Experiments...
Being a PHP developer my main focus on projects is moving data around and presenting it so that it can be manipulated by designers. Saying that I also enjoy the front-end work and have deep knowledge of HTML, CSS and jQuery as well as more left-field technologies that I have come across over the years. I like playing around with new things and this page allows me to share them with people who might be interested. They are not all complicated implementations and don't always make it beyond this point.
Infused News
Infused news was created as part of an Internet Computing degree at the University of Hull, Scarborough Campus named “An investigation into the need for user-submitted, multimedia content when delivering news”. The aim was to integrate user-submitted, multimedia elements into existing news stories and evaluate whether or not this augmented version of the news not only makes the story more compelling, action provoking and understandable for the user, but to investigate whether the use of multiple sources gives the news story a more balanced, honest and up-to-date view of the news story.
The mix of media (Imagery, Sound and Video) often enhanced the story being presented. The keywords used often return media isn’t relevant due to keywords not being given enough context, or media being tagged incorrectly. If more time or the funding was made available I would look further into utilising Ambient Interface technology so that the application could deliver the information in an engaging way.
The application has been submitted to the BBC and accepted as a prototype on BBC backstage.
A big thank you to Programmable Web for making Infused News Mash-up of the Day!
Technologies and Resources
Unfortunately the RSS feed by Duncan Barnes is no longer supported but in the interest of posterity Infused News has been re-written with a ststic news article.
RSS Feed created by Duncan Barnes
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