Monday, October 20, 2008
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Week 8:
Comments:
To Amanda on her thoughts on HTML:
https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=271112965323219834&postID=2641527911712725877&page=1
To SPK on his thoughts on HTML:
https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1129785935180596689&postID=6165812584986651423&page=1
Readings:
The "BEYOND HTML" article was fascinating, and it just so happens that we had a seminar at work about this very same subject matter. At GAI Consultants, there's about 600 of us... The seminar was about showing us how each employee is tracked on an online database system. It also showed us how to use this database to easily mail information to one another. This article did a great job of explaining content management in the way it was written, and the charts and graphs it used.
I've been building websites for a couple of years now. That's why this was the best week of readings for me so far. I use the most popular program out there from the Adobe Suite called Dreamweaver. It allows you to create websites from a design, code, or design/code point of view. The downside to making websites in the design point of view is that you don't really get a chance to learn the HTML or CSS coding. To be honest, I create my sites from a design point of view, but I check the code view every once in a while.
Although I've learned HTML before in my undergrad graphic design classes, the coding is something I've pushed back in my mind. These 4 readings went hand in hand with each other and were a GREAT refresher on the subject and it has made me think about designing my sites from a code point of view from now on. I even printed out the HTML cheatsheet.
CSS designing is really awesome! It allows you to change the appearance of your website simply by changing the "style" setting! My favorite website for CSS, and probably the best example of how it works is the CSS Zen Garden. Check it out and click away! http://www.csszengarden.com/
Muddiest Point:
I loved the readings. They were a huge help in a lot of ways... But I felt that even though I printed it out, the HTML cheat sheet was unnecessary for most people. All I mean is that I think it could've been subsituted for another reading that's a little bit different.
To Amanda on her thoughts on HTML:
https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=271112965323219834&postID=2641527911712725877&page=1
To SPK on his thoughts on HTML:
https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1129785935180596689&postID=6165812584986651423&page=1
Readings:
The "BEYOND HTML" article was fascinating, and it just so happens that we had a seminar at work about this very same subject matter. At GAI Consultants, there's about 600 of us... The seminar was about showing us how each employee is tracked on an online database system. It also showed us how to use this database to easily mail information to one another. This article did a great job of explaining content management in the way it was written, and the charts and graphs it used.
I've been building websites for a couple of years now. That's why this was the best week of readings for me so far. I use the most popular program out there from the Adobe Suite called Dreamweaver. It allows you to create websites from a design, code, or design/code point of view. The downside to making websites in the design point of view is that you don't really get a chance to learn the HTML or CSS coding. To be honest, I create my sites from a design point of view, but I check the code view every once in a while.
Although I've learned HTML before in my undergrad graphic design classes, the coding is something I've pushed back in my mind. These 4 readings went hand in hand with each other and were a GREAT refresher on the subject and it has made me think about designing my sites from a code point of view from now on. I even printed out the HTML cheatsheet.
CSS designing is really awesome! It allows you to change the appearance of your website simply by changing the "style" setting! My favorite website for CSS, and probably the best example of how it works is the CSS Zen Garden. Check it out and click away! http://www.csszengarden.com/
Muddiest Point:
I loved the readings. They were a huge help in a lot of ways... But I felt that even though I printed it out, the HTML cheat sheet was unnecessary for most people. All I mean is that I think it could've been subsituted for another reading that's a little bit different.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
JING AGAIN...
I didn't realize just HOW BIG my video is... PLEASE have patience while it loads. Thanks yinz!
Jing:
Man... this took long enough to upload. Here's a little video tutorial on how to make a cool graffiti effect in Photoshop:
5 Image Captures:
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Whole set:
Friday, October 3, 2008
Week 7:
Comments:
Blogger:
To Nate on his Wi-Fi question
https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=301150766198525940&postID=22716207993430543&page=1
To E. Griswold on her comments
https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3799366651359702810&postID=1475439621040041093&page=1
How the Internet Infrastructure Works:
I know nobody owns the internet… That person would be a gazillionaire!! I just can’t imagine that something so important, something used by everyone in everyday life to do important tasks, has no owner. One thing we haven’t really seen yet was how the computer network hierarchy works. This isn’t new to me, but it’s always cool to see visual diagrams. Also, I’ve always seen acronyms like ‘POP’ and ‘NAP’, but never knew what they stood for. Well, now I know. Seeing how routers work was interesting as well.
