I can't wait to see the our finished product!
I know that I focused on graphics on this project, and its something Im comfortable with, but I got help from Jenna and Travis. I know that neither are particularly fond of illustration the way I am. But i got Jenna to like doing illustration which to me is a plus, if I can help strengthen up that skill thats a good thing for me.
Granted I felt a bit limited in what I could do. ActionScript is not my friend, so when the project was proposed as AS rather than HTML and CSS, I was a bit weary....
But its alright, I think we all are going to have a nice portfolio piece, although I wish Diana didn't take it all on herself to do the coding, because it really is a lot of work! but I also know that we're not in the AS class right now, so its still fresh in her mind.
On a side note...
Kudos to those that have kids and are in school, this week so far has been hard. Having to get up after an hour of sleep to take my younger sister to school is not something I recommend doing.
I honestly don't know how us as students survive on such little sleep and are still able to function.
Three more to go
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
blogging
I happened to have some free time on Sunday, so I decided to help a friend with some of her homework.
She is taking a multimedia class, granted she is Journalism major down at San Jose State; So you can imagine she isn't really tech or internet savoy.
She actually needed help with her blog and adding a header.
In my opinion, the new blogger is SOMEWHAT idiot proof (at least for me).
For some reason she couldn't get the header to work. Now Blogger now has widgets and a layout editor, which to me makes it easier to use if you know what you are doing.
I took a look at the CSS for the blog, and helped her insert the header image in.
She was amazed that I could even read all the html code. I thought it was kinda funny, since this is somewhat second nature to do at this point for me.
I upgraded her blog to the newer format (she was in the old blogger layout) for her convince. I really wanted to fix her blog overall, but I knew that she wouldn't learn that way.
I have a feeling that I am going to be helping her with the next couple of projects because they are web based; I don't mind since it brushed my skills up and its also good karma.
After she left, I thought she'd be prefect for user testing.
She is taking a multimedia class, granted she is Journalism major down at San Jose State; So you can imagine she isn't really tech or internet savoy.
She actually needed help with her blog and adding a header.
In my opinion, the new blogger is SOMEWHAT idiot proof (at least for me).
For some reason she couldn't get the header to work. Now Blogger now has widgets and a layout editor, which to me makes it easier to use if you know what you are doing.
I took a look at the CSS for the blog, and helped her insert the header image in.
She was amazed that I could even read all the html code. I thought it was kinda funny, since this is somewhat second nature to do at this point for me.
I upgraded her blog to the newer format (she was in the old blogger layout) for her convince. I really wanted to fix her blog overall, but I knew that she wouldn't learn that way.
I have a feeling that I am going to be helping her with the next couple of projects because they are web based; I don't mind since it brushed my skills up and its also good karma.
After she left, I thought she'd be prefect for user testing.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Week 03 - Boxes and Scales
So this week consisted of scalable navigation and the CSS Box Model.
I found the navigation quite fun to put together. I was viewing one of my classmates site last quarter and noticed he had a list as navigation rather than relying on rollover images. I never got around to figuring it out till I read it in the Bulletproof Web Design book. All in all, I think this is a WAY better way to do navigation.
Oh Box Model...I get it in my head... but when it came to actually TRYING to write it out to explain... well I confused myself. Its two way with me: Its either too much, or too little explanation. Finding a happy medium is quite difficult (try too hard to sound like I know what I am doing?). I think that goes back to the discussion we had in Interaction Design for Entertainment; Trying to teach someone with our terminology outright is not the best way.
I tried to keep it simple as possible, as if I was trying to explain it to my "I could care less about computers" sister.
Anywho, it was a nice refresher, I only got a quick run down with the model way back when, so know what everything does for certain is good for me.
I found the navigation quite fun to put together. I was viewing one of my classmates site last quarter and noticed he had a list as navigation rather than relying on rollover images. I never got around to figuring it out till I read it in the Bulletproof Web Design book. All in all, I think this is a WAY better way to do navigation.
Oh Box Model...I get it in my head... but when it came to actually TRYING to write it out to explain... well I confused myself. Its two way with me: Its either too much, or too little explanation. Finding a happy medium is quite difficult (try too hard to sound like I know what I am doing?). I think that goes back to the discussion we had in Interaction Design for Entertainment; Trying to teach someone with our terminology outright is not the best way.
