Friday, August 31, 2012

Capstone Ideas:

Hello Everyone,
At this point in my studies, I am not sure of the area of focus in which my Capstone project will be defined. My plan of study has been a bit unusual in comparison to the vast majority of New Media students. A very sizable amount of my classes are core Computer Science discipline. More than likely I will be seeking employment in fields occupied by traditional Computer Science majors. I am, however, very open to employment in any field to which my skill set may apply.
I am still delving into my personal strengths and weaknesses and I have been trying to seek advice from professors and lecturers from both disciplines; Computer Science and New Media. I have a myriad of interests and I am hoping those that have observed me during my academic journey at IUPUI may help me arrive at a particular area of focus.
A few areas of which I am currently interested are, Gaming, Security, Web Programming, Software Engineering or possibly Architecture, and Database work. Like many New Media majors, I have a healthy appreciation for works of science fiction and I have always been an avid comic book reader. Like many of us, in the past I have attempted to write and illustrate my own. I have considered the possibility of classmates in need of CS related work to complete their Capstones. I would definitely be open to working in tandem with others. More than likely my future employer will require me to work with others in a team setting. The experience could prove beneficial.

34 comments:

  1. Monica Meredith

    It does sound like you'd do very well possibly latching onto someone's idea and helping them achieve something bigger than they could hope to do by themselves. Whatever you decide to do I wish you lots of luck!

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  2. Dibbs! :) Seriously, I am looking for help attempting to merge a Flash game with a website with php/mySQL If you have any advice I would appreciate it.
    I can also see that there are quite a few other students who would love your input, or things you could do for their websites and such that they haven't even though of.

    Did you have anything that YOU wnated to do? Or were you content with helping someone with their capstone.

    Billy Johnson
    http://cs.iupui.edu/~whjohnso/awesomesauce/index.html

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  3. Here's an idea: What if you made a web-based game that used puzzles to teach people about web security?

    Ben Flack

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