Dismantling Integrated Library Systems:
Interesting… I’m not sure about the real relevance though. This article was informative and definitely give me something to think about as far as ILS’s go, but it just seemed like a bunch of Jeopardy knowledge to me.
Inside the Google Machine:
This was an informative, well spoken, and funny at times video that managed to keep my attention for 20 minutes. If you knew me, that’s saying a lot! I had no idea what a big deal Google is. I knew it was a search engine for different sorts of things like web articles, images, video, etc. It was cool to see all the other Google projects I didn’t know about like. Services like Google Answers sounds like something that would be of great help for students doing research papers. They said that you could use it from $5 to $50… I wonder how the service would differ from price? This was a great video to watch with great media demonstrations. It’s amazing how humor and speaking in a down to earth, relaxed way can get through to audiences.
Muddiest Point:
I couldn’t get the article Dismantling Integrated Library Systems to load with the link provided, so I had to search for it. After finding it, which wasn’t hard, I didn’t see the relevance…
Blogger:
To Nate on his Wi-Fi question
https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=301150766198525940&postID=22716207993430543&page=1
To E. Griswold on her comments
https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3799366651359702810&postID=1475439621040041093&page=1
How the Internet Infrastructure Works:
I know nobody owns the internet… That person would be a gazillionaire!! I just can’t imagine that something so important, something used by everyone in everyday life to do important tasks, has no owner. One thing we haven’t really seen yet was how the computer network hierarchy works. This isn’t new to me, but it’s always cool to see visual diagrams. Also, I’ve always seen acronyms like ‘POP’ and ‘NAP’, but never knew what they stood for. Well, now I know. Seeing how routers work was interesting as well.
Dismantling Integrated Library Systems:
Interesting… I’m not sure about the real relevance though. This article was informative and definitely give me something to think about as far as ILS’s go, but it just seemed like a bunch of Jeopardy knowledge to me.
Inside the Google Machine:
This was an informative, well spoken, and funny at times video that managed to keep my attention for 20 minutes. If you knew me, that’s saying a lot! I had no idea what a big deal Google is. I knew it was a search engine for different sorts of things like web articles, images, video, etc. It was cool to see all the other Google projects I didn’t know about like. Services like Google Answers sounds like something that would be of great help for students doing research papers. They said that you could use it from $5 to $50… I wonder how the service would differ from price? This was a great video to watch with great media demonstrations. It’s amazing how humor and speaking in a down to earth, relaxed way can get through to audiences.
Muddiest Point:
I couldn’t get the article Dismantling Integrated Library Systems to load with the link provided, so I had to search for it. After finding it, which wasn’t hard, I didn’t see the relevance…
Monday, September 29, 2008
Week 6:
Comments:
Blogger:
On Kirsten's blog response:
https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7533952523781723717&postID=5618822023673789896
Courseweb:
On Theresa's entry on YouTube Libraries
https://courseweb.pitt.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_id=_2_1&url=%2Fwebapps%2Fblackboard%2Fexecute%2Flauncher%3Ftype%3DCourse%26id%3D_9047_1%26url%3D
Local Area Network:
This was a nice article on the history of networking and cabling. It defined a local area network, or LAN network, as a computer network covering a small physical area. It listed the characteristics and how they contrast to wide-area networks, or WANs. I'm sure we've all worked with LAN networks before, considering some of us have LAN networks in our houses. It also went into the history of the personal computer.
Computer Network:
This article described the different computer networks out there and how they are classified. There's a lot of different network names that I didn't even know existed such as the Campus Area Network, Metropolitan Area Network, and Global Area Network.
Relativity YouTube Video:
Short and sweet, right to the point. Great definitions to different networks and where they are most commonly used. These videos go the best with the Computer Network Wiki site.
Muddiest Point:
The assignments were a little hard to comprehend and pretty vague. What I did enjoy this week was the relativity of all the assigned readings and watchings.
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