assignment#2

In regards to my flickr, blogger and delicious accounts i have tried to incorporate elements of interestingness and asthetics.

Throught the duration of mpi104 i have enterted a number of posts, pictures and bookmarks to my accounts each refering to my interests and attepting to make my site more interesting for other people as well. in doing so i have tried to take a broad apprach to the subjects of my photos and, blogs and bookmarks ranging from design to sport to fashion. i have how ever found it would be somewhat harder than what i thought and challanges me a times. but through thiss class i have learnt and engaged much more about the net that i ever thought i would.

Studying graphic design, i enjoyed the asthetics approach much more. l liked playing with fonts colour and layouts in my blog site. in veiwing many different websites on the net i have discoverd some elements that make a website look good. the simplier the design can sometimes be the better one and controlling the colours you use can also help. I discovered that websites that use photos as backgrounds an cause distraction from the text and question the clarity of the sit.

in composing my site i decided to go with a simplistic approach to ensure the clarity of my site and from what i said above this can look better. i have chosen i restricted colour palette of reds greys whites and blacks so conisitancy is carried out throughout. i have also used these coloursto link in different aspects of the page together. i am happy with my blog page and think that it is asthetically pleasing for the reasons mentipned above.
metablog

good website

sydney dance company


sportsgirl



these websites have a good appeal to them, are organised and easy to use. they illustrate good colour and design skills
http://www.russjamesdesign.co.uk/flash/flashsite.html

bad websites

here are some examples of bad web design. The form that these websites take are uninteresting, lack organisation and just are pure ugly
bad websites





bad web design

visitors to my blog

in my inbox i have been recieving many updates from sitemeter in regards to visits and page views to my blog page. This information was recieved on june 9 and tells me accuarte information about my visitors

Visits

Total ........................... 14
Average per Day .................. 1
Average Visit Length ......... 11:35
This Week ........................ 9

Page Views

Total ........................... 73
Average per Day .................. 9
Average per Visit .............. 6.8
This Week ....................... 61

link to technoati

sitemetre counter

today i added a sitemetre counter. it gives me much more detailed information on the people that view my site, it can tell me the number of people that viewed or visited it today yesterday, altogether or on average.
link to sitemeter

counter

i put a counter on my blog site last assignment and since then there has been 62 visitors to my site.
i chose the apperance of my counter to be that similar to a poker machine as i found that to be a fun way of displaying the numbers
link to free counters

aesthetics

aesthetics relates to apperance of things and how we respond to it. it is known as the The philosophical study of beauty and art. it is mainly sdubjective as the beauty of something can be determined differently by others.
so i might consider my blog to be aesthetically pleasing while others might disagee as there interpretation of beauty is completly different to mine.
link to wikipedia

my mag

ive been working on scm magazine for sometime as an assignment in one of my classes. the front image had to incorporate vector work and the format was 200mm x 200mm. i am about to got to the printers to pick it up. but this was the final front page i summitted after various attempt. hope you like
link to grp223 site

google reader

i chose google reader over blogline as i already had a google account so didn't have to sign up any new accounts. also jo recommends google so i thought why not.
link to google reader

XML and RSS

what is RSS??
RSS is a format for delivering regularly changing web content, so when digital content like blogs news fees or podcasts are updated it is published. it allows you to be kept updated with the sites you are using.

RSS definition

What is XML
XML stands for Extensible Markup Language it is designed to describe data
its purpose is to facilitate the sharing of data across different information systems via the Internet

XML definition

interestingness

as you can see i seem to be gettin theahng of this subject finally. i am now able to use my flicker delicious and blog account with ease.obviously there is still a lot for me to learn but i feel i have come a long way since my first mpi104 class, which totally wentt stailght over the top of my head. i now can see the point and the use for these sites and have come to like and use them alot more often. in having my own blog i feel i am more connected with the 'net'
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winter fashion 2007

WHAT'S HOT IN WINTER FASHION?

whats in this winter
Well, that time of year has almost rolled around again. The leaves are falling from the trees, the days are getting colder and shorter, and the shops are flooded with all kinds of snugly jerseys and big coats. Yep, winter’s on its way. And with winter comes winter fashion!

Winter is the time of year that our fashion designers claim to prefer designing for. With winter fashion comes textures, colours (although too often these are just shades of black and grey and crème!), trims, and multiple layers of clothing. We are suddenly inundated with options of what to wear, and which fashion trends to follow. It can all get pretty confusing! So here’s my (brief) summary of what’s in store so far for winter, and a couple of trends to be very, very cautious of!!

link to myer

technorati

ive become a memeber of technorati yay!
Technorati Profile

mpi104

all theis blog flicker and delicious is all new to me but i gradually starting to enjoy it as i am undestanding these new concepts alot better. just hope i can make this blog interesting
link to metablog

delicious

i have gradually been adding bookmarks to my delicious account.. thats progress
link to my delcious

29/03/07

today i ste up a flicker account, loaded images on it & transfered one to my blog. im pretty proud of myself!!
link to flickr

delicious

hey today we learnt about delicious very exciting!!
link to my delicious

hey

hi this is my fisrt ever post
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