In testing Daqri's functionalities it does work brilliantly however there are some areas that could be developed and improved. Ultimately the product did what I set out to do which was seeing if QR Codes and AR could help us share information, which it does. My only reserve is that the development of Augmented Reality is slower than QR Codes and it will take a little longer for the full potential of AR to be realised and users create applications for AR to be visually impressive and useful to the user. Nevertheless over the next year I can see a huge increase in the use of QR Codes on advertising and self-promotion items as it is a brilliant way of sharing information quickly.
Multimedia Exhibition Images and Profile Text
Labels: Exhibition, Multimedia, Nottingham Trent University 0 commentsHere are my five catalogue images for my final year Multimedia Exhibition in June. I'm also adding in this short profile to describe myself -Dan is a well-motivated, hardworking and adaptable individual seeking employment in the web industry. He can effectively convey ideas and concepts visually and through written or verbal communication. He also enjoys taking pride in the quality of his work. Using the skills and knowledge he’s learnt in HTML5, CSS3, PHP and WordPress, he can successfully design and develop creative, standards-compliant web solutions that fulfil the requirements of the brief within the time constraints.
Getting Your News Through Social Media
Labels: News, Social Media, Twitter 0 commentsFour hours ago the news of a possible stabbing incident/hostage situation at Nottingham Trent University Clifton campus library started to emerge on Facebook and Twitter. 
The big tweet that kicked it all off
I then wanted to keep up to date with any developments so started to follow the situation realtime through Google. This was done by using some keywords to narrow the search.
Within an hour of it hitting Twitter @FlyFM_News were on it! Various tweets from a collection of tweeters then followed as the real details emerged of the situation.
This then resulted in a full press release from the Nottinghamshire Police to clarify on what actually happened.
Due to students using Twitter and Facebook the news was 'escalated' but it also reminded me of a story I came across about five journalists planning on locking themselves away in a French farmhouse with access only to Facebook and Twitter to test the quality of news from the social networking and micro-blogging sites. This was back in January 2010.
Unfortunately I couldn't find any outcome to the experiment either.
I then stumbled upon this interesting article that referred to the French experiment as 'flawed' and highlighting that social media is a conversation, not a newswire.
To add to that, tonight I've seen an interesting side to news and Twitter. Although you can get one off tweets that people could start taking as fact, you also have the conversation that develops from that which brings out more clarity to the situation. In hearing murmurs of a shooting, stabbing, kidnapping or any sort of situation you can always rely on journalists, which in this case were our very own Fly FM team, that are ready to explore the credibility of the initial statement.
For me tonight has highlighted the power that one tweet can have in sparking conversation, but it has also highlighted the importance of testing the credibility of statements before taking them as fact. Within 3 hours a short tweet gets put straight by a Police statement. A crazy night for news through social media.
The Culmination of my Personal Research Project on #QRCodes and #AugmentedReality
Labels: Augmented Reality, Personal Research Project, PRP, QR Codes 0 comments If you're not sure how to scan the QR Codes, find out here
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