Worldwide Communication

A clean, easy to navigate website is far more appealing than one that is cluttered and full of images. Most website owners would like the viewer to return to their site, so think about what might accomplish this.
• Quick to load
• Pertinent information
• New information they will want or need that is added or updated regularly such as a blog
• Easy to navigate to find the information easily

Things you will want on each page:
• Home button
• Contact Us button
• Search box to be able to find the information they are looking for quickly
• Your logo and possibly phone number

Here are some sample sites with the main character of simplicity.

Alaska Library Association

Final Project-Wordpress being used as a CMS

2009-12-30T14:17:00.001-08:00

Blog space is ubiquitous.Every netizen should have a blog as you are living in your house in the real life. So how about Designing a Blog for the final project?There is a new way for using blog.Let's see what it brings.
As many of you probably know as well as being used as a blog Wordpress can also be used as a CMS or if you didn’t know here are a few examples of sites that use it. (Found via www.codex.wordpress.org). Click on any example to go to the sites.

Make a Good Project?

2009-12-11T01:49:00.000-08:00

We have viewed some Class A projects during the lecture which makes me think about what's a good project.
“A project is something you want to share” is a sufficient definition for learners of all ages.

Need
Why are you developing this project?
Why do people need help on the topic at this time?
How is the topic of increasing rather than passing or declining importance?

Purpose
What is the work designed to accomplish?
How does it meet the need you have identified?

Contribution
What new information is offered?
In what ways would the work add to current knowledge and practice?
Intended Audiences

Uses
What would the work help the audiences to do, understand, improve, carry out, and so on?
Distinguish between the uses for the practitioner, academic, and general audiences -- or whatever distinction is most meaningful.

Knowledge Base
What is the research or experience base for the information in the project?

Proposal template

2009-12-11T01:46:00.000-08:00

[TITLE]
student's name
MSc Applied Digital Media

Dept. of Computer Science

Griffith College Dublin

time

ABSTRACT

Para 1

Para 2

DISCLAIMER

I hereby certify that is material, which I now submit for _____________________________________________________________________

is entirely my own work and has not been submitted for assessment for an academic purpose at this or any other academic institution other than in partial fulfilment of the requirements of that stated about.

Signed:________ Dated:___________________

CONTENTS

Chapter 1: Introduction Page

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 —————- —

Chapter 2: Objectives

2.1 ——– —-

2.2 ——– —-

Chapter 3 : Requirements

3.1 ——- —-

3.2 ——- —-

Chapter 4: Schedule —-

Chapter 5: Cost and Budget —-

Chapter 6: Verification/Evaluation —-

Chapter 7: Follow up works —-

Conclusion —-

Reference —-

Chapter 1

1.1

1.2

Chapter 2

2.1

2.2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5
...

Conclusion

Reference

Irish town to be an experiment in Near Field Communication

2009-11-14T12:19:00.000-08:00

Irish town to be an experiment in Near Field Communication
13.11.2009
The fastest town in Ireland – Tuam! – is to be the first entire town in Europe to see the deployment of Near Field Communication, a technology that is set to transform the world of retail and mobile commerce.

Next week will see the citizens of the Galway town become leaders in next-generation consumer loyalty technology as the vast majority of Tuam retailers join together to implement Zapa Technology’s electronic loyalty card scheme.

Customers in Tuam will simply tap their phone at a terminal beside the cash register to avail of discounts, special offers and other loyalty schemes, ensuring that everyone in the town receives all the loyalty bonuses and rewards to which they are entitled from the town’s retailers.

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2009-05-11T07:47:00.000-07:00

if you still feel fuzzy about these 3 items ,check the pics here below would help you understand well.

The new way to communicate

2009-04-30T02:58:00.001-07:00

Girls love technology

A compelling example of why electronic numbering (ENUM) and the growing raft of internet phonebook services could define our future use of mobile.

Sit Down - We Need to Tweet

2009-04-28T13:16:00.000-07:00

I'd love to tell you this exaggeration of how 2 people communicate. But if anything, it understates the case.

And yet we make it work.

Interior Design

2009-04-25T05:40:00.001-07:00

Under the fast-paced life,people 's demanding of novelty and difference have become increasingly strong.The rapid development of the design is brought to show at this time. Home display mode and display space for goods has become the subject of the present.Let's take a look at the following home design in Korea.

Rule of Thirds

2009-04-13T04:25:00.000-07:00

I'm indulging in shooting pictures of scenery in Ireland.And I found a good guide for doing a nice photograph-

Imagine that your image is divided into nine equal segments by two vertical and two horizontal lines. Try to position the most important elements in your scene along these lines, or at the points where they intersect. Doing so will add balance and interest to your photo.

Some cameras even offer an option to superimpose a rule of thirds grid over the LCD screen, making it even easier to use.

E.H-On Saturday, March 28, 2009, at 8:30 pm local time

2009-03-28T02:06:00.000-07:00

On Saturday, March 28, 2009, at 8:30 pm local time, people all around the world will be turning off their lights for one hour — Earth Hour — to show their support for finding solutions to climate change. Earth Hour is a global movement led by World Wildlife Fund to demonstrate concern for our living planet.

