Checklist Observations Utilizing the checklist observations page, I realized that I still needed to do steps #3 and #4 on the list. I do not have time to fix this today, but it will be fixed before I turn the project in. What I did: Worked on my presentation Why I did it: I had […]
Category: English
Presentation Day #1
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Out of all of the websites/applications presented today, the one that piqued my interest the most was Coggle. Coggle was the note-taking application presented by Matt Elliott. This one piqued my interest for several reasons: 1. I have yet to find, in all my 3.5 years of college a really great note taking application. 2. […]
Peer Review Day
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I missed class for my peer review, so I had one of my roommates do a peer review on the project. I updated him on what the project is, how it should be done, example projects, and other classmates pages. What I heard in my peer review: There were a plethora of typo’s, the photographs […]
Work Day #2
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What I did: Created a layout for my pages for the project to be viewed on my website as well as the first couple of pages have the content filled for them. Why I did it: I made these changes in this way because I wanted to get the website up and running first then […]
Pre-Spring Break Assignment
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What I did: Today I took notes on the website in depth analyzing several pages deep as to how everything worked, interacted with eachother, and how responsive things were. Why I did it: I did this as sort of a ‘getting to know my website’ sort of thing. I wanted to make sure I knew […]
Strats Strats Strats Strats
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X-Ray Goggles is the interface I chose for my project. Schedule: March 6: Get X-Ray Goggles installed on my computer and get used to what it is and how it really works. March 8: Check out their website and analyze the flow of their site. March 12: Answer the Analysis Questions March 15: Create presentation […]
Interrogating in Class
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Today a group and I were to analyze THIS website. One of the main thing I found the example essay that I will apply to my own Interrogate the Interface project is the analyzing of screenshots. I found that she used way too many screenshots in inappropriate places and ind of clogged the system. Screenshots […]
Project 3 Site Selection
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Thankfully, after the dash to select a website to remix, I ended up with my second choice. I am working with The X-Ray Goggles in unison with Mozilla Webmaker. This site allows users to pick apart the html/css of a website with ease in a user-friendly environment. I chose this site because web development has […]
Autocomplete
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My experiences with autocomplete have been generally good. I have been using autocomplete on smart devices since 2007 and to be frank, it has been quite a roller coaster of a ride. Initially, google had a generic autocorrect that would correct words and every time you wanted a ‘replacement’ word instead of it (ex: they […]
The More It Snows…
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What I did: * Cleaned up headers to look more organized and presentable * Added About-Me page for hockey and computer engineering * Added personal photo in About-Me page Why I did it: I added a photo in the About-Me page so that the readers can get a good idea of who their writer is […]