Julius Mattsson » Information society

Module evaluation

Julius — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:55:00 +0000

Today we had the transition day between Information society and the next module, Experience technology. Basically we sat for a few hours and discussed what worked well and what could be improved; first in a smaller group and then with the whole class. Being Hyper, I’m used to it. Then we took some photos for the website and cleaned out our cells.

Motion showcase

Julius — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:09:00 +0000

Right now we’re looking at everyone’s individual motion projects in “Ångan”. It’s awesome to see what everyone else has done and the difference in individual styles.

Motion, motion, motion

Julius — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:41:00 +0000

Our group project in motion is going well, much thanks to Linus and Kalle. I feel a bit inadequate with After Effects, I must admit. I’ll have to try and spend some time with it this weekend or something to catch up, because it looks like it could be a lot of fun. I just haven’t gotten a grip around it at all, that’s it.

Motion week

Julius — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 07:34:00 +0000

Motion week started yesterday. With a bang. We have a group assignment that is due tomorrow morning which is a group effort. I think it will turn out pretty good. We also have to write up the written report and hand in.

So far, I like it. Hyper, that is. It’s pretty fast-paced but if you compare it to the 8-5 job I had before, it’s more dynamic. It changes. One thing, though, that me and my class mates aren’t that happy about is the hefty invoice we got from the school. 4600 Swedish crowns for UGL, Team building (one night at a ranch sort of) and another fee (”kompendieavgift”) that I can’t understand what it means.

Friday, oh Friday

Julius — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:04:00 +0000

I’m typing this on my new, beautiful, shining, crisp, happy MacBook! I love it. My god I love it. The only problem I had with it was that the iSight camera refused to work, but after a fifteen minute call to Apple the problem was solved.

The presentations yesterday went… fabulous. Absolutely great. I got a lot of great feedback which was really nice since I had practiced several hours. I wasn’t that nervous when we were presenting, it was more butterflies before we actually went up. And when it was my time to shine everything just went so smoothly. Good stuff!

We did get some negative feedback as well; only the slight problem of our presentation not really having much to do with our main focus which was Transports & Communication. Ooops. We kinda saw that one coming, though.

So now me and Linus have to rewrite some stuff and add more focus towards our industry and then hand in the written report this Wednesday.

Getting the pieces together

Julius — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:22:00 +0000

I think it’s looking quite good actually. I’m more or less done with my part of the writing, so today we’re going to merge all of our findings into one kick ass presentation. The presentation is done in Apple’s Keynote and we’re going to do some practice run in the “Steam central” to make sure everything runs smooth tomorrow.

New week, deadline approaching

Julius — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:19:00 +0000

That would be a cool title for a movie. Or not. Anyway, it’s Monday again and today we’ve had a lecture by Magnus Forsbrand regarding the mobile industry. We have also been working with the group process follow-up document which is due tomorrow. Also tried making some calls but no answer.

Calling the US of A

Julius — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:55:00 +0000

Tried calling around last night at Linus’ place but to no avail. I got transferred around in automatic telephone navigation systems until I had no choice but to hang up, got shot down with the answer “I’m sorry, we don’t do that here” or got stuck in a answering machine loop that got me no where. Thank god for e-mail.

Process follow-up

Julius — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:54:00 +0000

Now we’re back from our process follow-up and it seems like it gave us a little push in the right direction. We have to organize our group and get on the same page.

RFID?

Julius — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:21:00 +0000

After doing some more research at Linus’ place yesterday we found something that might be a nice trend to do something with, namely RFID. Today were going to have a Process follow-up after lunch. We’ll see what happens and if we’re on track.