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Howard Rheingold: Networking the Community, an e- interview by Eric Kluitenberg (1993)

The main arguments of this theme is base on the communication. Basically the communication start from the human being until using Computer Mediated Communication (CMC). That is new sense of community, people from around the world are linked together in public discussions, people who exchange ideas and messages, share interests and work together, outside of the constraints of geographical space and across social barriers.

The key point to link back to the FYP is the interaction between the human with introducing the eMenu.The eMenu can help to improve the communication between the human and the computer and vice versa and provide the ease way to proceed to the goal.

Required Reading:

The Function of the Studio (when the studio is a laptop) by Caitlin Jones

The main argument of this theme is the artist improving by the generation. For long time ago the artist need to be have proper studio to have the production. But with the technology improve, the artist can be done their job in anywhere with the computer based.

The key point related to the FYP is design of the eMenu can be anywhere and can used the eMenu in any place. It bring a lot of convenient to the user and the designer.

Videos from Gatekeeper's Giza by Thunder Horse Video and lenox-lenox

The main argument of this theme is the technology can help improve the video production. In new digital multimedia can create a lot of the effect in the video easily.

The key point to FYP is with this advance of the digital multimedia can produce the diversity graphic presentation to attract the end user. In become more information and attracting.

From We Make Money not Art

Nowadays with the improving of the technology, we can clearly see from the web page. With the simple hardware adapt to the advance software art can produce an excellent output result. It show that the software base technology can enhance and full untilize the base hardware to produce a diversity and attracting output visual effect.

The key point to the FYP is with the basic device and the advance software design can produce a perfect effect which can fully attracting the end user and the end user can fully enjoy the basic hardware with the excellent software presentation.

Context Of My FYP

Critique 2 (New)

Precedence Studies

Interface Design

Idea Development

E-Menu has been designed to address many of the difficulties encountered by both business owners and customers in the dining and entertainment industry. Business owners want to maximize revenues by providing quality products and a good and efficient service, all in an enjoyable atmosphere for the customers. Customers want good service. They do not want to look trough the many at their leisure and make the best choice. E-Menu is an interactive menu, located on each table or bar, offering customers a full range of ordering and interactive entertainment services.

Currently, there are various type of electronic menu to be found in the whole world, such as touch screen, table top, wireless, portable devices, electronic menu board, private TV networks, self service food ordering kiosk. With new dining categories like fast casual emerging to meet customers' demands for great quality and fast service, many restaurant operators are looking for ways to reduce waiting times, increase average ticket, and encourage customers to return again and again.

In Malaysia, currently there is only 1 Japanese restaurant using this E-Menu system.

This is the ordering process that customer had to gone trough to order food.

When customer first sit down, there is a big menu, after flip trough the menu see is there any promotion and what food they want to eat, then customer will start to order the food, and before the customer move the mouse provided, there is a slide show of past event photos. After the mouse is moved, appear a numbers categories of menu. The food is placed according to their categories, if the customer is doubt of the categories, they have to refer back to the menu to check the categories name. Customer have to click in the categories to select the food they want and there is a visual number pad for customer to select the amount of that particular food that they want. After selecting the amount, and click 'OK', there is a small pop up window appear ask customer to confirm the order, and customer have to click 'CONFIRM' in order for their order send to kitchen.

From here, we can see that there is too many stages to go trough to order a food and some is too much and unnecessary.

This is what I want to change in the E-Menu system.

When customer sit down, there won't be any printed menu, on the screen there will be a slide show of promotion. Customer will touch the screen and it will appear the menu, customer can choose the categories they want, and select their choices. Select the amount of food and confirm, and done.

Rather then using mouse, I replace it with touch screen, as from my survey, most people prefer touch screen, rather then table top, wireless, or other devices. And rather to double confirm, confirm once is enough for customer to save trouble, because some customer didn't know and end up waiting there.