Category: daily post

4/27/15: What I Did, Why I Did It

What I Did Today, I continued wrapping up the final touches on my Remix an Interface project. Like I’ve mentioned before in other blog posts, I’ve found that the most difficult part of this project as been creating content (comments, captions, usernames, etc.). While its difficult to create a lot of original content for all […]

3/18/16: What I Did. Why I Did It

What I Did Today, I continued work on writing and drafting my essay for the Interrogate an Interface project. Once I was able to decide how I wanted the essay to be divided up into its different sections, it was very easy begin writing. I plan to finish drafting the essay first, before I add […]

3/16/15: What I Did. Why I Did It

What I Did: Today in class, I spent time working on the the outline of my essay in addition to adding a navigation structure to my pages. I decided to break up my essay into five different pages: a landing page for the project, an Overview page, a Design & Modes of Communications page, an […]

3/6/15: Online Work Day

What I Did: Today during our online work day, I began working by creating a username and password and becoming a member of Thematic. It was very simple to join, there was even an option to sign in using Facebook, and you could become a member at no cost. Once logged in, I spent quite […]

3/4/15: Work Schedule for Interrogate an Interface

For my Interrogate an Interface project, I will attempt to work on my project using the following schedule and deadlines: March 4-5: Create a login, and research how the tool works and what it does (1-2 hours total work time) March 6: Fill in the writer/designer analysis questions (about 1 hour total work time) March 7-15: […]

3/2/15: Inspiration for Interrogate an Interface

Today, we spent time looking at a couple of other students Interrogate an Interface projects and essays from previous years. There were many different ideas and techniques utilized by students to successfully interrogate their interface, but two really stuck out to me that I would like to use for my own project. The first was […]

2/13/15: What I Did. Why I Did It

What I Did: Today, I focused on creating a site information page and continued updating my about me page. My site information page was definitely a lot harder to create and choose content for than my about me page. For now, I focused my site information page on explaining the theme, appearance, and images I’m […]

Optional Blog Post- 2/11/15

What I Did: Since my last post, I recently decided to update the “About” page of my blog. I included a picture of myself, as well as two short paragraphs describing a little bit about myself and my professional experience. I also decided to add specific categories to my blog posts including “in-class posts,” “daily […]

2/9/15: What I Did. Why I Did It

What I Did: Today, I did a lot of work on figuring out the organization of site and played around a lot with the menu. I decided to create a page called “Class Projects,” which I then added sub pages to to act as fillers stating “Coming soon…,” so I can place my final projects there […]

2/6/15: What I Did. Why I Did It

What I Did: Today, I looked at a number of different themes to use for my site. At first, I had the “Eighties” theme active for my site. What first attracted me to the “Eighties” theme was the bold text and impactful photo in the heading; however, I did not like how the menu was […]