If I told you I have had the privilege of interviewing people like Christyl Johnson, Deputy Director for Technology and Research Investments at NASA and I’m graduating my degree with two years working experience, it sounds impressive. But, you don’t get to see to triumphs, failures, burnouts and determination that got me there.
Memories fade, but pictures last forever.
What it means to be 'in the moment' has now expanded to include a small fragment of time wherein a documentation of that moment is captured.Â
Screen Streets
Today, we live in a world dominated by screens. They're in our homes, schools, offices, shopping centres, petrol stations, bars, airports - you name it. Ambient screens have allowed potentially anywhere to become a medium through which content can be displayed. But, where are they? What do we see on them? And, are people actually paying …
Pushed to Distraction
Concentrating at university is hard enough, let alone when faced with a constant array of push notifications from our mobile devices.
Revelations
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but having new eyes" - Marcel Proust I have found the process of researching the relation between Push Notifications and Students very interesting. Initially, I set out determined to prove that push notifications are a major distraction, and I thought, surely, my research must …
When Push Comes to Shove
For about a week, I have been struggling with thinking of an idea for my BCM212 research task. And then suddenly I found myself confronted with an issue that - although right in front of me - I had never even considered. Push notifications! You know those (annoying) notifications - from Facebook, and Twitter, and …