Sunday, November 29, 2009

Ning Project pt. 3

There were a few times when a member of the group wasn't able to show up to class, but it wasn't a disadvantage at all. The missing member would connect to the rest of the group through Sakai and were able to send us their part of the work.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Ning Project pt. 2

I really got into personalizing my personal profile page. Some of the templates weren't appealing, but then I found one I really liked, but not in a color I liked. So I saved the background image, opened it in Photoshop and tweaked the colors a bit. Then I uploaded it. I was able to change all the blues into purples through Photoshop and by editing the HTML. I'm very happy with the outcome.

Monday, November 23, 2009

Ning Project

This project started out well. We were able to decide quickly on what we wanted to do this project on. We were also able to carry things out smoothly. The website itself was easy to navigate, but I felt it was a little bit cluttered. I don't understand why updates from our personal pages had to come up in the news feed of the main page. Our personal pages don't have anything to do with the main page.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Social Network Sites

I actually knew a lot about social network services before reading this article. Mostly based on personal experience. I'm a part of several social network sites: Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, and SocialVibe. All these sites are so convenient! With Facebook, I can keep in touch with out of state friends; and as a film media major and a photography minor, YouTube and Flickr is extremely useful to promote my videos and photography; and with SocialVibe, I can help the world!

Every few years or so, I'd go visit some relatives in China. And, at the time, I was shocked to see my cousins using the social network sites that I use! I wasn't aware that these sites were available across the globe. I was even introduced to some Chinese networking sites. Instead of AIM or MSN messenger, my cousins used QQ. Obviously, we exchanged screen names so we could keep in touch. When I tried to install QQ onto my laptop, turns out, it's all in Chinese. And, unfortunately, I can't read. So, my cousins installed MSN Messenger. But, of course, things just couldn't work out. Because of the time differences, everytime I was online, my cousins would be sleeping and vice versa. Now we just send each other emails and keep in touch through Facebook.

And obviously, these networks are good for businesses. They're all free, and because so many people use these networks, it's easy for businesses to promote themselves.

I dread the day my parents get a Facebook.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Five causes and or issues.

Vegetarianism
Gay Rights
World Hunger
Pollution
Endangered Species

Monday, November 9, 2009

The Creation Museum pt 3

Overall, the outcome of this project is good compared to the original site. We've changed some minor things according to the peer review. I feel like if there was more time, I could spruce things up a bit, make it more interesting. It seems a little bit bland to me.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

The Creation Museum pt 2

Today, our group has undergone some peer review. We've gotten a lot of good feedback. Our peers pointed out things we could do to improve our website. The front page was a little too spaced out and the font throughout the website was inconsistent.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

The Creation Museum

My group has chosen to redesign the website The Creation Museum. It's an extremely tacky website. The background is distracting and at first, I thought the website related to astronomy. We've planned to remove the background, add a navigation system and change the coloring. We also decided to change the alignment.