The Gabriel Dance videos were insightful and really helpful to get me in the right mindset for our final project.
He gives a disclaimer early on that warns multimedia designers not to get into it unless they’re truly committed, and he advised that you only make a high-quality finished product if you enjoy what you’re doing. He talks about the computer and computer programming as a tool for him to be better at journalism. His heart is in journalism and being a good storyteller, and he uses his programming genius to make his stories really powerful and interesting. It’s exactly the mentality we need for our final project with our investigatory journalism site.
He described how important it is to be comment on the sites of the person or group with which you want to work during the interview process. It goes back to our comments in class about opening up conversations instead of just throwing your point of view out there. You want to open up dialogue about what kind of technologies your dream employer is using when you’re taking a stab at joining their team.
Gabriel said he built the Robinson Crusoe site in a group of 18 people. I wonder what it’s like to build a site with a large group of people? What are the problems you run into with the programs when you split up work? He talked about time as a valuable commodity when it comes to building interactive sites, so I would ask him how long it took for him and his 18 group members to build the Robinson Crusoe site?
He also said that even though college students are under alot of pressure, there is more room for students to take on long-term projects while still in college. What does he mean by this? I had hoped it would be the other way around? That was a bit of unsettling news.
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