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It was good to see what the other groups had in mind for their final presentations. There was a nice range in topics and proposed presentation elements that made me excited about getting to see what people would come up with after 13 weeks of laborious labour and hardcore hard work.

Ps. I am drunk xoxox

For the week 7 post we were asked to look at online campaign from a non government organisation on any issue and to analyse what is it asking; whether to receive donations or to encourage users to sign a petition.

GetUp!’s Help fight the coal lobby

What is its message?

The message is that we should be investing in renewable energy resources instead of concentrating on fossil fuels.

Who is the target? Who is being spoken to?

The target is the Australian public. With the current awareness of global warming being quite high it is not attempting to raise awareness but more an attempt to encourage action from the people against the government.

What are they being offered membership to?

A community of Australian’s who share the same views on emissions.

Interactive?

Yes, to become part of the cause people are encouraged to become members of GetUp!’s website and to make a donation so that the advertisements can be aired on television.

Design?

Website structure. Memberships. Direct debit donations.

National/International?

Although climate change is a global issue, the focus of this campaign is on what Australia should be doing.

Microsoft. “At Microsoft, our mission and values are to help people and businesses throughout the world realise their full potential” - LOL

Company Information:

Microsoft Corporation is a multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices.  Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, its most profitable products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software.

The company was founded in 1975, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by the Windows line of operating systems.

Microsoft Lead Team:

Bill Gates (Chairman)
Steve Ballmer (CEO)
Ray Ozzie (CSA)
Craig Mundie (CRSO)
Don Mattrick (Senior VP of Entertainment and Devices)

Reference List:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft

http://www.microsoft.com/about/default.mspx

The task for week 5 was to find information about a job that requires immaterial labour. Immaterial labour can be regarded as the informational content of the commodity where the skills involved in direct labor are increasingly skills involving cybernetics and computer control. The idea of the task was to gain an understanding about the physical impact, immaterial labour can have and to challenge the common belief that this form of work is less demanding than more obvious physically involved occupations.

I decided that I would like to look at Games Journalism as it is a career path that I am interested in.

Job Title:

Games Journalist

Pay:

Widely varied; from volunteer work to professional

Job Description:

As the job title suggest, games journalism involves writing about video games and video game related topics.

Where?:

While some games journalists are lucky enough to be granted access to offices and desks to do their work, most amateur writers and a lot of paid writers work from their home computers. 

Contract:

There are both contracted and full time employment options available to games journalists. 

Employer/advertiser (who?):

In terms of corporate games journalist, the governing body of the organisation is in control of employment. For example, the Official Xbox Magazine of Australia is published by Future Magazines and it is they who control employment.

Independent games journalism websites have employment schemes that are generally controlled by the founder/creator of the website. This person has the power to allocate moderator capabilities to its users and grant people permission to generate content on their site.

Career:

A career in games journalism is usually kicked off by working as a volunteer writer for independent website. Once the individual has built up a portfolio of work, they can begin to write for more reputable sources.

That’s all I’ve got to say about Vietna….Games Journalism.

In week 4 we were asked to find a company online and find out about the process of buying a product directly from the source. I found a computer manufacturing company and contacted them to ask them about how much it would cost to order 100 units to be shipped to Australia. I contacted the company via email and received a prompt return email which read as follows:

“Dear Peter,

This is Sally from Founder. I am very glad to receive your mail showing interest in our computer. Founder is an known company in China. We have the largest PC manufacture base in China which is located in Suzhou. The annual output of computers in 2008 reached 3,000,000sets. Our aim is to offer our customer good quality products with competitive price. Welcome customers to be our distributor or OEM partner.

Pls kindly visit our website: www.foundertech.com .There are our terms and conditions for your reference. Payment term: 30% deposit, balance before shipment. Delivery time: around 30 days after receiving deposit. MOQ for PC:200pcs. Warranty: One year warranty, the customer should send back bad components back to Hongkong. Founder will offer the replacement. Each party should pay one-way freight charge.

Pls let me know if you need more information from us.

By the way, it will be appreciated if you can offer us some information of your company, such as your company main business, annual turnover. the sales situation of desktop or laptop…….

Best regards,

Sally”

Needless to say, lolz were had. Particularly when I was reading the last paragraph.

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