This is an area of my life that is rather neglected at the moment (atm)...oops had to lengthen the shorthand words to full english words LOL (laugh out loud). Without the GUI such online gaming, multi-media online role playing game (mmorpg) such as World of Warcraft (wow) as I like to participate in would not be possible. One tends to rely heavily on activities that are bound to a specific keys on the keyboard... I do have a Logitech G15 keyboard to allow for macros to be bound and used in gameplay. This is then a marketing facility realised to cater for the computer gaming communities.
In game communicaton is easily done. There are several channels supplied for various sections of a typed version of communication. An example is general chat, trade chat, looking for group (lfg), personal one to one chat with someone in game referred to as whispers. Due to gaming content involving groups having to be co-ordinated internet verbal communication as well as the normal typing is involved. The best way I can think of to describe this is that it is similar to skype but this server setup allows for multiple people,up to 40, to be in the same conversation at the same time.It is now supplied within the game, whereas it originally was not so. Yet again a catering to the gaming community. The game is supplied with a language filter, which can be turned off. Other social and moral issues do arise within the game, usually from a higher level character killing a low level character (lowbie). This is generally called ganking. There are game servers set up that discourage this type of behaviour for anyone uncomfortable with player versus player (pvp) game interaction. These are player versus environment (pve) servers.
The computer allows for my enjoyment of this social activity and continual communial contact with friends via the internet.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Potential intersting article for future use?
I found this a bit over my head in understanding some of the language, but the general gist of it strikes me as being very similar to some of our course informations.
http://delivery.acm.org.ezproxy.library.uq.edu.au/10.1145/1180000/1178627/p360-brambilla.pdf?key1=1178627&key2=3733266221&coll=ACM&dl=ACM&CFID=10780291&CFTOKEN=82203793
http://delivery.acm.org.ezproxy.library.uq.edu.au/10.1145/1180000/1178627/p360-brambilla.pdf?key1=1178627&key2=3733266221&coll=ACM&dl=ACM&CFID=10780291&CFTOKEN=82203793
yes I do have and use Facebook :)
mmm How does everything of this course apply here?? Basic word processing of course is involved through being able to type / write notes or letters to the allowed peoples. The allowances are something that I can control and I do appreciate being able to control, to a certain extent, the people viewing or interacting with my information. I find the number of applications avavilable to use on this website is absolutlely massive. Some are for commercial purposes and others are random ones done by other users of this website. Even though any pictures that I upload are then considered Facebbok's property. I do find this to be a little inhibiting to wanting to put any more pictures on this site, not that I am really inclined to post a lot of pictures anyway :P
As evidenced by my use of 'emotes ' such as the smiley face :) and others, the internet has also spawned its own version of expression, which is also widely used with mobile phone text messaging.
mmm How does everything of this course apply here?? Basic word processing of course is involved through being able to type / write notes or letters to the allowed peoples. The allowances are something that I can control and I do appreciate being able to control, to a certain extent, the people viewing or interacting with my information. I find the number of applications avavilable to use on this website is absolutlely massive. Some are for commercial purposes and others are random ones done by other users of this website. Even though any pictures that I upload are then considered Facebbok's property. I do find this to be a little inhibiting to wanting to put any more pictures on this site, not that I am really inclined to post a lot of pictures anyway :P
As evidenced by my use of 'emotes ' such as the smiley face :) and others, the internet has also spawned its own version of expression, which is also widely used with mobile phone text messaging.
How all has applied to my study?
As a frequent computer user, let alone the fact of doing a computer course, I have found, once I knew about some of the terms and ideas, that I use a lot of products. I use my computers interface without being consciously aware of it; just click and away I go. Word processing, emails and Facebook are frequently used by myself to stay in touch with friends, make new ones and allow for connections in all areas of my interests and studies. I also use the internet social pages and search engines in slightly different ways now due to a better understanding of what is driving some of the things, such as what is involved on less visible surfaces of internet, World Wide Web (WWW) and social functions available on these arenas.
Extra Topics ?
One topic I think might be of use within this subject is adding in some information about the basic hardware of a computer setup. Looking at the insides of a computer tower and how it is all physically connected.
Another potential topic would be how to use or deal with viruses, trojans and other unwanted intrusions and how to ascertain if they are present, so as not to corrupt any of your published data.
Maybe a topic on other forms of data storage. external hard drives, cd's, flash drives.
