Sunday, September 30, 2012

Thanks to my wonderful partner Cori and her photography skills, I had lots of photos to pick from.

Here's the winner:

http://alexvickery.blogspot.com/p/about.html

Photo Baker

http://coribakerut.blogspot.com/

Most recent post on front page.

Portfolio Picture-Garrett C

Link to my blog

http://gcallahan4.blogspot.com/

My pic/blog: Omar J Longoria

Link to my blog, with profile picture: tijdlozestijl.blogspot.com

-Omar J Longoria

Portfolio Picture

here is a link to my profile with the uploaded picture

Personal Photo

Here is a link to my blog where my picture is!

jasmincarina.blogspot.com

I may change it as the year progresses and my blog improves!
Hope you like my page so far!

because we had to

I uploaded the picture of myself to my bio page.

Edited photo of me

http://hectoriii.blogspot.com/2012/09/welcome.html

Personal Picture

You can find it here:
http://rllamas.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html

I swear, there's something about being a photographer that makes me loathe having my picture taken...

Picture of Me Link

http://kylieprototype.blogspot.com/p/my-personal-bio.html

Edited Photo Link

Here is the link to the page on my blog containing my edited photo.

http://britnyeubank.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Great examples of photos for personal portfolios

http://b-collins.com/

http://jessicahuff.com/

http://www.jordanbagel.com/#!about-me

http://www.kyleagregory.com/

Monday, September 24, 2012

Photo Shop Cable car Anna Fata

Cable Car Photoshop- Garrett C

Assignment 3

Here is my cropped, sharpened, adjusted picture of the cable car! (:

Cable Car After version Photoshop

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Nineteen Years and Counting

My blog, enjoy y'all.

http://coribakerut.blogspot.com/

-Cori

Darren Mills's blog

http://breakitdownsports.blogspot.com/

And just in case you have issues finding the link to the second page (it is at power rankings)
http://breakitdownsports.blogspot.com/p/nfl-power-rankings.html

Andrew's Online Portfolio Prototype

Here's a link to my prototype online portfolio.

Britny's Blog

Well, there is my attempt. I tried to keep it as simple and clean as possible (which probably made it boring, but rather that than messy). Hope you like it!

britnyeubank.blogspot.com

Alexis's Blog

http://alexismcblogspot.blogspot.com/

I used Italian "dummy text" for Sports....looks the same haha

http://rllamas.blogspot.com/

Here's my blog! I'll probably change the URL at some point. I don't really like this one. Anyway, I used the the Simple template. Everything else looked too cluttered to me.

Anderson's Blog

http://andersonswaim.blogspot.com/

Have at it!

Larisa Manescu's Online Portfolio Prototype

Click here for my online portfolio!

HJ's blog.

http://hannahjaned.blogspot.com/

Enjoy!

Jessica's Blog

jeslynduo

Go for it.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Omar J. Longoria's blog

Well, here's the link to my blog: tijdlozestijl.blogspot.com

(In case you're wondering, 'tijdloze stijl' means 'timeless style' in Dutch, which is a little something I came up with for a project for a graphic design class I was in last fall (J319 with Quarterman, which is now J303F or whatever))

- Omar J Longoria (ojl76)

P.s. The template I used was 'Picture Window,' starting from the one on the right, which already has certain elements like the use of transparent greys and such and I nice clean look that still allows for some excitement. I might change the background later or just make some nice high quality image, some simple pattern or something, later however.

P.p.s. Oops, I didn't see the part that mentioned only including the template name and such in a separate email but I already typed this up so, enjoy!

Monday, September 17, 2012

Will Korn's Blog

http://willkorn.blogspot.com/

Vivian Ortiz's blog

http://vivianortiz09.blogspot.com/

Christy's Blog

CHRISTY REYNOLDS' BLOG

Here is my blog! It's a work in progress!
(:

Friday, September 14, 2012

Q&A: Interesting stuff!

"Why doesn't the Statesman tell its web editor to improve the look of its site?! Do you think they are unaware of how unappealing it is?" You should make the suggestion!

How many people are still using AOL?
http://gizmodo.com/5856113/35-million-people-are-still-using-aol-dialup-
And who are they?
http://www.techspot.com/news/42121-60-of-aols-profits-come-from-misinformed-customers.html

How much did computers cost when they first came out?
http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2007/08/ibm-mainframe-computer-in-1970-pictured.html
http://oldcomputers.net/appleii.html

When were computers first mass produced for the general public?

How is it that we're managing to combine more and more technology into smaller and smaller spaces?
Moore's law
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/silicon-innovations/moores-law-technology.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law

How to prevent eye strains?

iPhone 5 -- what's new?
http://everswift.tumblr.com/post/31817738847

iPhone vs. other smartphones
http://blog.comscore.com/2012/09/whats_next_for_the_iphone5.html#.UFMjW8F-_Hs.twitter

How many people are still subscribing to newspapers?
http://www.naa.org/Trends-and-Numbers/Circulation/Newspaper-Circulation-Volume.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_the_United_States_by_circulation

If newspapers are not really dying, why are journalists having trouble finding jobs?

Palo Alto as the heart of the Internet revolution.

Early online news services (videotex and teletext) were experimental by nature.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotex#North_America

What does "interactive" mean exactly when referring to videotex?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hTosCUTmck

Movie recommendation by Minza
"Serendipity"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240890/

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Questions from 9/12

How important is HTML (HyperText Markup Language) for journalism students?
http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2010/new-york-times-seeks-multimedia-journalism-interns/

Why didn't Tim Berners-Lee privatize HTML?

BBC documentary
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/documentaries/2010/02/100128_the_virtual_revolution_part_one.shtml

How would Facebook be different if it hadn't been privatized?

