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Friday, 15 June 2007
Tuesday, 12 June 2007
MPI104 assessment 2
Its that time again, when we get assessed for interestingness and aesthetics. So the question is, do I think my pages are aesthetically pleasing and are interesting?
Lets start with Flickr:
has uploaded at least 30 pictures
has organized pictures into sets or pools
has uploaded screenshots of details of examples of good aesthetics in websites all pictures have titles AND descriptions
pictures of interest to other students have MPI104-2007 tag
pictures of no interest to other students do not have MPI104-2007 tag
all pictures have tags other than MPI104-2007
user has pushed at least 6 pictures to MPI104-2007 group
user has at least 12 contacts, joined at least 3 groups and nominated at least 6 favorites
With flickr I have tried to upload aesthetically pleasing, as well as interesting photos and images. Unfortunately my desire to do up my blog got in the way. But most of those are private (Hence why there are less than 30 images). But I have put things up which I think people will enjoy. I have put all my images into pools, although I have only 3 crude ones but they suffice.
Del.icio.us:
has saved at least 3 pages of bookmarks
all bookmarks have descriptions
all bookmarks have tags
has bundled all tags
all bookmarks of interest to other students have MPI104-2007 tag
bookmarks of no interest to other students do not have MPI104-2007 tag
has several other delicious users in their network
has saved links for others
Del.icio.us was more interesting to do I think as most of my links had to do with humour and flash animation. But I believe it worked as it was offset by university links, links to movies, games, and such. Most of the links are there for a person to enjoy and chuckle at. I just hope people enjoy reading them and viewing them as much as I do. For example, if you like crazy music; visit Lemon Demon.
Blogger:
has more than the minimum posts
has used working links in all posts
has experimented with templates fonts and colours
has included rss feed of their delicious bookmarks
has a technorati “fave this blog” button on their blog
has nominated ba-ma metablog as a favourite on technorati
has counter (or sitemeter etc button) on their blog
has a blog post about the visitors to their blog
Okay, blogger was hard for me. I don't like to post what I do on the web, my opinions and such; when I first started the year I had a bad impression of blogs, thinking they were for angsty teens and nothing more. But I have learnt that there are good and bag blogs, and most of them are good. Now, aesthetically my site could be better. While I think I got fairly creative with the header, I could have changed more of the blog to suit my tastes, made it suit the lightbreaker theme. And I am disappointed with my lack of posts. I could post my lastest bits of art, or my day. But it seems boring and trivial.
Overall, I think I managed to achieve some balance between form and content in my sites. Even if my blog could be spruced up.
Lets start with Flickr:
has uploaded at least 30 pictures
has organized pictures into sets or pools
has uploaded screenshots of details of examples of good aesthetics in websites all pictures have titles AND descriptions
pictures of interest to other students have MPI104-2007 tag
pictures of no interest to other students do not have MPI104-2007 tag
all pictures have tags other than MPI104-2007
user has pushed at least 6 pictures to MPI104-2007 group
user has at least 12 contacts, joined at least 3 groups and nominated at least 6 favorites
With flickr I have tried to upload aesthetically pleasing, as well as interesting photos and images. Unfortunately my desire to do up my blog got in the way. But most of those are private (Hence why there are less than 30 images). But I have put things up which I think people will enjoy. I have put all my images into pools, although I have only 3 crude ones but they suffice.
Del.icio.us:
has saved at least 3 pages of bookmarks
all bookmarks have descriptions
all bookmarks have tags
has bundled all tags
all bookmarks of interest to other students have MPI104-2007 tag
bookmarks of no interest to other students do not have MPI104-2007 tag
has several other delicious users in their network
has saved links for others
Del.icio.us was more interesting to do I think as most of my links had to do with humour and flash animation. But I believe it worked as it was offset by university links, links to movies, games, and such. Most of the links are there for a person to enjoy and chuckle at. I just hope people enjoy reading them and viewing them as much as I do. For example, if you like crazy music; visit Lemon Demon.
Blogger:
has more than the minimum posts
has used working links in all posts
has experimented with templates fonts and colours
has included rss feed of their delicious bookmarks
has a technorati “fave this blog” button on their blog
has nominated ba-ma metablog as a favourite on technorati
has counter (or sitemeter etc button) on their blog
has a blog post about the visitors to their blog
Okay, blogger was hard for me. I don't like to post what I do on the web, my opinions and such; when I first started the year I had a bad impression of blogs, thinking they were for angsty teens and nothing more. But I have learnt that there are good and bag blogs, and most of them are good. Now, aesthetically my site could be better. While I think I got fairly creative with the header, I could have changed more of the blog to suit my tastes, made it suit the lightbreaker theme. And I am disappointed with my lack of posts. I could post my lastest bits of art, or my day. But it seems boring and trivial.
Overall, I think I managed to achieve some balance between form and content in my sites. Even if my blog could be spruced up.
Visitors
Another ye oldy I was mean to talk about a while back. On my blog I have a counter, its rather simple and just tells me how many people have visited this blog (Between 100 - 200) other than that. I know nothing, maybe I should head over to sitemeter and join...
With Flickr though I can see how many people have visited my page and I know who watches me... I think... At least I know how many people look at my pictures (strangely enough the picture most viewed is also on my DA page... I'll get you a link... Here you go Chibi Grim).
With Delicious I have no way of knowing how many people visit my page... But that isn't the point of it really is it? I mean, its for my links, so I search faster.
