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I trust you’re approaching the closing stages of Assignment Three. Before Christmas we’ll work together on a collective pitch for the final project. This is the main, collaborative assignment that accounts for 50% of your final mark. You’ll work on a real-world professional installation, then write your own personal account of the project – a document we call ‘the long essay’.

I’m delighted to say that a local company, RD8 Systems Ltd, which delivers cloud-based solutions, has agreed to hear our pitch for their launch of a new technology next spring. From now until the end of term we’ll work on and rehearse our pitch, ready for a group presentation in front of their panel on Tuesday 12 December. Please ensure this date is in your Doodle Diary and every other calendar you have. Exciting times!

Gela

Doodle message group MMAM(FTP), 14 November 2023:

Jem Badhuri

What’s a cloud-based solution? Rain?

Patrick Bright

Ha-ha! It’s gobbledegook!

Jem Badhuri

What’s gobble de gook? A ‘solution’? Must be some sort of liquid.

Patrick Bright

Gobbledegook means nonsense talk.

Cameron Wesley

RD8 develops systems that integrate radio-frequency identification and wireless-communication technology with internet applications to optimise security and mobility.

Patrick Bright

Sounds like you know all about this, Cameron.

Jonathan Danners

He’s copied and pasted from the company website. Basically, they combine old (radio) and new (internet) technologies so that things like credit-card payments work on-the-move.

Jem Badhuri

Radio? That’s awesome. I LOVE radio. My whole family too. I’ve been listening to the radio all my life.

Alyson Lang

What’s Gela thinking? Could she have found a duller company in a more obscure industry?

Ludya Parak

Dream job. Geeks and nerds don’t know a single damn thing about design. Give them any old shit and they’re happy.

Alyson Lang

Because they don’t appreciate aesthetics. What’s the ecological profile of this company? Are they committed to human rights?

Patrick Bright

Wikipedia says they developed early weapons systems, back in the day.

Alyson Lang

Exactly. I’d rather spend my time helping an ambitious start-up, a charity or a company with a genuine altruistic vision. At the very least, an organisation that appreciates the hard work and talent that goes into a creative project.