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The Discipline of Content Strategy

angelousdesir — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:28:33 +0000

Kristina Halvorson goes into a very good argument. she states that even after all the work that web designers dosnt amount to anything if the content that is proposed for that particular web site is weak and not well orginaized within the complexity of the sites designed content. she emphasis the importance of content structure and validity. i myself agree to the subject and feel that as a art student we are being forced too much on the design aspect and functionality of the site that the content itself is overlooked and unorganized. i also feel that when plan our projects its as if the design is what drives what our content is, when really it should be the other way around. the content is very important to the sites design and if it is weak then so is our design.

search engine optimization

angelousdesir — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 01:53:41 +0000

search engine optimization or SEO is a way to improve a websites chances of getting to a position in a search engine that will be seen by those that are looking for its keyword or phrase.
there area bunch of tips that can be used for planning successfull reconization. there are also a lot of too;s that you can use

http://vinayseo7.wordpress.com/2011/09/25/search-engine-optimazation/

frameworks

angelousdesir — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:18:26 +0000

hello all today’s topic is frame-working. it would seem that when making a website from scratch can be a very enticing ordeal. but one can get around this by having frameworks which are already made templates that can save lots of time for instance all the code that has to be written for css reset can be available already from another project and be linked to the file to save you lots of time.Frame-working can prepare for you a basic layout of your design with basic and simple css style-sheets.
it is a tool amongst us coders to make life easier on our already busy lifestyle. On the other side of the coin, using frameworks can lead to bloating of source code-meaning that their can be a large amount of code included that may never be executed and will make files sizes larger for what you might actually need.you need to also have knowledge of the structure of the framework that you will be putting in to make sure that you don’t mess things up and give your self a headache trying to figure things out.
as web developers we will need to use these techniques when we work for sites that require lots of pages to be made and need to keep in mind the extra work that may be needed to keep these techniques in line.

links:
http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2007/09/21/css-frameworks-css-reset-design-from-scratch/
http://mondaybynoon.com/2007/08/27/please-do-not-use-css-frameworks/

“Progressive Enhancement” and “Graceful Degradation”

angelousdesir — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:25:17 +0000

in the old days we were used to having such limited methods of cpu usage. for the longest time we were stuck on a desktop computer where internet was very limited and very slow. now we have laptops and mobile phones that many people have to have.

progressive enhancement for developers is a meaning that we take in order to better service and design for these new technologies. the browsers that the users employ must be able to work with our designs. so far we have mobile phones whose browsers are small and long, pads that are built to be navigable and interactive ,laptops that are standard and still used desktops. graceful degradation is the ability to design for the smaller devices and make them work in correlation with the next device and still be user-friendly across all platforms. as more and more companies jump on “going multi-platform” we as developers must accommodate for all platforms making life a little harder as to having to follow all the rules that come along with it. which can hinder our ability to design to our full capacity at times.

http://www.hesketh.com/publications/articles/progressive-enhancement-paving-the-way-for/
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/understandingprogressiveenhancement

angelousdesir — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 02:46:01 +0000

test

angelousdesir — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 02:44:24 +0000

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Design Research

angelousdesir — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:29:35 +0000

Design Research:why you need it? by steve cadle
The point this article made was that the correct research is very important for the designer’s purpose.By haveing a clear idea of the product, holding briefs to gain terminology and knowledge of the practices, holding user interviews to observe behavior and get a feel for user practices and opinions. this is good information for beginning researchers.
i would use this info by incorporating these common practices in my own initial research.

harnessing power of data by kim goodwin
this short blog highlights essential points on persona creation.one of the points kim makes is that having the right kind of research is very important. most personas are based off ethnographic data and what those personas do during research.
another point he makes is that you need to identify patters from this data that you receive. you know the changing variables so look for the commons.
then you can assemble these patterns that you find into a grouping.
once you have the data organized you can write the personas in a narrative with moderate detail.
try to avoid false or non-relating details or being too accurate.
i would use this information to keep these points in mind and use them to my advantage.

goal-directed service design by chris noessel
this article focuses on creating problem solving research for service designs this person gave good examples of how designers have come up with ways in the past.the examples he gave were how Tivo replaced traditional broadcasts of television.
how Netflix caused video rental sales to turn to mail and internet services and how email pretty much replaced sending paper mail. I would use this to keep in mind that creating new services for everyday things can make or break other companies!

