Monday, 28 March 2011
Burning Files to Disc
As the deadline is today for Julians website, the first lesson of the day we have been using Nero StartSmart to burn our website files onto a disc so we can give them to Julian. The first disc I had, had an unreadable format so I needed to buy another one. The second disc worked fine and now contains all of my files for my website.
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Creating a Game in GLBasic
For our latest assignment from alex with have been tasked with making a game in GLBasic, I have decided to make a simple shooter game (click and point) Hope to create and finish making this in the next few weeks.
10 Reasons why Pokémon is Sucessful and Popular
1. Its addictive, Gotta catch em all.
2. New world concept, new things to explore.
3. Its portable, (Nintendo).
4. Some of the Pokémon are cool (for boys).
5. Some of the Pokémon are cute (for girls).
6. Its been around for more than a decade.
7. Each generation that was been born in the last 20 years know what Pokémon is.
8. Its simple.
9. TV Series, ongoing.
10. Merchandise (Trading Cards, etc).
2. New world concept, new things to explore.
3. Its portable, (Nintendo).
4. Some of the Pokémon are cool (for boys).
5. Some of the Pokémon are cute (for girls).
6. Its been around for more than a decade.
7. Each generation that was been born in the last 20 years know what Pokémon is.
8. Its simple.
9. TV Series, ongoing.
10. Merchandise (Trading Cards, etc).
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
Blog Banner!
I have just created an animated banner in flash, its very simple but I think it gives more of an effect than the previous one, I uploaded it to a Flash file hosting website and then copied the javascript into one of your own gadgets gadget, I think it now looks so much better than it did before.
My Blog.
Website Assignment - Week Six
As the deadline for Julian is next monday, we have been learning how to finish off and publish our websites. We learnt how to do so in Adobe Dreamweaver and the publish settings in Flash. We were also taught to make a image scroller using an Adobe extension called simple viewer, a helpful tool in which images are made into a viewer which called be used in Flash for our websites. Have added a certain amount of XML text to my website and I like to think it is quite good, functions perfectly has external sources and I've learnt so much about Flash and other Adobe programs from this assignment.
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Market Trends
Market Trends
Market research helps to gather information that can provide insights into consumer buying habits, needs, choices, opinions, and interests. It helps the organization to implement the most suitable marketing mix for the success. This gives the company the idea of what they should do with there product to make it more appealing to the general public. Currently the Pokémon is one of he most popular franchises in the world.
Quantitative and Qualitative Research
Qualitative Research - is used to explore and understand people's beliefs, experiences, attitudes, behaviour and interactions. It generates non- numerical data, e.g. a patient's description of their pain rather than a measure of pain. In health care, qualitative techniques have been commonly used in research documenting the experience of chronic illness and in studies about the functioning of organisations; techniques such as focus groups and in depth interviews have been used in one-off projects commissioned by guideline development groups to find out more about the views and experiences of patients and carers.
Quantitative Research - generates numerical data or data that can be converted into numbers, for example clinical trials or the National Census, which counts people and households.
Primary Research
Primary Research - This kind of research involves the collection of new information by conducting market surveys, telephonic interviews, questionnaires and focus group interviews. This information is gathered by directly contacting the customers. This research is customised according to the research requirements of the company. Firms can gain insights about the target markets by means of focus groups, surveys, interviews or observation. Primary research is generally based on sampling techniques and requires statistical methodologies. The sample size could be as small as 1 percent of the market and thus the information and results gathered are highly accurate.
Secondary Research
Secondary Research - Secondary research involves processing data that has already been collected by previous researchers. It refers to consultation of previous studies and findings such as reports, press articles and previous market research projects in order to come to a conclusion. This type of research is based on information gathered from studies previously performed by government agencies, trade associations, and other organizations. This type of research is less expensive as opposed to the primary research as it does not require new research methods. However, its main disadvantage is that the information gathered may be old and obsolete and therefore results of analysis may be inaccurate. Further, it is not necessary that the earlier studies were conducted with the same objectives as required in the current situation.
The creator of Pokémon was born in Japan, in his Pokémon games he used things that used to do as a child like bug collecting, a popular pastime which Pokémon executive director Satoshi Tajiri-Oniwa enjoyed as a child. The Pokémon product is appealing to many children, this is because they are simple things which children find amusing, the content is easy to understandable and is easy for the child’s mind to grasp, the level of sophistication of the product is very low, simple terms, colours and symbols are used to keep their attention. The Pokémon franchise targets the child audience and relies most on that audience. The Pokémon game touched children’s hearts. Its part of player’s curiosity and what they are interested in. It delivers a new world for them to explore.
The audiences that the Pokémon franchise targeted love most of the products the company produces, just recently Pokémon Black and White were released recently they were and still are really popular, every generation that has had Pokémon think its timeless and they will always buy the newest Pokémon game because they love the adventure it brings. There are a few different Pokémon audiences which of each respond differently, there are hardcore Pokémon lovers that love the franchise and they consider it to be there all-time favourite source of entertainment, then there are people that like Pokémon products but they don’t go crazy like the other hardcore fans and children, children love Pokémon for them it is like they are exploring a new world and they can do anything they want, meeting new people, making new things and catching new Pokémon.The Franchise has the power to influence children and adults, not just children this is because the game has different aspects for everyone, the Pokémon, the world, the things to do everything is possible in Pokémon and every generation recognizes this.
