Article Writing Week

19 January 2009

We brainstormed on how to write the article as soon as we reached. There were 2 type of styles we were discussing about - an interview style and from a third-party view style. After much discussing, we decided on using the interview style. Once decided, You Hock and I went to do a "photo shoot" for Kevin's Lightdraw paper while Ryan and Leonard start working on the article. Here are some of the pictures we took:






After we were done with the "photo shoot", You Hock went to work on the "Drawing Board" application's multi-user function while I joined Ryan and Leonard to work on the article. We used Pages, a word processor and page layout application developed by Apple Inc., to do the article.

As we were unsure if we could use the interview style for the article, we wanted to ask Daryl from Corporate Comms. However, he wasn't at his desk when we went. After lunch, we went to Daryl's desk to try our luck, but he's still not back. So we went to ask Kevin instead. He said we could try and just show him the draft when we were done. We also borrowed the MacSpeech Dictate CD from Kevin as we wanted it.

MacSpeech Dictate, a speech recognition software for Apple Macintosh computers, was fun at first, but it grew to be quite troublesome as the computer might not generate the word that was spoken due to pronunciation. So we went back to the old-school way of typing the article for the rest of the day.


20 January 2009

We continued to work on the article when we reached. We then discussed and decided to try doing a third-party view style instead. So we took what we have done yesterday and converted it. Before lunch, Daryl came in and passed us some rice crackers and mandarines.


After lunch, we continued working on the article. We managed to finish it and passed it around to see if there's anything we need to add on before sending it to Kevin. As Leonard was busy helping Kevin, I went over to help You Hock with the multi-user function.

Not long after, Leonard read the article and said that it was fine. We then sent the article to Kevin for review before the end of the day.


21 January 2009

During breakfast, we were discussing about creating animated gif pictures in Adobe Flash. However, Bernard taught us a neat trick which is easier and faster. By using video editing softwares, we can achieve the same result. I've never thought of such a way.

After breakfast, I continued working on the multi-user function with You Hock. Ming Hong also helped us with this function. In the javascript, we use the "parse" function to try convert string to number. After much research, we found out that only a "+" sign was needed to convert a string to a number.

When we were done making the changes, Terence came in and we showed him our progress of the "Whiteboard" application. After demo-ing, Kevin told Terence about the plans for our new project - 3D model application.

At lunch, You Hock and I left as we were required to head back to school for a feedback session with the school's Director.


22 January 2009

I tested the overlay function in Cocoa with the newer version of the "Whiteboard" application. Everything was working fine except for the same problem; the application is unable to toggle off. After testing, You Hock continued to work while I went to pack my area for Chinese New Year.

After lunch, we spent the rest of the day working on the multi-user function.


23 January 2009

Did not come to work as I had my National Service Medical Check-up.


Reflection for the week:

This week was mainly spent on writing the article and working on the multi-user function.

Writing an article is totally different from the reports I'm used to doing in school. Especially writing an article based on personal experiences. Initially, we thought it would be simple as we are blogging regularly about what we have been doing here at IHPC and how we feel. However, it is not as simple as it seems. Nonetheless, it is still something new I've experienced here at IHPC.