The Multimedia Podcast

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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.

05/03/2022

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.

22 min
04/04/2022

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.

26 min
04/04/2022

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

47 min
08/03/2021

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.

23 min
05/05/2021

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.

53 min
10/22/2020

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

57 min
10/05/2020

Episode 7 | Full-stack web development

In this episode we speak to Dévan Coetzee, a full-stack web developer who gives some insight into the field of web development. EPISODE CREDITS: Cover art: Clément H (Unsplash.com) Music: Diffie Bosman

32 min
07/24/2020

Episode 6 | The advertising industry

This episode looks at a slightly different industry from where you might expect to find a Multimedia graduate - the advertising industry. We speak to Tilesh Bhaga who shares his experience of working for an ad agency. Tilesh also hosts his own podcast, and you can check it out on Spotify. Search for "Two Wrongs and a Writer". EPISODE CREDITS: Cover art: John Schnobrich (Unsplash.com) Music: Diffie Bosman

34 min

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.

Creator

Multimedia@UP
Years Active

2020 - 2022
Episodes

13
Rating

Clean
Copyright

© Multimedia@UP
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The Multimedia Podcast