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Sometimes I ask myself why I chose this field of study. It actually was not my first choice. I originally wanted to be a computer science major, but my heart was not in it so I remembered that a friend of mine was a IMM major and I thought, "Hey, that sounds fun. Maybe I'll try that." After my first class I was hooked. I can still remember doing my first project for IMM 120: Introduction to Interactive Computing. I became so engrossed in it, that I no longer cared about the grade. Even after it was basically done I kept adding little features like start and reset buttons. The same was true with my final project. I couldn't remember a time when I had so much fun doing work for a class. Sure it was a little challenging, but each challenge was something I had to conquer in order to get the project to run the way I wanted it to.
The next class I took was IMM 110: Introduction to Digital Media. Most of the class was using Photoshop which is something that I always wanted to learn how to use, but for one reason or another didn't have the time (or the program). This class sealed the deal for me as an IMM major. Not only did I get to use the program that I always wanted to learn, but I also had fun doing it. Sure the work was tedious at times, but in the end I was proud of the work that I did.
In the end I'm happy that I made the switch from Computer Science to IMM, I'm sure that the road ahead of me will be a tough one, but I know I'll enjoy the challenge and will have a career that I enjoy.
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Today's post is about our class's most recent Skype Chat with Randall Rothenberg. Mr. Rothenberg was originally writing for various print magazines before he became an editor at the New York Times. I was very interested in the story of his life and how he went from college to where he is today. He also worked for the IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) to define how large advertisements in the form of banners and sidebars would be on websites.
He also told us that someday we will be leading a section of a company or even running a large or small company and that we need to have a sense of humanity. For example, he told us that you need to understand why someone may be a hard worker one year and how to understand why there work may not be as good the next year. I agree with him in this aspect. By being more a more "human" boss, you can better interact and understand your employees.
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Today's post is about our Skype chat with Anaezi Modu whose company specializes in helping other companies rebrand themselves. The way they accomplish this is by going to companies and telling them how to rebrand themselves and redefine their image. In my opinion this is a brilliant decision from a business standpoint. Companies have to spend time and money working to rebrand themselves. By offering to do this for them, you make the company want to hire you so they don't have to do the work themselves.
She also spoke about how we shouldn't be confined to our major. For example if you are a biology major, that does not mean that you should only know about biology and nothing else. If you know biology along with some web design and maybe some physics, you look more favorable to a company that is trying to hire you because you have a larger array of skills to work from. This part of the Skype chat influenced me the most because it told me that it was ok and even beneficial to work outside the box to get skills that are outside your basic skill set.
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Today I will be discussing what I thought of my IMM class's Skype chat with Lena West. I originally thought that people were hired for jobs based on how qualified they were for the position they were applying for. Nowadays this is the case, but there are other factors involved as well. She helped me realize how harmful social media sites such as MySpace, Facebook and even blogs can be when applying for a job. For example, lets say I post a picture on Facebook of myself acting a little crazy during a frat party. If a the company that I was trying to apply for a job at were to see this picture, there is a chance that I would not be hired because of my behavior outside of the workplace.
It was interesting hearing about how her company began and how she got where she is today. The company started out as a web design company but now her company goes to other businesses and helps them use social networking sites in their company. I had no idea how much more cost efficient it is for a company to hire someone to come and teach employees about something than to train them in house. Overall this was a very interesting Skype Chat.
Hello and welcome to my IMM (Interactive Multimedia) Blog. I've never done any form of blogging before but it's fun to try new things. This blog will consist of my responses to various class activities as well as things that interest me from the world of digital media.
So I will begin my first blog post with my response to the Skype Chat our class had with Liz Henry.
I found it our Skype Chat with Liz Henry very interesting. I enjoyed hearing from someone in the field who is utilizing or has utilized all the tools we are learning in class to make them successful. I was interested with how open standards and open source programming was first created on the Internet. It seems that without open source programming, the Internet would be vastly different that how it is today. With open source programming people have been able to work with others around the world to develop a new program. This allows many different people from all over the world to implement several different ideas and ways of thinking in the development of a program. That's pretty amazing if you ask me.