So I really don't know anything about the people who visit my pages. I am content for the moment with that
With Flickr though I can see how many people have visited my page and I know who watches me... I think... At least I know how many people look at my pictures (strangely enough the picture most viewed is also on my DA page... I'll get you a link... Here you go Chibi Grim).
With Delicious I have no way of knowing how many people visit my page... But that isn't the point of it really is it? I mean, its for my links, so I search faster.
So I really don't know anything about the people who visit my pages. I am content for the moment with that
Flashes of old
As I have mentioned before, I dabble in flash (Or I still would if Flash MX 2004 worked on Vista). So I thought you might like to see them. Unfortunately all my flashes are on Deviantart so these are links to the pages.
The uber-smexy series based on the comic by my friend Zsarke:
- Ubersmexy
- Ubersmexy 2
- Ubersmexy 3
- Ubersmexy 4
I do have two more... But I don't think they are worth putting up.
Ta
The uber-smexy series based on the comic by my friend Zsarke:
- Ubersmexy
- Ubersmexy 2
- Ubersmexy 3
- Ubersmexy 4
I do have two more... But I don't think they are worth putting up.
Ta
Monday, 11 June 2007
Shrek 3
Okay, last week friday I went and saw Shrek the third. I must say, I was disappointed with the movie. As usual great graphics, some pretty funny parts; but it lacked somewhat of a storyline. Prince Charming just didn't make a good villian, all he wanted was revenge against Shrek. They could have really used the high school scene in the movie. Made it a bit longer and such. Then there was Merlin, funny character... He could have been used to make the film much funnier; mucked everything up and then Shrek would have to contend with that...
So, frankly I thought the movie was somewhat childish. The storyline could have been better, and thats all there is too it.
So, frankly I thought the movie was somewhat childish. The storyline could have been better, and thats all there is too it.
Aesthetics
Okay, okay. This is a bit late I admit it. So, we were asked 'what is aesthetics?' apparently its how we deal with or consider beauty, the ugly, the sublime, etc and how it applies to fine arts.
So good aesthetics on a webpage should merge together. Run together, and no one element stands out but all complement and help each other. But with web page aesthetics there are other considerations that make it different from printed aesthetics. The bandwidth of a persons internet server is important, as it affects how long it takes to download and display your page. If the page is too big, the person may lose interest if it takes too long to download. Ease of navigation is also important, what if its is near impossible to find something on your page? Well, people won't stand for it and will go somewhere else to find the information they want.
Heres an example of mixed aesthetics, the newgrounds main page.
This webpage would work quite well if it wasn't for the adds displayed here. The difference in colour just makes the page seem jerky and ruins the black and gold colour scheme of the page. But in other terms, the aesthetics are quite good. Newgrounds is easy to navigate through, and you can find flash movies or songs in a matter of moments. Bandwidth is a problem as the page uses flash everywhere; so it a long time to download everything unless you have cable.
Keenspot is another page with good aesthetics. It has a simple colour scheme which allows the eye to travel over it. Its easy to navigate and its bandwidth is low enough for anyone to download in moments. And its content, although just webcomics is good, and varied.
This is a poor blog by Nyoronn has poor aesthetics. While it is easy to navigate and doesn't strain your bandwidth, its all links to other sites. And they are repeated again and again. There is no content here, this person is just using the page to advertise sites. Also visually, its confusing; whats the site about???
So, thats it. I hope I didn't bore you. Ta ta
So good aesthetics on a webpage should merge together. Run together, and no one element stands out but all complement and help each other. But with web page aesthetics there are other considerations that make it different from printed aesthetics. The bandwidth of a persons internet server is important, as it affects how long it takes to download and display your page. If the page is too big, the person may lose interest if it takes too long to download. Ease of navigation is also important, what if its is near impossible to find something on your page? Well, people won't stand for it and will go somewhere else to find the information they want.
Heres an example of mixed aesthetics, the newgrounds main page.
This webpage would work quite well if it wasn't for the adds displayed here. The difference in colour just makes the page seem jerky and ruins the black and gold colour scheme of the page. But in other terms, the aesthetics are quite good. Newgrounds is easy to navigate through, and you can find flash movies or songs in a matter of moments. Bandwidth is a problem as the page uses flash everywhere; so it a long time to download everything unless you have cable.
Keenspot is another page with good aesthetics. It has a simple colour scheme which allows the eye to travel over it. Its easy to navigate and its bandwidth is low enough for anyone to download in moments. And its content, although just webcomics is good, and varied.
This is a poor blog by Nyoronn has poor aesthetics. While it is easy to navigate and doesn't strain your bandwidth, its all links to other sites. And they are repeated again and again. There is no content here, this person is just using the page to advertise sites. Also visually, its confusing; whats the site about???
So, thats it. I hope I didn't bore you. Ta ta
Monday, 28 May 2007
Halllllllllllllooooooooooooooo
Did I mention, I like Halo?
Apparantly, Halo 2 has been out since April 11... I didn't know... WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME!!!!!!! *screams and runs in circles*
Now I'm on a quest. I must obtain Halo 2... It is a matter of life and death. If I don't get it, well... Um... The pie dies!!
Okay, enough randomness. I saw Pirates of the Caribbean last week, it was pretty good. Very action, but I thought the storyline was basic; even though a friend assures me it isn't. But parts of the story just feel tacked on too me. Though all the action was cool, and those rock-crabs were cute, and the extra Jack's were hilarious.
tata
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