Another potential topic would be how to use or deal with viruses, trojans and other unwanted intrusions and how to ascertain if they are present, so as not to corrupt any of your published data.
Maybe a topic on other forms of data storage. external hard drives, cd's, flash drives.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Feedback: Zun
For this slideshow presentation of our comp1900, assignment 2 information, I found this slideshow to quite clean visually and easy to read.
The presentation flowed through it's ideas well. Unfortunately I do not understand some of the information provided in the graphs and charts. What was ADL? The static display in the charts and graphs is well done.
I can remember this group as doing a rotation presentation of the data as it was shown, well spoken and presented.
http://comp1900-2008-zun.blogspot.com/2008/10/slide-baby-slide.html
The presentation flowed through it's ideas well. Unfortunately I do not understand some of the information provided in the graphs and charts. What was ADL? The static display in the charts and graphs is well done.
I can remember this group as doing a rotation presentation of the data as it was shown, well spoken and presented.
http://comp1900-2008-zun.blogspot.com/2008/10/slide-baby-slide.html
Feedback
For this particular slideshow presentation,of comp1900 assignment2 information, I found the visual presentation to be quite well set out. Easy to read and follow.
There is generally a good flow of one idea to the next. I found there was several different versions of the information being presented as charts and graphs in the static section.
From what I remember of the actual presentation, it was not a concise as it could have been, but was presented quite clealy.
http://comp1900-2008-harry.blogspot.com/2008/10/powerpoint-slide.html
There is generally a good flow of one idea to the next. I found there was several different versions of the information being presented as charts and graphs in the static section.
From what I remember of the actual presentation, it was not a concise as it could have been, but was presented quite clealy.
http://comp1900-2008-harry.blogspot.com/2008/10/powerpoint-slide.html
From the consumer to the producer
There is a considerable amount of information to digest in this area. The field of ethics when it comes to the internet alone can be rather intense. I find this comes from the idea that the general concept of manners, privacy, rights and many other topics may be applied in a very flexible way and point of view in the realm of ethernet. This all does have a big impact on us today as we are all, well in my household, high end users of the computers on the internet.
Lecture notes involved http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~comp1900/Lectures/comp1900_wk12_from_consumer_to_producer.pdf
Alternative software
This was an interesting experience. The use of free software programs as word processors, spreadsheet and chart developers. From what I remember correctly from our assignment 2 presentations most of us used googledocs to be able to communicate and get the assignment developed and delivered. This is the google documents site that was used by our group for assignment 2 http://docs.google.com/ .
I found that the freeware was a little confusing at times to use, but if you did require a word processor or a way of making a document without the access to a Microsoft Office Word or similarly familiar programme, they make a good alternative.
http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~comp1900/Lectures/comp1900_wk_4_word_processing_Lec.pdf , in these lecture notes, we were doing word processing, which of course meant having a look at the freeware versions also available.
I found that the freeware was a little confusing at times to use, but if you did require a word processor or a way of making a document without the access to a Microsoft Office Word or similarly familiar programme, they make a good alternative.
http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~comp1900/Lectures/comp1900_wk_4_word_processing_Lec.pdf , in these lecture notes, we were doing word processing, which of course meant having a look at the freeware versions also available.
The power of the computer
The computer is very powerful tool to use. Understanding and knowing how to use the software applications that are available on your particular machine can take some muddling through or as I found useful, attending a class on how to use specific applications more fully. Computers have come a long way from just being able to'crunch'data and transfer data. They do still get used for these abilities and many, many more things.
This occupied many weeks of lecture time if one was to think of all the applications to be used and learnt about eg. http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~comp1900/Lectures/comp1900_wk_4_word_processing_Lec.pdf ,
This occupied many weeks of lecture time if one was to think of all the applications to be used and learnt about eg. http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~comp1900/Lectures/comp1900_wk_4_word_processing_Lec.pdf ,
http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~comp1900/Lectures/comp1900_Wk7_spreadsheets_notes.pdf ,
Interface as a mediator
Interface can be described as the mediator, in this particular point of reference, for the use of computers. This website has a good basic description of an interface within a computer reference. http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/I/interface.html . Any interface to be used can be a little inhibiting if there is too much information demanding your attention.
