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Turn handle open door, enter bathroom, flick switch, turn toward mirror, locate and pickup toothbrush, put tooth brush down, pick up tooth paste, open tooth paste, apply tooth paste to tooth brush, apply pasted brush to teeth, vigorously move tooth brush in circular fashion against teeth while lightly salivating, cover any area that is made out of enamel calcium or borders between gums and tooth, brush roof of mouth, brush tongue thoroughly, spit aiming at sink, turn sink on by rotating hot water knob, gurgle water once hot, spit, gargle more water, spit, wipe the mouth with wash cloth, rinse sink, turn hot water off, turn light off, leave room, close door.


Click projects once link loads. Groove to music. Click on interactive, see splinter cell and xbox 360 get distracted and click. Click back to project index because the back button is non functional. Click on film main titles, click back to projects click on interactive, click on e-commerce ibm link, click back to projects, click interactive, click Honda, redir- projects.

Click on contact, click on map and driving directions to new york office, click on suggested search.


Imaginary forces fell into the trap of flash, there is no back button usage which means every button is in the website and is flash based. The text size does not allow us to alter it to make it easier to view. There’s a photo gallery and I am not quite sure what it wants me to view. The reading on affordance and constraints really applies the most to this website as it decided to ignore all constraints and was constructed in a very uncontrollable fashion, music that plays automatically, text that is not adjustable, and worse no back button on the browser. It sacrificed everything for a sleek looking page but a warning for flash layouts, if the menu system isn’t clear be prepared for trouble.

black and white.

I'm a little grey on the idea of design still. I understand it's purpose but I just read two web page articles on design which broke the standards of ... well design. I was very frightened without my top navigation bars and almost blinded by images that confused and perplexed me, luckily I was able to continue reading to glean some helpful information from these articles... I think. Actually while the second article i read (reading them in reverse order) was image less the author painted a much clearer image of what they were trying to explain. I now feel much less guilty about my use of piles. I have a pile for stuff that needs throwing out, a pile for reading, a pile for homework and a pile for laundry.. piles are very useful organizational tools. heck i wouldn't be able to go anywhere if it weren't for the useful pile of shoes at my front door. I would almost go so far as to say piles are the standard in my apartment. hah.

The idea that prototypes should always be rough is kind of an ah ha to me. sometimes i would think that if you make a finished as possible prototype then more people would support then vision, but I suppose in more thought about it, many may glean a different idea they support more from a rough model version of a toy or car or website that they approve more from the prototype being rough than finished because they use their own imaginations. One of the things I find interesting is the ambiguity of the design mentioned in both the readings. In my opinion the most important design aspect is the UI (user interface). The design can be all over the place as long as it is easy to use and doesn't distract the reader from the message/user from the goal. the design of the unified theory of design created a lot of noise for me when reading it. I found this normally what would be easy to read page, noisy and distracting because of the graphics placed all over the reading. As far as the writer I would like a citation on his definition of wisdom, I am a student of the Tao Te Qing and some things said in this article were very interesting but conflict with the nature of the words he was using, perhaps if he was less focused on flashy words and more intent on making his content easier to read it would have been less argumentative in my mind. the one part that spoke extremely clearly to me was the part on organization. after reading his input on organization it is entirely possible that organization may be the single most important feature, nay the pupose of the word design. i will have to think about that.

I have worked extensively in the web development industry and the issue of standardization is what makes it possible for people to easily share information and create new programs/websites/applications. Standards should be more widely embraced due to the fact that most of the time they only help make any situation easier for those who are involved in production. ex : web standards help web developers make only one version of website instead of multiple for each web browser. High defenition television has been mandated the broadcasting standard, not because people want to sell more televisions but because the spectrum tv operates on is the peoples spectrum and television companies must be responsible with it. the signal strength of hd tv is stronger and will help emergency broadcasting systems around the states further more with hd this will help broadcasters by making television more interesting and involving, this is a good thing for advertisments as well. a standard was mandated and while it may be a hassle for some stations set in their ways who didn't want to switch just yet ( as many stations were switching to hd already those who did not would be left behind as inferior shortly) it benefits all by accomplishing this task now instead of later. Standards help progress.


