Before starting out
and making a group I needed to brainstorm what topics I found interesting and
where I could see myself and others working together. So Shaun gave the class
30mins to quickly brainstorm what ideas and thoughts we had on the topics for
the 2nd mission and here is my brainstorm…
Memes:
Looks like a fun topic
to focus on and most likely the one I know the most about, but also mostly to
be done by almost everyone else as it seems too easy.
Wikipedia:
Looks interesting,
would like to look at the background work of Wikipedia, the group editing
session sounds fun and interesting to setup with other students in the course.
Augmented Reality:
I’ve never worked with
augmented reality before could be a fun new experience, looks to have enough
depth to it and has plenty of practical work which I love.
Blogging:
No real interest here
(can’t see it working well in a group) and my dyslexic grammar would make this
project hell to present.
Activism and Agency:
Looks interesting but
has little work involved/ no real practical work involved.
Personal Data
Tracking:
Could be fun if done
right, would be interesting to learn about the topic but I would suspect lack
of interest from other students.
Internet of Things:
Doesn’t have enough to
work with in my opinion and is way to broad of a subject matter.
Youtubing:
Could be fun... if
done right with the right people but also looks challenging to pull off and
with the fact that everyone could be doing it, it most likely will get boring.
Digital Privacy:
Not much depth, little
bit of interest, not much practical work.
Working for the Web:
No interest here,
seems a little boring.
Selfies:
No No No
As I finished my brainstorm
I came to the conclusion that the 3 topics that I found the most interesting
and ones I could put in enough work were Augmented Reality, Memes and Wikipedia
but as I soon would realise not many people were feeling the same way I was. I
was pretty obvious from the start what most people would pick as I even guessed
it in my brainstorm, a lot of people went for youtubing and the same happened
for memes, because they were the easiest ones. I though wanted a challenge and
in no way was I doing those topics so I was left with 2 other students who didn’t
pick a topic yet and so I decided if I really put a lot of effort in I could easily
make a bomb ass presentation and completely 100% this mission.
And so I had my heart
set on Augmented reality, something I never did before, something I found
interesting and excited to learn about, the rich history of Augmented reality
and Virtual reality, games which use AR and even trying to program or create
something using Augmented reality on my computer at home.
Things looked bright
for this mission and I was eager to get a start on my work to come.