Last year during Earth Hour 2008, more than 50 million people participated and the lights went out in the Empire State Building, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Coliseum in Rome and the Sydney Opera House. Even Google went dark. Check out this video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjWD8pbK5t8.

This year, Earth Hour will be even bigger—already 250 cities in 74 countries have agreed to take part including Atlanta, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami and Nashville with more signing up every day. Around the world cities like Istanbul, Moscow, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Shanghai and Mexico City will turn out their lights.

But Earth Hour isn’t just for big cities—anyone can participate. This year, students on campuses across the country are joining this important effort . Earth Hour is an easy way to stand up for the environment.

Participating in Earth Hour is EASY, FUN and FREE. I hope you will join me for this very cool event. To sign up, visit www.EarthHour.org. 。please pass this note along to anyone you think might want to take part. Let’s all turn out and take action on March 28 at 8:30 pm.

TEDtalks

2009-03-25T13:19:00.000-07:00

Why we do what we do, and how we can do it better

Paint it white

2009-03-14T00:58:00.000-07:00

Global warming may seem like an overwhelmingly complex problem to tackle. But one scientist thinks the answer is brilliantly simple: a lot of white paint.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Akbari is a scientist who has come up with a new way to fight global warming. It could be the easiest solution you've never heard of.
His big idea is based on principles as old as the whitewashed villages that scatter the hills of southern Europe and North Africa. Turn enough of the world's black urban landscape white, he says, and it would reflect enough sunlight to delay global warming, and grant us some precious breathing space in the global struggle to control carbon emissions.

Akbari is poised to launch a campaign to paint the world white. He wants dozens of the world's largest cities to unite in an effort to replace the dark-coloured materials used to cover roads and roofs with something a little more reflective.

It sounds simple, but the effect could be dramatic. Study after study has shown that buildings with white roofs stay cooler during the summer. The change reduces the way heat accumulates in built-up areas -- known as the urban heat island effect -- and allows people who live and work inside to switch off power-hungry air-conditioning units.

Together, roads and roofs are reckoned to cover more than half the available surfaces in urban areas, which have spread over some 2.4% of the earth's land area. A mass movement to change their colour, Akbari calculates, would increase the amount of sunlight bounced off our planet by 0.03%. And, he says, that would cool the earth enough to cancel out the warming caused by 44 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution.

If you think that sounds like a lot, then you're right. It would wipe out the expected rise in global emissions over the next decade. It won't solve the problem of climate change, Akbari says, but could be a simple and effective weapon to delay its impact -- just so long as people start doing it in earnest. "Roofs are going to have to be changed one by one, and to make that effort at a very local level, we need to have an organisation in place to make it happen," he says. Groups in several cities in the United States, including Houston, Chicago and Salt Lake City, are on board with his plan, and he is talking to others.

Akbari says his plan is more workable than other geo-engineering ideas. The science is simple. Sunlight reflected from a surface does not contribute to the greenhouse effect, which drives global warming. That problem comes when dark surfaces soak up sunlight and send it back up as thermal energy, at just the right wavelength to rebound off CO2 in the sky.

Chinese Cuisine

2009-03-05T09:56:00.000-08:00

Time flies.I've been in Dublin, my homestay for nearly 1 month.This is my first time to be in another country,far away from home.No homesick,cuz I adapted quickly to this brand new life in reland.I love the air,food,people here.The climate is tender,beautiful landscapes,bars and cafes are everywhere,the desserts are deadly yummy,and people are nice here,they always give you hand when you need help. As I 'm going to move into my new apartment this Friday,I did chinese cuisine for my homestay family last sunday,which was really a memorable night.

The ingredients were potatoes,pork-rib,cranberries,brown sugar,soybean source etc. which were bought from a chinese supermarket located in the city center.I do not know how to translate this meal into english,let's call it "potato stir fry with pork-rib" ("tu dou shao pai gu "is the chinese name),companied by the treasure porridge which was made by rice and cranberries.They are common meal in china.And my homestay family love this meal honestly, said that's really fantastic,and thanked me for preparing dinner.And I should really thank them as well,for living with this large warm family,always noisy (cuz they have 4 kids)but intresting.

Ash Wednesday

2009-02-25T01:54:00.000-08:00

Yesterday is Shrove Tuesday ,which is celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday and is therefore the final day before the commencement of Lent, a Christian festival leading up to Easter Day.

Shrove Tuesday is also known as Pancake Day (or Pancake Tuesday to some people) because it is the one day of the year when almost everyone eats a pancake.

I had the pancake in my homestay,that's a large, special thin pancake made by LIZ,the child told me to spread some jam on it,then rolled it.That's really a delicious pancake.

The pancake is also cooked in china.But it's usually for breakfast,and made it with some other ingrendients,most of the recipe have the shallot in the pancake,which tastes fantastic!The most famous one called:"Cong You Bing"^ ^

A good beginning

2009-02-25T00:14:00.000-08:00

This is my first english version blog!Welcome everyone,just share something around us!