Wasn't planning on creating a website... so im not sure what to do about those two url's needed.

I think instant messaging is supperior to email, end. IM needs a standard set of code that can connect to others via something like email addresses instead of the 50million different versions of screen names IE: msn's email address VRS AIMs screen name. I am a user of msn and don't really feel like changing to another system I would not mind however if somehow I was allowed to chat with those on other systems. this would make communicating with others easier and effective.

Team Work.

I would really like to figure out the necessary people involved in creating a production (both movie and music) studio. I would like to figure out the budget and plan a solid business idea for how much money and time it would cost to create a movie and a record. Every aspect of both, and I still would like to either find out a competitive method of acquiring a good script or learn to script write competitively. obviously there is a point to these goals in concert. To help the goals along the way a team member role i would most like to be assigned is project manager. I don't know if these are website team goals but i can put them in terms of web developing if necessary. that is the only all applicable goal i can really think of that i would prefer. I would not like to be the camera man or the html dev. I would not like to be the accountant. I would like to be the actor/director/content creator/writer. these are the skills I am hoping to pick up and use to help create something in the future.

We-Ness

I think I'm cheating on this one. First I would subscribe to some project management software that we could all post and maintain goals and files on different projects through. second I would use a hack to that software that allows everyone to log into a chat room to discuss in real time, any issues they had come up. I.E: Base camp and campfire. I would also have everyone on an instant messenger, aim or msn for example and able to chat via these 1 on 1 or in large groups for discussions that only pertained to a couple of people. The 'we-ness' would come from the close discussion and inter involvement that all team members would participate in. when the product was approved and finished everyone could be proud as they would all be informed of the launch or completion via the company project management software. I have worked on a team with these programs and features before. initially there was simply a chat system we used via instant messenger but we couldn't all be in the same chat room. When we got what is called 'campfire' going it brought a lot of us closer together as co-workers instead of simply people who worked on the same project at different times. group interaction on the internet is very useful and can make physical barriers like geography seem irrelevant.

Potential drawback is you cannot punch out at the end of the day on friday and grab a beer with co-workers. that sucks.

Ah Ha! a New class! 585

So in order to get a different perspective on how to build a website I took a look at mcdonalds.com and wendys.com.

The thing is I come from the point of view that websites are incredibly easy to build and can operate on a budget of 2k or so a site. After reading goto's project proposal manual I decided I needed to look at something huge and corporate. Man did i learn a lot about fast food.

First I would like to say both nutritional information sites are extremely well done, if you are ever wondering how much calories your burger is from either place with or without mayo, or ketchup or maybe even that little onion piece they put on for you, that is definitely a resource you should know about. The second thing that i realized is man, this was one expensive site. I don't know if someone could come up with a fixed variable bid/price for a site like Wendy's.com. I built blogs for lawyers, we didn't have to worry about half the things in that proposal, we loaded up templates smashed some artwork onto it and taught the client how to blog but I can see where all these management steps could help prepare someone for a bigger project like building the Wendy's website. I don't know if the proposal covered all the bases though, In my opinion the Internet is a place where you have to manage a brand identity through and through, the company working with the web developers should either work with a web developer who understands branding and sub domains or have someone on staff who thoroughly understands this from their half of the table. in the era of blogs and informative marketing I don't think you can afford not to. Planning out every aspect you can think of really is key, and that is the first Ah ha.

I really like the way the blogger spell checker works, HUGE improvement.

The second Ah ha belongs in the budget, Due to my work experience I have had many differences of opinion with the articles we read for class but in regards to the budget I strongly agree with and understand a couple points. I think that when you block out everything pre-developement it gives you credibility with the client and allows you wiggle room you may need in the future. Even if you don't anticipate needing to develop any new html leaving 10 hours or so for someone to make sure there are no mistakes within the coding of each site is a smart move. The same thing with copy writing/tradmarking labels, normally this has to be hard written directly into each website or page and that can take some time and a special eye to catch errors. I think it would be terribly unprofessional of a website devloper if when the word Wendy's appeared on half the pages it was without the ® or was lower case wendys.