rssfrrst Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Afternoon everyone : > I'm a student in my final year at Dundee University (in Scotland, UK) studying Interactive Media Design. The main focus of our final year in IMD is a project that makes up 50% of the final mark, and is presented at the degree show in May, so as you can imagine we end up putting a fair amount of blood, sweat and tears into our projects. I am focusing my project on creating a network for a niche user group - automotive photographers and enthusiasts. For now, the network is called Zoom, but this may change if anyone comes up with anything better/Mazda decide to sue me. Ok, so my main idea is to create a tagging system, much like Facebook and Flickr, where people can upload images and tag them. In the Zoom network the same thing applies, but as it is focused on automotive photography people are uploading high quality images, just like Flickr, and then tagging the mods that they have done to their cars. This eventually creates a database of nice images that people can search through - have you ever wanted to find a bunch of images of a specific model, in a specific colour, sitting on a specific set of wheels? Well that's exactly what I'm trying to achieve with this network. What I need for now is content to help build the foundations of the network. I'm looking for photos of your/your friends car(s) that you would happily showcase online, along with a list of all the mods featured in the images. I need as many as possible as the more data I have, the more I can test everything before I start proper scary user testing with real people. If you want to get involved (please get involved) can you start sending links to flickr galleries, actual images, ideas, suggestions, anything relevant to r.j.forrest@dundee.ac.uk. Please also provide the name of the forum you're from as well as your username on the forum. Don't hesitate to start discussions on this thread as well, any input at all is helpful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 seems like a clever idea, might reduce the amount of people asking the same questions, like whats it look like, whats a pop charger, does such and such fit my car, can someone photoshop me this or that etc etc. could be interesting. i might raid my photobucket account and see what i can find. although i'm planning some new photos soon once the car is nearing completion externally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anubis Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Sounds a nice idea, although http://www.cardomain.com/ seems to have beaten you to it. That said MySpace beat FaceBook and look who is laughing now.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 what is the cardomain one? is it just for sale cars? didnt really have pictures like the guy with the good idea up there has. i love this idea, it sounds great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 if it works how its meant to then it should be quite good, i tried the car domamin one and its more a gallery of cars, yes you can isolate certain items to find, but i couldn't get it to work on the 350s i looked at. car domain is more a show and shine website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rssfrrst Posted January 22, 2010 Author Share Posted January 22, 2010 I'd have to agree with rtbiscuit, my project is going to be designed for a specific purpose, and will (hopefully) work better than car domain for looking at mods as a result! I guess thats exactly why facebook has beaten myspace - it works so much better and has more focus. Keep sending me links and images gents, much appreciated : > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmarky Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Im more than happy to help, im a software developer and know the importance of testing, plus i love showing my car off Ill pm you some stuff, just let me know what you need Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Sounds like a great idea mate, good luck with it Are you just looking for 350z's or a specific genre like Jap cars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Walker Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Nice idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rssfrrst Posted January 25, 2010 Author Share Posted January 25, 2010 Thanks for your input guys, much appreciated The network is going to be based on Japanese cars, and I'm not being too picky about image quality at the moment, just needing as many as possible to test the database before opening up to user testing. Anyways don't be shy, feel free to post links here or send images/links to r.j.forrest@dundee.ac.uk Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunGodRA Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Thanks for your input guys, much appreciated The network is going to be based on Japanese cars, and I'm not being too picky about image quality at the moment, just needing as many as possible to test the database before opening up to user testing. Anyways don't be shy, feel free to post links here or send images/links to r.j.forrest@dundee.ac.uk Cheers! emailed a couple of mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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