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MIT POSTS: October 2010
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Snapshot of new and interesting IT-Related topics discussed in class as well as my thoughts on various issues. Monday, October 4, 2010. Color on the Web. Either we are seriously lacking in taste, or they mastered the art of using color to convey emotion with paint. What if the Sistine chapel was painted a screaming yellow or purple? Would the painting be what it is renowned for? The Relationship of Colors:. Orange:-Green:-Purple:- You get these colors by mixing primary colors together. Colors located on ...
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MIT POSTS: SpoolCast: Luke Wroblewski and Innovations in Web Input
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Snapshot of new and interesting IT-Related topics discussed in class as well as my thoughts on various issues. Wednesday, November 3, 2010. SpoolCast: Luke Wroblewski and Innovations in Web Input. Nod to Sophia Petrillo. Question begs to be asked – What does a Golden Girl have to do with Luke Wroblewski and Web Design and Usability? Said guy is quick to inform you that you got it all wrong and that is not what he meant to say…. and now goes into another tangent and all you think is Why? This feature woul...
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MIT POSTS: Information Architecture
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Snapshot of new and interesting IT-Related topics discussed in class as well as my thoughts on various issues. Thursday, September 2, 2010. Ever visited a website whose eyeball appeal was magnetic and made you go WOW? Whose hypnotic design invited you to 'enter' and stay a while - and while you stayed [hopefully not on Ceasar's time], you glided smoothly from page to page finding what you were looking for without much trouble? In·for·ma·tion ar·chi·tec·ture. Can be broken down into four components:.
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MIT POSTS: October 2009
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Snapshot of new and interesting IT-Related topics discussed in class as well as my thoughts on various issues. Thursday, October 22, 2009. When Posting an Online Video. Best practices for producing and distributing video on the Web:. Is it to start a viral marketing campaign about a social issue or is it to provide a service on the company's website to draw more people in? And secondly, what kind of web server does the company have and how knowledgeable is the webmaster? Search Engine Optimizations tips:.
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MIT POSTS: Web Writing [summary taken from Erin Anderson et. als’ book : InterACT with web standards: A Holistic approach to web design]
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Snapshot of new and interesting IT-Related topics discussed in class as well as my thoughts on various issues. Thursday, August 26, 2010. Web Writing [summary taken from Erin Anderson et. als’ book : InterACT with web standards: A Holistic approach to web design]. A visit to any website reveals that all cyberspaces – good or bad – contain text. Think of any horrible ones? Click on the link to see some Web Pages That Suck. What constitutes good web writing? A balance between user needs and business goals:.
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MIT POSTS: December 2009
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Snapshot of new and interesting IT-Related topics discussed in class as well as my thoughts on various issues. Tuesday, December 15, 2009. What is Enterprise 2.0? Just when you think the coining of Tech terms might have finally ebbed away, here comes another one! Enterprise 2.0. The question then is - What is Enterprise 2.0? What is Enterprise 2.0? While this field is still in the early stages of development and growth, some benefits of Enteprise 2.0 include:. Greater knowledge capture and retention.
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MIT POSTS: August 2010
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Snapshot of new and interesting IT-Related topics discussed in class as well as my thoughts on various issues. Thursday, August 26, 2010. Web Writing [summary taken from Erin Anderson et. als’ book : InterACT with web standards: A Holistic approach to web design]. A visit to any website reveals that all cyberspaces – good or bad – contain text. Think of any horrible ones? Click on the link to see some Web Pages That Suck. What constitutes good web writing? A balance between user needs and business goals:.
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MIT POSTS
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Snapshot of new and interesting IT-Related topics discussed in class as well as my thoughts on various issues. Monday, October 4, 2010. Color on the Web. Either we are seriously lacking in taste, or they mastered the art of using color to convey emotion with paint. What if the Sistine chapel was painted a screaming yellow or purple? Would the painting be what it is renowned for? The Relationship of Colors:. Orange:-Green:-Purple:- You get these colors by mixing primary colors together. Colors located on ...
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MIT POSTS: The Jay Cornelius visit
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Snapshot of new and interesting IT-Related topics discussed in class as well as my thoughts on various issues. Saturday, November 13, 2010. The Jay Cornelius visit. So, Jay Cornelius [ of coffeecup.com]. Stopped by to talk about new fronts HTML5 and CSS are conquering. Why are web standards important? So Jay also explained the Acid Test, which basically tells how closely compliant a web browser is. He did point out that the browser that adheres to web standards is Opera - who? Only thing is they did it p...
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MIT POSTS: August 2009
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Snapshot of new and interesting IT-Related topics discussed in class as well as my thoughts on various issues. Monday, August 31, 2009. 08-28-2009 (I Phone Apps). Neither an early adopter nor a laggard be". While doing the h/w I learnt so much about html - the big one that comes to mind is how to use CSS on the head and title elements. The HTML validator was also a new tool I discovered last class that I will definetely put to good use. UGA MIT Grad Student. Wednesday, August 26, 2009. You can teach a st...