Saturday, January 26, 2008

Artifact #2 defined and ready

I now have two versions of an online mock Oxfam advert. They have differing levels and types of interaction and as part of my second artifact I want to have some user opinions.

I haven't created the questionnaire yet using auto form, but the questions have been made. I want to test the process on a guinea pig first before committing to a questionnaire and emailing the URL to Multimedia students and Facebook users.

This is what it looks like at the moment (no link to questionnaire):

http://www.adamart.co.uk/client-projects/welcome.htm

I am also thinking about future artifacts
and ways of evaluating which I hope to discuss in the near future.


Career research

After my discussion with Jools and Simon about my portfolio and defining career direction I looked into some ads.
I found this one on bannerblog.com :

http://www.bannerblog.com.au/jobs/2008/01/rmg_connect_seeks_flash_designer.php

This is interesting for me as it is requiring Flash animation skills and video editing - two of the things that I am most adept at. (It is in Australia though so i won't be applying).

This also sounds interesting for a long term future type job:

http://www.bannerblog.com.au/jobs/2008/01/spin_seeks_senior_interactive_producer.php

I am thinking of splitting the main page of my online portfolio into two sections though - video and Flash, as most branding & advertising companies seem to look for 1 or the other and not both Flash and video.

I saw a report on TV that said there is a direct correlation between the low happiness level of a nation and the high level of advertising it is exposed to. (UK having the highest level of adverts exposed to each person and lowest level of happiness). Do I want to be a part of that, is a good question.
So I am also looking into joining a convent and devoting my life to God as I bet it's such an easy simple life and two elderly ladies who knocked on my door said it would be good for me.