UCONN DMD ADVANCED WEB DESIGN

The article I choose to write my thoughts on is "I don’t belong in tech : Trying to find my place in the place I love, and constantly failing". As a developing designer and coder, it's comforting to know that you aren't always going to be comfortable creating things. A section of text that stood out to me that was "I sit in last place and watch. So I choke down my values and discomfort and attempt a push of my own, amid the internal screams that this is wrong and irresponsible and how dare I. I don’t get very far. My feeble, half-hearted steps cannot compete with your bold, proud strides. So I cower back to my corner with my broken brain and peep at your success through the leaves." It's super hard to wrap around the concept of "Fail fast and early" concept, so it scares developers into not creating anything. So we often find ourselves comparing ourselves to each other. It's often a comparison that doesn't take into account our own co

So this is the article that I thought was interesting: https://medium.com/hi-my-name-is-jon/networking-sucks-because-people-dont-give-a-shit-c824715c312d#.g5uehlffo Networking sucks. Because people don’t give a shit , that is the title of the blog post. I think it is relevant for us who are graduating and trying to get in touch with people that can help us out with our future. We all want to connect with well succeeded people and benefit from that relationship, but networking can be meaningless sometimes.  We often forget about the human side of the person we trying get a job with. As the author points out, there is no purpose on collecting a bunch of emails if at the end you have nothing to do with those people. We don't get to know them in detail apart from their work life. If we care about the individual, then true networks can emerge and that can become a more human connection, even friendships, and then helping each other out will be much more natural and pleasing proces

Which Colors to Avoid in Web Design This article helped a lot to understand what color styles should not be on a certain palette of taste. I agree that the power of colors in designing should not be underestimated. It is what sells the product or makes a design unique and special. This article explains the proper way to use neon colors to highlight or prioritize content. In most cases, the colors to be picked should relate to the product or to the artist's aesthetic. Overall, choosing colors that does not contrast well together will lead to disappointment. Appeal matters in designing and choosing the right colors will always be a plus in web designing. The artcile also suggested to use Adobe Color CC to match the colors you choose. I think that was very helpful because I did not know there were tools as such.

I read the article where the guy pretty much doesn't like Mark Zuckerberg. It starts saying that he is the most powerful man on earth because there are mostly 1 billion people connected to it every day. That even the president of the United States with the most powerful army in the world, he will end his term on January. For Zuckerberg it is not going to end. He has obtain the companies of his two computers which were Instagram and WhatsApp. The author makes a good point where he says that we wants to reach to everyone in the world. But is this a greedy goal or he just want everyone actually connected? In my opinion he is doing it just to make a change around the world. The Author of the article which his name is Larson also mentions how Zuckerberg still trying to get to China which hold the biggest population on the world. Facebook was banned in 2009 by the Chinese government. Zuckerberg wants everyone connected that he even plans to send as much satellites as he can to space to

https://medium.com/the-mission/this-10-minute-routine-will-increase-your-clarity-and-creativity-7ce61b11c2f9#.ov7qnif03 I believe that our minds are strong enough to impact our life in ways to determine success or failure. I found this article to be very interesting for that very reason. This article talks about a 10 minute routine that can help with your clarity and creativity. The routine before going to sleep is the time to clear your mind and write down any thoughts/questions you might have. Focus solely on goals you want to accomplish for 10 minutes. When you go to sleep your subconscious is up coming up with answers to some of your questions. When you wake up you should try to avoid your phone or any technology for at least 15 minutes. Instead of turning to your phone try to relax and reach the subconscious of your mind in order to access those thoughts. This can relate to the front end of creating a web page. Sometimes you might feel stuck on what exact content you want

I wasn't really looking for something along this topic but I recognized the designer and found myself reading his article, "The Art of Being a Hypocrite Designer". This article posed a very interesting moral question as to whether or not a designer should take into account what exactly their design is being used to do. On one hand you don't want to design something used for a terribly immoral purpose but on the other hand not everyone has the luxury of picking and choosing their clients seeing as at the end of the day you have to support yourself somehow. Another interesting point this article brought up was if a design can even be considered a "good" design if it's purpose is something that is detrimental. The example the article used was the AK47 which has been widely praised for its simple design ease of maintenance but is above all a weapon. I highly suggest reading this article if you have the time and to also scroll through some of the response

https://medium.com/the-mission/spend-the-first-hour-of-the-day-on-activities-that-add-value-to-your-life-1968902c32a5#.a3rswwwgu This article was very interesting to me! I'm very passionate about mental health and bringing awareness to the subject, so I was happy to find an article kind of relating to that. The article talks about how the first hour of your day is the most important, and you shouldn't waste it looking on social media/ on technology. You should spend that first hour of your day really taking 'life' in and appreciating what it has to offer for you instead of distracting yourself on your phone. I definitely have to admit that the first thing I do when I wake up is pick up my phone and look through social media... which classifies me as an "addict" according to the article! (lol) I think this relates to technology because of how much it influences our lives. When you want to have a positive day, you shouldn't spend that first hour on yo

Everyone Github proper is for your backup. With Signing up you get one basic website fed from your repository. for this please use: https://pages.github.com/ cheers~ Patrick

The repository with content (link to view the website is there in the description, on top): https://github.com/DaryaY/iKeyDesign

There is NO REQUIRED CLASS TONIGHT You can work on your own and finish up your web designs for crits next week. I will be around because we have a DMD presentation tonight and a Digital Media Summit tomorrow but NO OFFICIAL CLASS tonight. Have a great weekend and see you all TUESDAY for Crits part 1 Patrick