Color theory and references

Color code:
http://www.computerhope.com/htmcolor.htm

Contrast analyzer:
http://tools.cactusflower.org/analyzer/

Color theories:
http://www.tigercolor.com/color-lab/color-theory/color-theory-intro.htm

http://www.colormatters.com/color-and-design/basic-color-theory

Color references:
http://kuler.adobe.com/#themes/rating?time=30

http://www.colourlovers.com/palettes/top

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Female Oppression

What women experience is a world in which gallant princes charming commonly make a fuss about being helpful and providing small services when help and services are of little or no use, but in which there are rarely ingenious and adroit princes at hand when substantial assistance is really wanted either in mundane affairs or in situations of threat, assault or terror. There is no help with the (his) laundry; no help typing a report at 4:00 a.m.; no help in mediating disputes among relatives or children. There is nothing but advice that women should stay indoors after dark, be chaperoned by a man, or when it comes down to it, "lie back and enjoy it."
-Frye, Marilyn
“Oppression,” in The Politics of Reality (Freedom, CA: Crossing Press, 1983), pp. 1-16.

I enjoyed this article about the oppression of women, read more here...

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Great questions from 9/5

Logistics: PPT

Personal

Image Processing: To be discussed later

Screen capture tool in Windows:
The snipping tool is handy.
http://www.wikihow.com/Take-a-Screenshot-in-Microsoft-Windows

How much bandwidth do YOU need?
It depends.
https://support.skype.com/en-us/faq/FA1417/how-much-bandwidth-does-skype-need
http://superuser.com/questions/256867/netflix-streaming-how-much-bandwidth-does-it-use

The U.S. vs. the world
http://www.myfoxal.com/story/18148927/who-has-the-fastest-internet-america-vs-the-world

Bit vs. Pixel
Pixel vs. ppi
Effect of high resolution displays on eyesight
Limit of human vision

"The iPhone 4s (3264x2448) has exactly 7,990,272 pixels, compared to iPhone 4's (2592 x 1936) 5,018,112 pixels " -- Thanks Ricky!

Will iPhone 5 correct the issue with pictures/memory?

Flash is not intended for download -- it's not native to the Web.

Why did Apple stop supporting Flash?

What's HSUPA?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Speed_Uplink_Packet_Access

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

My Preferred News Sources

Reddit.com - On August 29th, Obama broke Reddit by hosting an "Ask me Anything" session, where users could ask unfiltered questions to a live President for 30 minutes. I'm so happy his appearance has caused Reddit to increase in popularity, because it has so much too offer. You're bound to laugh when you're on it, with its overabundance of memes and other entertaining content. Most importantly, it is accurately called the "Front page of the Internet" because news always hits Reddit first; links to articles about current events are instantly uploaded from credible and unique sources.

This site has a lot of lingo to learn (up-votes, down-votes, subreddits, karma-whoring), but it is simple to learn and absolutely addictive.

The New York Times (especially the op-ed)

I've enjoyed the New York Times op-ed page for a while now, my favorite reporter being Nicholas Kristof. There's not much to say here because nearly everyone is familiar with the newspaper, but I enjoy the columns they produce.

NextGen Journal

I started doing freelance work for NextGen nearly a year ago, and it is an amazing site for college students looking to hear the diverse viewpoints of young people across the nation from a variety of different universities. We're currently in the process of uniting with Facebook and The Washington Post in urging Obama and Romney to participate in an open forum, so the site has exciting prospects for the future.

TIME Magazine

I had an actual subscription to TIME Magazine for a couple of years and loved their page-length feature stories and analysis on the latest news (gun control, obesity, etc.) Their layout is especially enticing.

I'm also subscribed to all of these sites on Twitter.

For your laughter, a dancing (scratching?) panda!

Gilmore Girls

Though the series finale occurred a few years back, the fond memories I have of the show Gilmore Girls. Set in a small town up north, the tale of the unique friendship between a witty, fun-loving mother and her intelligent, simple daughter occupied a great deal of my free time as an adolescent. With bold and dramatic moments ranging from humor to anger to sadness to glee, this show always kept me on my toes in anticipation of a new season. The details of the set itself, combined with the warmth and down-to-earth natures of the characters, always made me feel as if I was physically transported to little Stars Hollow during each episode.

The defining aspect of this show, setting it apart of others of its time, is the distinct relationship between the characters of Lorelai and Rory. Lorelai is the ambitious, fun-loving and dramatic mother. She is clever and funny, and her tongue drips with sarcasm. While much of her humor results from immaturity, the fact that she had Rory at sixteen and raised her as a single parent shows her maturity and ability to master the parenting role, as shown in certain scenes while disciplining Rory. This is often rare, for Rory is the perfect child. She is kind, intelligent and simple. She is never more happier than when she is reading a good book, and oftens calms down the wild and care-free nature of her mother.

Not Too Shabby

As an intern this summer, I had a lot of time on my hands to search the web for random things to entertain myself while I waited for the next batch of papers to scan.

Reddit is probably is best place for people that like cool random things. But if you are a cat hater or strong conservative, this is not the site for you. But if you love cats, technology, politics, or basically any random topic, there's a subreddit out there for you.

Buttermilk "plays" with her "friends" became one of my favorite videos this summer as well. Warning: do not watch during class, may cause loud obnoxious laughter.

Enjoy!

THE TOWN

My favorite movie is definitely The Town, directed by Ben Affleck.

Set in Charleston, Massachusetts, the "Bank Robbery Capital of America", a group of bank robbers get in too deep after finishing a job. One of their members becomes too close with a hostage they took and its only a matter of time before the whole things starts to crumble.

This is by far the best line in the movie.