Category: AAD 086 SP19

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

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Field Trip and Responsive Design

It was fun to have a field trip to a studio. I couldn’t believe to hear so many ideas from the owner. Great idea to learn the “free thinking” as a student like me should contribute some time to practice what we’ve learned in the real world. I would build a website free for someone really needs it. It would be good on my portfolio.

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Journal Entry – week 10

This was a cool week since we got to take a field trip over to Click Spring. It was great having the opportunity to get a employers point of view. I had been debating whether it was worth my time and money to get my master’s degree in digital media. It was interesting to hear that he was looking for experience more than education.

As far as my mid-term, I’m happy with the way it turned out. I was pleased with layout and the appearances. The vibrant colors in the images really helped the page pop. However, this Sacramento Writer’s page is more challenging than I thought. Struggling with it right now! Having a brain fart right now, so I’m hoping it will all come back before the deadline.

Wk 10b – More Responsive Design

This week we looked at attempting to build the site for the Sacramento Writer’s Group. It was a bit like ‘leaving the nest,’ as beforehand we generally were guided with instructions and copy-paste snippets. It was a good challenge to really try it out ourselves.

When we came back on Thursday, we followed along to learn the ‘right’ way to do it. My attempt differed somewhat in that I used section tags instead of article tags to divide content on the lower half of the page. We also extended material learned last week. After attempting to build the site from the ground up, we were tasked with then adding media queries to make it responsive for mobile, and responsive to other screen sizes.

Wk 8 – Color Theory & CSS Grid

This week we learned a bit about color theory and Coolors.co, a very neat site used to create color palettes. This was especially helpful when deciding on a color scheme for my midterm microsite.

Coolors.co

Additionally, anyone who searches ‘palette generator’ will find a myriad of tools at their disposal:

On Thursday we looked at the Grid layout. The Grid layout is used to format content on both a 2D horizontal and vertical axis. The great thing about the grid layout is it can be used in conjunction with the flexbox layout. I personally am enjoying the increased flexibility with CSS 3.

Lastly, my microsite has made some progress. I continued with styling the in-page navigation links and added my first slideshow gallery, which was exciting. Just a few more tweaks and the site should be good to go!

Journey Entry – Week 7

Totally learned something cool this week. I was able to get the carousel image on my microsite to work for my midterm. Of course, I couldn’t haven’t done it without Bill’s help since I didn’t know jquery. I was also able to the background image on my microsite which I haven’t been able to do before either. This was a cool new feature that I got to learn from my fellow class mate.

It’s interesting to read my classmates post, because I see I’m not the only one having confident issues. When I’m in class I understand it and able to get the HTML/CSS to work, but as soon as I’m at home, nothing seems to work. Total buzz kill….and then I’m pulling my hair out for hours trying to figure out what I did wrong. Hopefully, by the end the semester I will start to feel better about my skills.

FTW! (For the Win!)

Last week we not only got presented our midterm microsite assignments, but we also tackled full size images and their responsiveness. Seeing websites out there big sized images and/or video, it seems that that is the direction of design people are looking for. Plus, it’s awesome!

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I am a drooling idiot

Ok. I totally get the way we are going through material. The spoon feeding is fine with me, I have no problem being coddled. its nice.

Unfortunately, when I go home and look at my notes and computer I feel completely overwhelmed. I stare at the screen and go DUUUUUUUHHHH.

I did go out to the site and took a quick tour over the weekend. took some snap shots on my phone and sat down and tried to make it work on my computer and simply got it into a tangle.

I tried recoding the sample project, and copying code from the photo example, and made it look like stupid.

Then I cried.

Its like I am being gently encouraged to run towards my goals, and my argument is that I just learned how to crawl. I know when I get some stuff done I will feel awesome, but right now I feel like an idiot.

I am NOT looking forward to the deadline screening towards me. I have no idea if I can finish this in time.