Wednesday, October 21, 2009
GUI project.
Okay well I officially wasn't meant to own a computer. I didn't get to present this in class because my computer was being fixed and then today when I was getting ready to come to class, my computer turned off and wouldn't turn back on. Apparently my hard drive is going to crash very soon. Sooooo sorry for the delay with this! But for my GUI, I went with the first choice, illustrating what I do on a daily basis. I used picnik (yes, I picniked) to add the words to the pictures. Oh and since learning to use iMovie for the last project, I felt like using it again because I've become a pro. And the John Mayer song is a classic and one of my favorites. Hope you enjoy!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
infosethics.
Sincere apologies for how late this post is!
Infosethics...I didn't really understand what they were before I had to explore them and I'm still a little confused. However, I still have more clarity after looking at this really cool site. The premise of this is to not resist temptation to click anything on the site. You're supposed to simply scroll over everything and read what it says without clicking. The only click you're allowed is the initial one to enter the site. I failed the first 2 times looking at it; it's an impulse to click! I showed my roommates too and they just gave up and weren't all that into it to say the least.
Basically, the idea for DON'TCLICK.IT came from the idea that there's all this "dead space" when you're simply moving your mouse around looking for what you want to click on. So the creator just took away the click. He poses a good question: Does removing the click change our behavior of navigation? I know for me, clicking around websites is an easy impulse and it's hard to not give in. So that makes this a huge challenge.
When you click, a screen shows up and asks if the click was an accident or intentional and the screen looks like static. All in all, it was well worth the time I spent NOT clicking around.
Infosethics...I didn't really understand what they were before I had to explore them and I'm still a little confused. However, I still have more clarity after looking at this really cool site. The premise of this is to not resist temptation to click anything on the site. You're supposed to simply scroll over everything and read what it says without clicking. The only click you're allowed is the initial one to enter the site. I failed the first 2 times looking at it; it's an impulse to click! I showed my roommates too and they just gave up and weren't all that into it to say the least.
Basically, the idea for DON'TCLICK.IT came from the idea that there's all this "dead space" when you're simply moving your mouse around looking for what you want to click on. So the creator just took away the click. He poses a good question: Does removing the click change our behavior of navigation? I know for me, clicking around websites is an easy impulse and it's hard to not give in. So that makes this a huge challenge.
When you click, a screen shows up and asks if the click was an accident or intentional and the screen looks like static. All in all, it was well worth the time I spent NOT clicking around.
Prezi - Kress Chapter 3
Sooo we learned how to use Prezi yesterday and today in class. My Prezi is all about the key terms from Chapter 3 in Kress (pages 87-94). Definitely confusing at first, but all in all, I think it's a really cool way to convey information. This is worlds better than powerpoint.
link to my prezi!
link to my prezi!
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