Qualitative Research - is used to explore and understand people's beliefs, experiences, attitudes, behaviour and interactions. It generates non- numerical data, e.g. a patient's description of their pain rather than a measure of pain. In health care, qualitative techniques have been commonly used in research documenting the experience of chronic illness and in studies about the functioning of organisations; techniques such as focus groups and in depth interviews have been used in one-off projects commissioned by guideline development groups to find out more about the views and experiences of patients and carers.
Quantitative Research - generates numerical data or data that can be converted into numbers, for example clinical trials or the National Census, which counts people and households.
Primary Research
Primary Research - This kind of research involves the collection of new information by conducting market surveys, telephonic interviews, questionnaires and focus group interviews. This information is gathered by directly contacting the customers. This research is customised according to the research requirements of the company. Firms can gain insights about the target markets by means of focus groups, surveys, interviews or observation. Primary research is generally based on sampling techniques and requires statistical methodologies. The sample size could be as small as 1 percent of the market and thus the information and results gathered are highly accurate.
Secondary Research
Secondary Research - Secondary research involves processing data that has already been collected by previous researchers. It refers to consultation of previous studies and findings such as reports, press articles and previous market research projects in order to come to a conclusion. This type of research is based on information gathered from studies previously performed by government agencies, trade associations, and other organizations. This type of research is less expensive as opposed to the primary research as it does not require new research methods. However, its main disadvantage is that the information gathered may be old and obsolete and therefore results of analysis may be inaccurate. Further, it is not necessary that the earlier studies were conducted with the same objectives as required in the current situation.
The creator of Pokémon was born in Japan, in his Pokémon games he used things that used to do as a child like bug collecting, a popular pastime which Pokémon executive director Satoshi Tajiri-Oniwa enjoyed as a child. The Pokémon product is appealing to many children, this is because they are simple things which children find amusing, the content is easy to understandable and is easy for the child’s mind to grasp, the level of sophistication of the product is very low, simple terms, colours and symbols are used to keep their attention. The Pokémon franchise targets the child audience and relies most on that audience. The Pokémon game touched children’s hearts. Its part of player’s curiosity and what they are interested in. It delivers a new world for them to explore.
The audiences that the Pokémon franchise targeted love most of the products the company produces, just recently Pokémon Black and White were released recently they were and still are really popular, every generation that has had Pokémon think its timeless and they will always buy the newest Pokémon game because they love the adventure it brings. There are a few different Pokémon audiences which of each respond differently, there are hardcore Pokémon lovers that love the franchise and they consider it to be there all-time favourite source of entertainment, then there are people that like Pokémon products but they don’t go crazy like the other hardcore fans and children, children love Pokémon for them it is like they are exploring a new world and they can do anything they want, meeting new people, making new things and catching new Pokémon.The Franchise has the power to influence children and adults, not just children this is because the game has different aspects for everyone, the Pokémon, the world, the things to do everything is possible in Pokémon and every generation recognizes this.
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Website Assignment - Week Five
For the fith week of our assignments, I have added some XML text and it is working, I have re-made the title and buttons, added more effects to the car on the main screen and have nearly completed it, just need to add more code and information to some of the pages about the film.
Julians Deadline Approaches
As the website assignment approaches, he has allowed us to have another week and finish our websites, deadline is now 28/03/10.
Friday, 11 March 2011
XML Generated Text
XML Generated Text is text you create in a html format that is imported onto web pages and can be changed via the program you used to create the html format, the text can be created in notepad.
Self Assessed Assignment
For Ross's new project which he is going to set monday, he has given us the freedom to choose what we do for this next assignment, I am going to do something about Call of Duty, although I am unsure of what to do yet I am a great fan of the games and would have a lot of inspiration to do something with a Call of Duty theme.
Wednesday, 9 March 2011
GLBasic
Today we had 4 and a half hours work set in Alexs lessons programming on the program GLBasic, we learnt how to set a background image and how to make another image on top of that move, adding more code we could add sound, control the image and zoom in and out of the image, and it would move round on its own anyway.
Tuesday, 8 March 2011
Website Assignment - Week Four
For week four of my website project for Julian, I am currently just adding information onto the pages, trying to come up with new ideas for the homepage which is incomplete but the website functions perfectly and the game is almost complete, I have started to add XML generated text and will have completed it shortly.
Deadline for Rosses Project
Today we reached the deadline for Rosses project, we handed in our work on time but it wasnt to the best of our ability. all of the brief was completed and is definately worthy of a Pass grade.
Half Term
During half term I did some work on my website for Julian, I also added some information to the project we had to do for Ross and it is now nearly complete, I just need to recieve work from my college acquantances. College work is going well nearly have completed all the assignments and none have been past a deadline.
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
Blog Assignment
We have been tasked with use Diigo, A website that allows us to highlight any text from any website and add sticky notes to it. We have
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