Category Archives: PG02 – Negotiated

Had a little think and a talk with Michelle Melkman about how the BBC build websites. From my research this really helped narrow down the technologies needed. 1) PHP for the main build 2) MySQL for the database 3) Meta … Continue reading →

Tutorials http://www.republicofcode.com/tutorials/flash/as3youtube/ Flash Actionscript 3 – I have been playing aorund with a bit of flash to get an idea of what to do with the software. I want to create a part of my brief with flash to demonstrate … Continue reading →

My planning was perfect or so I thought, I just failed to take into account the PG01 unit. And boy, thats been a nightmare. Bad planning on that part, so now the plan is to go for JIT – JUST … Continue reading →

BBC GEL – What visuals will I be needing? My research lead me to the BBC GEL, here is there philosophy: Design Philosophy The design philosophy underpins everything we do as a user experience and design team. It informs the … Continue reading →

BBC JAWS (SCREEN READER) – DR WHO CASE STUDY I recently came across the BBC Jaws screen reader that can although those with visibility issues to access the BBC site. This is an important part of my project to give … Continue reading →

Looking at other BBC sources that communicate data efficiently. The BBC News page is a fantastic way to see how a person could use the archive I’m designing could work. Notice that the navigation controls are on top, this is … Continue reading →

The first wireframes, the first draft of the most important pages:   Just defining things and how they can be used. Cookies: Internet cookies are small pieces of information in text format that are downloaded to your computer when you … Continue reading →

Mostly a PG01 day A PG01 day, food for thought. Everyone was asked to bring a dish from their own country at a lunch break today. It was a delightful and successful experience. Today I was mostly focusing on how to write … Continue reading →

Defining Idea and using Iplayer as a starting point for design After a not to productive weekend. Today is all about making up for lost time! Even the sentence structure has jumped straight in, there is no time to waste! … Continue reading →

Nico video logo ^^^^http://userlogos.org/node/7968 nicovideo.jp is a website similar to youtube that hosts a whole heap of videos. This site to me is very influential into a possible way of making videos more interactive and bring a new dimension to how we consume media. … Continue reading →