13 episodes
The Multimedia Podcast Multimedia@UP
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A podcast for BIS Multimedia students at the University of Pretoria. Each episode is an interview with someone working in the industry - as a game developer, web developer, user experience designer etc. They share their wisdom, experience and some lessons that they have learnt along the way.
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Episode 13 | UI/UX design
This episode focuses on the ins-and-outs of UI/UX design as we hear from Johan, a senior designer at Gendac.
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Episode 12 | VR and AR development
In this episode, we speak about VR and AR development with Anthony Eva, the co-founder of bizAR Reality in South Africa.
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Episode 11 | Kick-starting your tech career
This is a bit of a different episode. We speak to Eleanor Harding, who has been on this podcast before, as part of a Women in Tech initiative. Since Eleanor's talk was so inspirational and aimed at anyone looking to kickstart their career in tech, we've decide to release the episode here too.
Link to the YouTube version of this talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp1VbGVw_FA&ab_channel=Grace%27sGirlsUP -
Episode 10 | Software engineering
This episode takes a look at what it looks like to work as a software engineer. We chat to Kimberleigh Myburg, a Multimedia graduate working at Retro Rabbit.
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Episode 9 | Startups, travelling and working for yourself
In this episode, we speak to Herman Martinus, a Multimedia student who has worked in the game-development industry and then gone on to start a number of his own businesses.
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Episode 8 | Product design and data science
In this episode we chat to Zandre Coetzer, a self-taught product designer who combines his UX experience with data science to improve his understanding of the success of his designs. This is a new perspective on the field of UX, but something slowly becoming more popular.
Here are the sources mentioned by Zandre in the podcast:
Learning Statistics:
Khan Academy (AP Statistics): https://www.khanacademy.org/math/ap-statistics (If this is too advanced then you can recap the high school stats on here too)
The Art of Statistics - David Spiegelhalter: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Statistics-Learning-Pelican-Books/dp/0241398630
Datacamp (For the coding side of things): https://www.datacamp.com/
An article I wrote on bringing data into your workflow: https://uxdesign.cc/a-framework-to-define-your-product-metrics-6ca9837bfc8b
Learning Philosophy & Good Debate:
Crash Course Philosophy (Deductive Reasoning): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKEhdsnKKH
Oliver Thorn (Logic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8NVy00tfdI
Portfolio Inspiration:
Ueno Case Studies: https://ueno.co/work/cowboy/
Focus Lab Case Studies: https://focuslabllc.com/case-studies/marketo
EPISODE CREDITS:
Cover art: Myriam Jessier (Unsplash.com)
Music: Diffie Bosman