Small ideas July 30, 2007

I’ve been thinking, the one thing I do most when I’m on the computer is MSN. Wouldn’t it be great to be able to instant msg on the iPhone? Is that already invented? o___o;?! However one problem is that maybe it’s abit too similar to the sms system, except for the fact that its real-time. Also, you might as well call the friend? But then instant messaging with multiple people at the same time, or altogether in one conversation is an advantage… hmm I’ll need more thought about this one.

Second one is, well recently I’ve got attached to a online multiplayer tetris game where you bomb each other. I’ve been thinking that this application could be designed for the iPhone. I need more thought to improve on this idea.

Web 2.0 and the Apple iPhone July 29, 2007

Okay so Web 2.0 is a phrase that refers to a second generation of online communities such as social networking websites, instant messaging and wikis. The contents of websites have changed and enhanced such that they serve web applications to end users, also allowing more interaction between the end users. There are many examples of social networking websites, such as youtube, facebook and myspace (btw those links are to the profiles of my accounts on each website).

The video was found from a CBS youtube channel. So the iPhone has the iPod, internet and phone. Its a device that doesn’t have any buttons but ’simply uses a touch screen’. Looking at the video, I think the interesting things, about the iPhone, that struck me was how you can scroll and zoom in with your fingers (by moving two fingers apart) and also that the sensors can detect if you turn the iPhone horizontally. These features sound efficient and user-friendly to me.

Hello DECO1200! July 28, 2007

Ohhh no, blogging. Whenever I try to keep any diary or blog of some sort, it always ends up dying because I forget to keep updating it. But for DECO1200, I must try to get used to blogging regularly =D Anyways here is a small summary for our lectures in week one.

With Rob
- Introduction to Interaction Design: Why bother with it? What is it? What is the process of interaction design? What is the usability & user experience?
- “Interaction design is concerned with the design of interactive products that are easy, effective and enjoyable to use.”
- Introduction to Studio Project: Information on our assignment and the iPhone.

With Justin
- Web 2.0
- Recommended websites such as wordpress and tiddlywiki
- Information on our assignment

So basically DECO1200 has one project, which is the design of a Web 2.0 application for the Apple iPhone.

Apparently you’ll get better marks for having a unique design that has never been created before…. hmm. I think I’ll be designing an application for either social networking or entertainment.