A Christmas Carol 3D

After being disappointed by the fireworks but still in the christmasy mood, we decided to go and see a Disneys Christmas Carol in 3D - wow!

As well as having a great story line the effects in this movie were amazing, much better than Toystory in 3D. It was so realistic and at some points you even forgot you were looking at a drawn character and not a real person.

The movie made me jump a few times when i thought the images were actually going to hit me in the face.

I definitely think 3D movies are the way forward, as when they are made right, it is an unforgettable experience.

Winter Light night

Last night i went to the christmas light night in the city centre and expected something quite amazing due to all the hype, however i was a little disappointed. When we arrived in the city centre it was all christmasy with the lights and cosy from the warmth coming from the stalls at the continental market and i couldn't wait for the fireworks to go off.

We decided to sit by the fountains at the Caird hall to wait for the fireworks to go off and once they began could only hear them . :( We walked further down towards Boots and saw that the fireworks were coming from behind the building but you could hardly see them.

I don't understand why the fireworks weren't put somewhere more visible, as no matter where you stood within the centre you struggled to see them. Fireworks are quite expensive so i would have thought more preparation would have gone in to organising where the best place to set them off would have been, because in my eyes it was a big waste of money!

Dragons den

Monday morning is the dreaded Dragons den presentations which i'm not looking forward to as i hate talking to big groups of people. Although personality has a lot to do with this i also think its down to lack of practice and experience.

Coming to uni is about the only time apart from (possibly 4)"talks" in English at school that i've been expected to present my work to a group of people, so i find it quite a challenge and a know a challenge is meant to be good for you but when you have deadlines to meet and other things to worry about you don't really need to add another stress to your list.

As much as i hated doing "talks" at school i think i would have appreciated it more now if we'd been expected to do it on a more regular basis, as now it wouldn't feel like such a task. I think it would be a good thing to learn in primary schools as if you get introduced to it a such a young age then it would just be the norm and monday would be a breeze.

Throwing sheep in the boredroom!

While reading through my book for the dreaded attempt at activity 3 i have realised that my research may have gone off on a bit of a tangent, leading me more on to social networking in the business rather than the relationships social networking creates in the business.

I wonder if this matters hmmm...

"you can use it as long as you don't break it"

I recently asked a friend to borrow something of hers and got a reply of "as long as you don't break it" this got me thinking about how annoying this saying is and how inappropriate it is, as

why would i break it?

Unless i was to physically throw it or stamp of it then its pretty much impossible to break a product when following the correct instructions on how to use it. Once somebody has said this to you it puts more pressure on you and you feel more nervous when using their product making you more likely to make a mistake and break it. There is also as much chance of them breaking it themselves as there is for me to break it so why bother saying it.

Flyers

Flyers about nights out appear on my desk, on the tables on the cantina and pretty much all around the university every week. This really irritates me because its such a waste of paper, i'm fed up of looking at them and they genrally end up doodled on, scrunched up or as litter on the floor .

In a university where were constantly made aware of sustainability and told to think about the effects our designs will have on the planet etc you would think students would have come up with a more eco friendly way of advertising such events.

Even a couple of larger posters would probably do the job as less would be needed and they wouldn't end up as litter on the streets like the flyers.

top websites

For activity 3 we were asked to state our top five websites for keeping up to date with the graphic design world, listed below are the websites which i think would be useful for this:

http://www.eyemagazine.com/home.php

a great online magazine showing and reviewing the works of graphic designers.

http://www.cmykmag.com

a website showing off the works of the newest talents allowing creative directors, agents etc to recruit, also keeps you up to date on any events which may be occurring.

http://www.graphicdesignblog.co.uk

Blog regularly updated with the latest news in graphic design includes some interesting and useful blogs.

http://www.designweek.co.uk

a website covering all topics of design, interesting to keep up to date with.

http://ilovetypography.com/

useful website for keeping up to date with typography.

We were also asked to list our top 5 websites for keeping up to date with the world in general, here are my top 5:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/

This website is useful as it shows the latest news and is updated regularly so you'll never miss a thing.

http://twitter.com/

Twitter is great for keeping up to date with the interests of others and if you know the right people then you get to know the right stuff.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/

Lists information from all genres with the ease of just having to listen. There are also areas for you to leave opinions and comments which can be useful as you find out what other peoples thoughts are on similar matters.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/

Useful for keeping up to date on the latest headlines, and basically what is going on in the world around you.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

another website to keep you up to date with the latest news, covers all areas including buisness travel and style which keeps you up to date with whats in and whats out in the design world.