Week One
Prompt: What do you hope to achieve in this class by the end of the term? Are there special projects or technologies you’d like to see covered by the end of the term? Is there a site (or two) that gives you butterflies in your stomach? What is it?
Response:Learn how to code and not be afraid of it.
Inspiring site of the week: orkestra
Week Two
What are you planning to do for project 1? What content do you plan to show? How will you make each page unique while maintaining a cohesive design across the project? How will your color palette, imagery, and typography choice complement your subject matter?
Response:I want to do a portolio page for when I'm done with school. I'm not great at coding, it is just not clicking yet. Each page will time into the others with the headigns, fonts and colors.Colors and type will be a background to my projects and photos, just to compliment my work.
Inspiring site of the week: plasticbcn
Week Three
When we design, we are telling a story. We tell it through visuals, through content, and through the paths we lead our viewers on. When we can imagine a viewer to tell our story to, it can make for a stronger design. It helps us focus on crafting our story.
This week’s journal prompt, I want you to clearly imagine one user who'll love to use your Project 1 website. This user could be you; it could be someone similar to you, it could be someone completely opposite from you, it could even be a non-human animal or an alien or an amoeba. You get to choose. Really imagine what they are like in their mind. What do they spend their time on? what are their hobbies, clothes, music, favorite foods, books, tv. what's their personality like. Once you've imagined this person. write about them. just a paragraph, three to five sentences. try to have fun with it.
Response: The one user that will love to use it would be me. I would be able to display projects that I'm proud of. I would be able to give the link to possible clients, as well as showing it to friends and family so they can see what I actually do.
Inspiring site of the week: esprovisions
Week Four
Read this short article https://hbr.org/2019/08/learning-is-supposed-to-feel-uncomfortable and this one on resistance https://www.mindful.org/the-neuroscience-of-resistance-and-how-to-overcome-it/. Considering these articles, make a list of 5 things to keep you going when you feel resistance or discomfort.
Response:I'm fine with discomfort of learning something new. At my age, I'm proud of myself. However, I have a TBI (tramatic brain injury) and my short-term memory was damaged. Things I've learned through pt:
- Read new information over and over. Sometimes it takes me 2-4 times to actually retain the information.
- Practice the process of something, such as html and css coding, over and over. Repetition is key to retaining skills.
- Be patient with myself.
- Don't procrastinate.
- Be proud of myself.
Inspiring site of the week: feedmusic
Week Five
Prompt: No Journal Prompt. (Omoju Miller talk was the week’s writing.)
Inspiring site of the week: caavadesign
Week Six
Prompt:Why did you choose the business/cause that you chose? Why do you think your redesign will be better? What area/content will you focus on in your redesign? Look at two other similar websites. What stands out about those sites? what bothers you about them? How will you improve things in your own design
Response: I chose a bbq place near me. Their web page is actually not bad. I just thought I would add a bit more photography, as well as just a different look.
Inspiring site of the week: activetheory
Week Seven
Prompt:No Journal Prompt.
Response:
Inspiring site of the week:
Week Eight
Prompt: What are your thoughts on mobile first vs desktop first?
Response: I guess it depends if your data shows most traffic comes from desktop, and what type of customers use your service. I personally prefer doing desktop first. But, once I really know what I'm doing, that might change.
Inspiring site of the week:Voodoo doughnuts
Week Nine
Prompt: The why behind being a designer. Why do I want to be a designer?
Response:
- In the design field, things are always changing, so you need to stay well versed in new software, and design styles…I like this.
- Design will always be in demand in one form or another
- Working from home/remotely (which is my goal), you don’t typically need to dress up
- There are so many choices for career path
- I love seeing my finished work in various forms
- Changes how I see the world
- It opens my eyes to a world of inspiration
Inspiring site of the week: Humans
Week Ten
Prompt: No Journal Prompt.
Response:
Inspiring site of the week: Misato Town