How most of us mediate the use of a computer is through a Graphical User Interface (GUI - goo ee). This is the very first screen seen by the user once the computer has booted up and the operating system (OS) is active. We are most familiar with Microsoft and Apple software as the OS available.
http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~comp1900/Lectures/comp1900_wk_2_technology_Lec.pdf is a link to the lecture notes used when we were discussing the different forms of interfaces including GUI.
I also found, when I had done a basic google search, that there was sites available from Java, Python and other types of information of programming language companies.
How most of us mediate the use of a computer is through a Graphical User Interface (GUI - goo ee). This is the very first screen seen by the user once the computer has booted up and the operating system (OS) is active. We are most familiar with Microsoft and Apple software as the OS available.
http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~comp1900/Lectures/comp1900_wk_2_technology_Lec.pdf is a link to the lecture notes used when we were discussing the different forms of interfaces including GUI.
I also found, when I had done a basic google search, that there was sites available from Java, Python and other types of information of programming language companies.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
study hours
Study hours
yet again, the effectiveness of my study is that i would like to have more time to spend on studying. This would be for my own personal satisfaction and to the satisfaction of lecturers as well.
My study is limited.
I find it unsatisfactory for my own wants.
next on the agenda
updated reflection of week 2-
Well this particular week of time, was taken up through the mid semester break from university.
I had visitors in my household at the time. They, at different times, are not locals to the Brisbane area. Since I am originally from North Queensland, that is where these visitors come from, therefore I was involved in showing them some of the sights in Brisbane, while still doing some study (usually assignment work)and transporting of children to their own associated activities.
Overall week 2 shows more leisure time, but also, naturally, no class time.
Well this particular week of time, was taken up through the mid semester break from university.
I had visitors in my household at the time. They, at different times, are not locals to the Brisbane area. Since I am originally from North Queensland, that is where these visitors come from, therefore I was involved in showing them some of the sights in Brisbane, while still doing some study (usually assignment work)and transporting of children to their own associated activities.
Overall week 2 shows more leisure time, but also, naturally, no class time.
smiling on the outside
updated reflection of week 1 -
This is a very typical example of a week for me whilst I am at university, studying full time, and working part time.
Being a parent though, I feel this does not really reflect the amount of time and commitment to others and their things that is encompassed in the parental role.
My sleep time is included within the leisure catergory. This then does not show how little, or disturbed my sleep pattern is.
Overall being a single parent who is doing full time study, working part time ( to ease the financial situations) I am finding my study hours are suffering in comparison to someone else who does not have these extra responsibilities. This means I am not getting as much study done as I would like to be getting done.
In comparison I think my study hours are reduced, as a single parent.
This is a very typical example of a week for me whilst I am at university, studying full time, and working part time.
Being a parent though, I feel this does not really reflect the amount of time and commitment to others and their things that is encompassed in the parental role.
My sleep time is included within the leisure catergory. This then does not show how little, or disturbed my sleep pattern is.
Overall being a single parent who is doing full time study, working part time ( to ease the financial situations) I am finding my study hours are suffering in comparison to someone else who does not have these extra responsibilities. This means I am not getting as much study done as I would like to be getting done.
In comparison I think my study hours are reduced, as a single parent.
marie week2 cropped
pivot table via google gadget showing my time scheduling for week 2 as per comp1900 assignment2
Thursday, October 23, 2008
The third section of comp1900 Group 2 Assignment, Jonathan
http://COMP1900-2008-Jonathan.blogspot.com
http://COMP1900-2008-Jonathan.blogspot.com
Intersting
It has most definately been very interesting to start, work out and publish stuff to my own blog. Yes I am a first time blogger, besides I have to get this done before I go to work this afternoon :)
Cheers everyone and catch you later.
Cheers everyone and catch you later.
Group2 assignment, section 2
This is the section on the visualisation of spreadsheets done by comp1900 Group 2 Assignment 2, Anothony, Marie and Jonathan.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
The effectiveness of my study during these 2 weeks.. personally i want a whole lot more time to be doing more study towards each of my subjects. Trying to find a balance between all the things I have to be doing and what I am expected to do can get very jam packed.
When I have less work hours I do have more time to put towards study. Often applied that way as well.
When I have less work hours I do have more time to put towards study. Often applied that way as well.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Marie's reflections
Well the 2 weeks worth of activities shown in our assignment, are a fairly full view of my time spent then. It doesn't show how stressed one is feeling by all the different tasks one has to do or the time that is really spent with my family.
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