Perfecting Personas by kim goodwin

this small article described how focusing on a smaller group can bring better results with persona behavior patterns.
i would use this information to keep in mind when dealing with behavior patters.

we can not accept that behavior by emma van nickerkman was frustrated by a text field that would not accept her last name when purchasing concert tickets. she wanted an error message that explained a solution on how to make her name work or why it didn’t.
i can use this as a feedback when creating a website or text field keeping in mind her problems.

CSS Typography

angelousdesir — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 01:00:35 +0000

css has brought about a new way of incorperating type into web pages. there are many ways to manipulate font, which can be a vauble assest when transforming web pages into what we want or need for our clients.css can create a way to make your font do what you want it to do by creating font size text color underline or rndition of more text.

With typography in html you can put smaller commands in to more eloborate the content at hand for example bird to create a strong empisis on the word bird.

scripting finally

angelousdesir — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:25:09 +0000

so here we are again posting for another class but this time its for the begins of a scripting class and how standardization works for us web designers now that i have info- architecture out of the way its starting to make since how things come to together when making a website although what i’m doing right now is limited.I just made my first web site not counting myspace coding.
when we look at 3WC they give us the basics on how to write our pages in tuned with the major browsers out there so that when we put our pages up they are written correctly and that spacing is correct witch is important if you are selling something or showing objects to bunches of people worldwide.

what a Personal learning enviornment means to me?

angelousdesir — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:33:20 +0000

What a personal learning environment means to me?

A personal learning environment is more then just a mere program to gain information on. I mean, when you want to learn something you should be able to get the right information in a quick and user friendly environment. Why settle for less?

A well put together ple should contain not only the look but the feel of an easy interactive environment the majority of people wont want to be confused or intimidated by having complicated menus or hard to find buttons having a glitch or two with the program can be frustrating as well or when things aren’t put together you will get things that aren’t quite right

When creating a ple something’s you will need are: the program to which you’ll have the information put on it a medium a written plan of what the subject will be on (a script) discussing the subject and its meaning in detail the meat of the project. The creator, although doesn’t have to provide a voice of the scripting but would make the project a lit bit more professional, can add spice to the project. And if you so wish could add a video source to have a visual of the subject giving an example of noting a point.

When I was in the service I had to learn a lot about the manuals of our systems we worked with one of the ways we learned about our systems was to was to create our own ple. We used PowerPoint as our program in our project we were to go through our manuals and diagrams and take out the important information to each piece of equipment that we owned we then had to place that information in a well organized manner creating headlines subheadings body bullets and pictures those pictures included any wire diagrams and technical diagrams we could find. to better enhance our ple. Once the initial project was finished we had to look over it a final time to correct any mistakes or bugs that were overlooked to make sure that it was perfect and professional. Once we were finished we put the presentations in a special folder for future reference and sometimes we were called upon to give training on the subjects. It also provided as an aid to others in the future.

By doing this helped me learn about a certain system on a first hand basis researching topics allows you to take in information that’s important and leaves the unimportant to rest. And by doing this you now you know have a ple that teaches others the knowledge that you know.

By creating a concept map we can figure out how these tool are similar to our own learning process and by what we learn contributes to someone else’s learning.

Concept mapping is a unique tool that allows us to create a map of what we want to learn about. Using this meathod we can take what a subject is about and summarize to get the main point. We then can take this information and add it to any other information to get a more collaborated story.

Even with this process I can include things with my research even now. With things like Google utube TV magazines and store bought books. With the internet I have access to lots of information.

Now when it comes to tools that I can use, there are many tools out there that I can find. When I need to find out how to bypass something on the computer or how to play an old game on a new computer I go to game hacking sites. The people there are friendly and will answer the questions with information or places to go to that have the answers, if they don’t have them.

It really sucks when I have an old game that rocked that I bought back in the early 90’s and can no longer play it due to modern systems not being able to support the software. To fix that they have programs that run as an emulator that runs the software that supports the games software. An example would be dos box. This program supports dos based games and is a bit tricky to get started if you don’t know dos scripting but I’m glad that still retain the dos skills and know how to navigate dos.

But it is a shame that people don’t know these programs it comes in handy to know dos and Linux commands even its just a little bit one can get a head in the field by knowing so because the more you know the better you are in the industry.