Tuesday 12 November

John started the day off with Matts TED Tuesday video, he was sadly unable to be here to read the questions out himself. The video was slightly weird, bit like Matt, but never the less i got on with it. The video was about 10 things people thought they knew but actually didn't, it involved the presenter giving some handy hints and tips about simple shortcuts on a computer keyboard that people should know about and some tips about iPhones.

After that John sent us three links to different articles on the BBC website. The first one was about a young lad called Jamal Edwards who become a millionaire just by posting music video of Rappers and Pop starts on YouTube, he has been doing this since he was 15 years old and is now 23 and worth £8 million. That's not too bad at all. 

The second article was about a team from the University of Cambridge found that codes entered on a number-only soft keypad on a smartphone could be identified by using a programme called PIN Skimmer. The software watches your face via the camera and listens to clicks through the microphone as you type. This shows that there are threats in/on your phone where you wouldn't expect them to be.

The Third Article was about Microwave signals that are turned into electrical power. According to this article in the future you will be able to use satellite, sound or wi-fi signals to charge a phone and just be used as general power.

For most of the day is was starting the second assignment in Web Animation, I am currently on the designing phase. I have managed to create two designs today and I am expanding on my web banner from the previous unit. I have also been updating work from the last unit to make sure I am done, i also sent in A3 T2 from Digital Graphics unit.