Friday, January 28, 2011
Reflections1/28/11
Viewed some presentations. I think I might have to work harder to follow some of them. Oh well, at least it's done and on a flashdrive so it's easily transferable.
Input and Output
Input is devices where you send in information. Example: you posting a video of your cat meowing "Stairway to Heaven" is input for Youtube because your putting in information and data. Hnce the term "input".
Output is when the site sends something back to you. For example: the WMD sends you an automated response saying your cat video contains copyrighted material and therefore must be taken down.
Output is when the site sends something back to you. For example: the WMD sends you an automated response saying your cat video contains copyrighted material and therefore must be taken down.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Death by PowerPoint - Thoughts and Feelings
So today we watched this presentation about how bad presentations can't communicate very much information.
The slideshow presented many interesting points that I agreed with, like the fact that too much information on one slide can be overwhelming and boring to your audience. Presenters should use less text and more shapes and images. Color schemes should be complementary. The font color should never be the same value as the background. There's more I could say, but I think the presentation neatly sums it up.
Death by PowerPoint
View more presentations from www.kapterev.com.
The slideshow presented many interesting points that I agreed with, like the fact that too much information on one slide can be overwhelming and boring to your audience. Presenters should use less text and more shapes and images. Color schemes should be complementary. The font color should never be the same value as the background. There's more I could say, but I think the presentation neatly sums it up.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Web 2.0
What is a web 2.0 tool? A web 2.0 tool allows for user created content to appear on a web page, instead of only the things a designer uploads.
1st Choice - DA Muro Muro allows a user to create a piece of digital and directly upload it to an online gallery. There are several complementary brushes with which one can create interesting pieces of art with. A student can use this to create pieces for a class, or design sets for theater. Coded with Python, just so you know.
2nd Choice - Tag Clouds. Tag clouds are handy things that help you search for words in a particular blog or feed. They can even be arranged in appealing shapes and such. They can give your user-base an idea of the content in your website. I played around with this by pasting song lyrics and seeing which words were used most. A student could use this to review which words he/she may be overusing.
2nd Choice - Tag Clouds. Tag clouds are handy things that help you search for words in a particular blog or feed. They can even be arranged in appealing shapes and such. They can give your user-base an idea of the content in your website. I played around with this by pasting song lyrics and seeing which words were used most. A student could use this to review which words he/she may be overusing.
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