Sites _ helpful for technical aspect

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/07/21/45-excellent-code-snippet-resources-and-repositories/

 http://snipplr.com/popular/language/css

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TO DO LIST

Subject 100% picked

Visual inspirations of other websites etc

Research / Contents of site

1500 written research paper

Find Technical support material could use eg: Codes can use etc

Brainstorming / Thumb nailing of website pages for project (pen and paper)

Research eg: Finding/sourcing materials may want to use for site such as background textures...

Photoshop mock up of the site - then to be done in flash or dreamweaver which ever makes more sense to use depending on what need the site to do.

Plan of action - before next class

Plan of action is that by the end of the weekend (latest before next class next week), I would be 99% sure of my subject matter, have started looking at some visual (website) inspiration/direction, started with/sorted out the research/contents of site...basically I think i need to get onto the visual look and technical aspects of actually putting the site together. 

Also ideally I would like to write up my 1500 word research in the weekend (not sure about what yet, but thinking maybe a made up story since we have free rein:D).

Another idea

Just had a thought of another idea/subject matter, maybe like a beginners guide / manual, information etc to do with becoming parents, eg: could have illustrational guidance on how to bottle feed etc

Track of Time

I possibly don't need to mention this in my blog at all, but I want to keep track of my time with regards to why/what Ive been able to work on etc in terms of getting going with this paper and therefore I think it really important for myself to know why it is that I haven't been able to start on this paper as such yet/ not give it the thought process it is right now. Simply because since friday evening my darling little niece was in hospital (Nikka who's only 9 weeks old):( and they finally got to take her home tonight! but she has swine flu:( so at the moment thats the number one thing on my mind. Fingers crossed everything will be fine and she will 100% in the next 24hrs then she should be in the clear for good God willing. But none the less have spent a lot of time at the hospital and on the phone with family regarding Nikka's health.

Possibly 10% project

My cousin just called me out of the blue ( early saturday morning), lucky I got to speak with her briefly and tell her what I need from her in order to be more clear of what it is that she wants, so now I'm waiting for her to email me and go from there. (hopefully she can do this relatively quickly).

Once I recieve her email I think it best to disuss it with the tutor and go from there.

I'm thinking if I can do it as part of the digital 6 paper that would be really helfpful and effective use of my time on it, however don't want it to be big chunk of my outcomes, so I'm thinking if its Ok to just make it like 10 or 15% project?

Concerns

At this stage I have a three main concerns (

1st one being the level of technical ability needed for this paper to do able to do just about anything on screen.

2nd one being whether its a good idea to combine subjects ie: Graphics and Digital?

3rd one being that the work in my portfolio won't be at a high enough level considering there is just so much competition out there and that the expecations are so high of even any entry level postion especially within chrirstchurch. However will not only be considering christchurch as option because I want to be able to use my degree without it becoming dated etc.

Thought it best to write down concerns so that I stop stressing about them. Hopefully this will help identify what they are and enable me to take some practical measures to over come them hopefully very fast).

Starting off

Since its the begininning of the semeter need to think/evaluate plan of action for the rest of year, in terms of projects/topics, even if these will change along the way have to start off somewhere.

THE TOPIC

The earth is becoming a much smaller place partly due to our ability to travel to and from to almost any destination of the planet at almost anytime of the year.

Due to our ability of travelling and living and mixing with different ethnicities we are becoming more connected with other cultures and backgrounds of people then that of only our own. As a result people are getting to know very different people from all walks of life and ethnicities. In many cases developing serious relationships with one another, eg: getting married and creating families of their own. Thus creating a new ‘blends’, that no longer only associate themselves with only one ethnicity.

It is probably no longer enough to only know the language of the country that we live in to survive, because it simply may not be enough in the long run, especially if we hope to preserve languages from dying out. Also learning more then one language helps individuals to relate better to one another.

The website

Aims to raise awareness of the fact that we are now approaching a new kind of society that can be put into box’s in terms of ethnicities any longer.

The other aim of the website is to also help teach / educate people to learn a number of different languages (basic level) / cultures.

Ideas: Can have images /photos of babies/ people who are not one mix and get people to guess what their genetic makeup is and have a few only one genetic build also…

Could get viewers to create their own international currency, idea being there’s the same currency internationally or at least 1 per continent by click and dragging or drawing their own images. 0r maybe I should do this for graphics?

Since I want this topic to possibly cover digital and graphics need to be careful and crystal clear of what aspects of what/outcomes are for which subject.

Even though I have writtent the above subject as a possible topic/subject of research etc for these two papers there are a number of other topics/outcomes that I'm toying with in my mind to do instead or as well such as wedding industry related stuff, online portofolio and a couple others. Think need to sleep on this for now.

General note of why blog instead of write everything in a workbook with a biro, simply because its faster to type then it is to write.

Other issue / project option: is that my cousin has asked me to do a website for her, but have very mixed feelings about doing that as an school project, because not sure if it will be sufficient enough in terms of hours etc to do that, but also its not a area/industry that I'm particullary really interested in and therefore possibly not a industry that I hope to pursue career wise at this stage anyways. But since I will be doing it for her, think there may be some merit in making it part of a smaller project???Think need to discuss this with the tutor, or I'm going to drive myself mad I think. The other issue is that I'm not a 100% sure at this stage in what exactly it is that she wants from the website? Think need to clarify a few things with her also.

Year 3 Digital 6 Begins!

I'm super sprised that I choose and actually succedded at getting this far to be able to do this paper! (Never mind the fact that I will still be 1 credit short of graduating at the end of this year to get my bachelors degree in visual communication).

I've decided that it makes sense to still have a blog as a workbook, however this year I think I will not only just use a blog for a workbook but also keep a actual physical workbok also, because there are times that it is more accessible to joint down ideas/thought process's / research etc. I will hand that in at the end of the term/year ie: whenever the deadline is going to be.