Coming to terms the known unknowns and unknown unknowns. Never a happy time.
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WEEK 2 - Platforms and Tools
Getting an overview of Platforms and Tools and which ones I might want to look further into.
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Banana Panic
I admit to a problem with Bananas. It’s a love hate thing. I like eating them, but for some reason I can’t eat a whole one. Add to that, that I hate waste and love a bargain and you have a recipe for disaster!
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Guy Cooke - Master of Your Own Domain
How to Use the Enneagram System to Effectively Figure Out What You Want and Get It Now
The most important skill for 21st-Century success, in all areas of life, is knowing yourself and others. Going beyond surface-level understanding allows you to know how you work best and what makes you tick.
WEEK 2 - Opinion Forming
Forming some opinions about the course and how I see my path through it.
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It's an ill wind ....
Red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning. Hurricane Lorenzo causing some stunning sunrises across the UK this morning.
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WEEK 2 - Snowdon App
Thinking about my app ideas in turn and considering their functionality, viability and potential.
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Upstairs, downstairs
One of those totally unplanned, unexpected moments, when I found myself below stairs at a fine house, near Bath, and finding ispiration for a book in little things.
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Sticky bit at the top
Welcome to my Creative Reflective Journal. This is a blog containing my research, ideas, processes and professional and personal development during my tw-year distance learning MA in Creative App Development at Falmouth University and is part of an accredited education programme through Falmouth University.
Module 1: App Development Strategies
Module 2: Live Brief Design and Development Project
Module 3: Individual Design and Development Project
Module 4: Co-Creative Design and Development Project
Module 5: Final Major Project
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WEEK 1 - Seeds....
I am wondering whether I have too many ideas, and if so, how might I narrow them down?
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WEEK 1 - Ideation
Exercise in devising an App idea but more importantly the concept of how it might work and be developed.
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WEEK 1 - Scoping
I think at this stage it’s about bringing my ideas a little closer to reality by deciding what can actually be achieved by the various platforms, languages and tools?
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Week 1: Tabula Rasa
And so it begins. Thoughts on starting the course, what I want to achieve and how I intend to approach the experience.
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The beginning of a Creative Reflective Journal for the Creative App Design MA course at Falmouth University
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Swan by the bridge over the Tyne in Haddington, East Lothian Photo © Bob Jones
The Swan on the Tyne
A swan by the bridge over the River Tyne in Haddington, East Lothian
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Motorway Services Mini Breaks!
That moment when you realise that the motorway service station is actually a nicer place to stay than your destination resort.
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Bara Brith
There’s nothing nicer on a stormy and very wet Summer’s day than a lovely slice of Bara Brith, smothered with butter and lovely cup of tea. But - which is the true Bara Brith? Is there a gold standard? The journey continues.
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This Day in History
82 years ago today, my mother was standing on top of Snowdon with her little brother and, according to a postcard she sent home from the summit, she couldn’t see for mist - much the same as today. The more things change, the more things stay the same.
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McDonnells Bar & Undertakers, Belmullet, County Mayo
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Ghosts of the Celtic Tiger
It’s estimated that there are 245,000 empty homes in Ireland, many on so called ‘Ghost Estates,’ built at a time of rapid economic growth. That surge came to an abrupt end in the financial crash of 2008. Some have suggested bulldozing them all away.
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Elderflowers: Photo © Bob Jones
Elderflower Champagne
Come the end of May, the kitchen was a hive of industry, mainly with us kids making Elderflower Champagne, much to our mother’s despair. What a mess. But the end result, flagons of beautifully fizzy fruity drink was always worth the chaos.
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