Monday, October 17, 2011

Week 7 part 2: Operating Systems and Digital Color

This week in lecture we talked about Operating Systems and Digital Color. Operating systems such as Windows, Snow Leopard or any of the Linux operating systems manage hardware and software resources for computers. Operating systems manage many different processes such as process management which controls all processes running such as a browser or an application. Memory Management controls how the system deals with saving files and memory stored. As for color, we learned about how to create colors and learned about brightness, hue and saturation.
    For my software, I would make it compatible with all operating systems so it could be used by all users. I would also make apps for mobile devices on Android and iPhone. I would make a free version and plus version that would have a small charge for users who are more familiar and interactive with the software. The app would include the ability to post a blog or request so if you here a song on the road you like you can use Soundhound or Shazam and then send a post asking to find more songs like it. I would also have an inbox so users can check to see if they've had any responses. For the plus users, they would also have access to the music store so they can buy songs on the go and it can automatically upload to their phone.
     Digital Color wouldn't play a huge role in my software but I would take it into consideration when I was creating the brand logo and other products. Also, the overall design of my software and how it looks when people open up the software. Personally, I always am more attracted to a product if it has a cool logo and looks very appealing and easy to use. So for my software I would make the brand logo very aesthetic and colors that make people interested to jump in. I would try to make the overall look be more appealing than iTunes since iTunes is rather simple in design. 

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