week 3

This week we met in the Daedalus building and began our second lesson in Mobile App software. In class we discussed the outcomes of using user generated content and the result of developing content collaboratively.


In order to see how our app will look on our devise we had to install a programme to our computers as we were all using apple devices. As a group we decided on our app idea. As we were all drivers, we all had often had the same problem with parking in the morning in UCD. Our solution was to set up an automated email to a driver to warn them of a any problem that may occur when parking, such as;  if you are parked illegally, if you are getting clamped, if your window is down, etc.
However after discussing the idea with our lecturer we learned it would be very difficult to do and we were advised to set up a forum instead which we all agreed would be a good idea. We are now working on different layouts for the app and trying them out on our devices to see what works best.


User generated content has become massive with the growth of social computing. This week we explored the different models of content such as creative content (eg: Twitter, Flikr, YouTube) , Small-Scale tools (eg: mobile phone apps) and Collaborative Content  (eg: Wikipedia). I found this topic was interesting as it related to why there has been such a growth in fact checking and verification which we had covered last week. In class we also spoke about developing content collaboratively and how it has both positive and negative outcomes. Leaders play a crucial role in ensuring success with collaborative content, however if the leader doesn't full fill his/her job in the right manner it can have a huge negative effect on the outcome. Collaborative systems also have an advantage on the traditional approach as they are more economically and timely sound. The internet is used a lot in the production of this content, it can be used by groups to share their information and is also home to one of the main examples of collaborative content, Wikipedia. This was an interesting week as the topics effected us directly as we are working collaboratively with our group project.