I tried to keep it simple as possible, as if I was trying to explain it to my "I could care less about computers" sister.
Anywho, it was a nice refresher, I only got a quick run down with the model way back when, so know what everything does for certain is good for me.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
CSS revisited
So I took another stab at formatting CSS with the page we got for homework.
It went a lot better than last week. I rearranged tags and what not so that it would be easier for me to work with. I had a lot of trouble with header and the footer before, but after placing them in order, then it was easier.
everything was going hunky dory, up until I tried using floats. I have used them before, and the worked. But for some reason I couldn't get the two divs to sit right. I even encased them in another div, but it this didn't work either. So to make my life easier, I got rid of the floats, and got rid of the table that didn't have anything.
I had a TON of validation errors. It had to do with the the tags ul and li
When I corrected them it, was mainly having to do where ending tags were.
The validation site was a bit irritating, since it gives an "explanation" on what is wrong, but doesn't necessarily tell you how to fix it, grrrr.
So I was off to hunt the answer down.
On a fun side note, my fish tank is having a algae bloom. It seems like no matter how many water changes I do, the tank doesn't want to clear up. I really don't feel like using chemicals... too many chemicals cannot be good for my poor fishy.
It went a lot better than last week. I rearranged tags and what not so that it would be easier for me to work with. I had a lot of trouble with header and the footer before, but after placing them in order, then it was easier.
everything was going hunky dory, up until I tried using floats. I have used them before, and the worked. But for some reason I couldn't get the two divs to sit right. I even encased them in another div, but it this didn't work either. So to make my life easier, I got rid of the floats, and got rid of the table that didn't have anything.
I had a TON of validation errors. It had to do with the the tags ul and li
When I corrected them it, was mainly having to do where ending tags were.
The validation site was a bit irritating, since it gives an "explanation" on what is wrong, but doesn't necessarily tell you how to fix it, grrrr.
So I was off to hunt the answer down.
On a fun side note, my fish tank is having a algae bloom. It seems like no matter how many water changes I do, the tank doesn't want to clear up. I really don't feel like using chemicals... too many chemicals cannot be good for my poor fishy.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Week 01 - Exercise in CSS
Truthfully, I think I under estimated this week's assignment.
I am so used to building CSS in my own quirky way that when it came down to build around an established page, I wen blank. Wait scratch that I am still Blank. Like any person, I know what I know, at that is the way I always do it. But when it come down to trying something new, I struggle, A LOT. My way of building a page/site is to start off with CSS, then build the page AROUND it.
Having always done that I find my self unable to do it the other way around...
Granted that is what classes are for... to bounce off ideas off of other classmates and the teacher... So I don't feel guilty that I am having trouble with this week's CSS exercise... even though I am graduating in in the Summer (epic fail in my eyes).
But I have to get back on the saddle try again. I am stubborn and hate to see myself not complete assignments or tasks given to me. I need to figure it out in order to get a better understanding. I might give up certain moments, but once I clear that out I am back at it again.
On a side note, I find blogging for classes an excellent idea! I am usually a reserved person in class, and have difficulty expressing myself at those moments. So doing this I can edit what I am thinking so that it makes sense to me and to others.
And why is it that when we as students get in the internet, we spend hours surfing around the web, but when it comes to homework we don't apply the same fervor?
I am so used to building CSS in my own quirky way that when it came down to build around an established page, I wen blank. Wait scratch that I am still Blank. Like any person, I know what I know, at that is the way I always do it. But when it come down to trying something new, I struggle, A LOT. My way of building a page/site is to start off with CSS, then build the page AROUND it.
Having always done that I find my self unable to do it the other way around...
Granted that is what classes are for... to bounce off ideas off of other classmates and the teacher... So I don't feel guilty that I am having trouble with this week's CSS exercise... even though I am graduating in in the Summer (epic fail in my eyes).
But I have to get back on the saddle try again. I am stubborn and hate to see myself not complete assignments or tasks given to me. I need to figure it out in order to get a better understanding. I might give up certain moments, but once I clear that out I am back at it again.
On a side note, I find blogging for classes an excellent idea! I am usually a reserved person in class, and have difficulty expressing myself at those moments. So doing this I can edit what I am thinking so that it makes sense to me and to others.
And why is it that when we as students get in the internet, we spend hours surfing around the web, but when it comes to homework we don't apply the same fervor?
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