knash1 – AAD086 SP19

ADA Compliance is not a Mystery

As of January 2018, updated standards require all federal agencies and contractors to create web content accessible to all.

Local Coworking

Learning about The Studio coworking space was very engaging. If I ever get back into studio client work I would definitely consider joining a coworking space like The Studio. Their prices are competitive with other coworking spaces like the Hacker Lab but I like this setting much better. The space is more business-like and business focused rather than maker building and creating centered. The Hacker Lab is a fun and energetic space but very different with the maker building and machinery around. Whereas The Studio seemed more serious and quiet which is more my style

Flexbox vs Grid

Having done my midterm project using a grid and struggling with getting it to work with color extending beyond the grid cells I couldn’t help wondering if Flexbox would have been, well, more flexible.

Perspective

I did a quick design layout for the midterm with the headline text shooting out in perspective. I originally thought it would just be a graphic or image but I just read a bit more about using CSS to create perspective. Here is a simple intro: https://3dtransforms.desandro.com/perspective

Standing Out

Some people would love to stand out in a crowd. But me, I am happy going along with the flow most of the time. This year at the Addys Awards Gala I thought it would be fun to do a little dress up. In past years, it was a thing – people really got into it. This year the theme was decades, exploring advertising throughout the decades of the local club. And since all this year’s promotion was centered around a very strong retro 50s and 60s styling I thought that would be a fun genre to dress up.

Everything in Motion

Attending the Ad Club Student Creative Kickstart session I was impressed that practically all the ideas presented was about video, motion graphics, digital interactive screens and everything motion. A new trend – not. It is what communication will be in the near future.

Top Tips

Rachel Andrew’s article Getting Started With CSS Layout was a great overview of CSS. One section was on laying out grids with CSS which was new to me. It sounded like it is not responsive but could be good for visual data layout for specific devices.

Process Decision-making

The article Better Web type – A Guide to Combining Fonts, reminded me of the great guidlines for choosing and pairing fonts. I appreciated the walk through in determining a sans-serif headline font and the thought process related to the decision making.

And something new I learned from this article is, when matching two fonts, make sure their x-heights align. I had not consciously realized and understood that tip.

And I liked the process info graphic to evaluate fonts.

Great article

Week 2 – New and Old

This week was a great review of html and css. I learned some new tags, <hgroup> and <picture> with <soruce> and <media>. But I also realized I had forgotton some of the basic termonolgy. So I went back and dug up the vocabulary: