Author Archive for joelyon18

Day 3 of Project 2 Presentations

Today my favorite presentation was Stephanie’s on Infogr.am. It looks like a really interesting site for creating infographics. I created an infographic last year for a class and understand the time and work that creating a well-designed infographic can take. With that said, Infogr.am seems to remove some of that work by creating templates for […]

Day 2 of Project 2 Presentations

My favorite presentation today was Ali’s on Storybird. It looked like a great tool for budding writers and to discover other amateur. I’ve written for pleasure in the past and this seems like a great way to get back into it. I took a creative writing class my sophomore year and learned that feedback was […]

Day 1of Project 2 Presentations

I really enjoyed Tinny’s presentation on SoundCloud. It interested me because my tool that I am analyzing, Popcorn Maker, draws from SoundCloud to add music to movies. I have come across this site online a few times before, but it looks like an excellent way to find new music. I also really liked the sharing feature […]

Project 2 Peer Review

What I Did Today I reviewed a few of my classmates’ Project 2 drafts. I learned about a few websites and also picked up some tips on how I might make my project better. I have only worked on the Writer/Designer Analysis Questions and my PowerPoint Presentation, so I chose to review projects that had […]

Project 2 Update

Today I made my PowerPoint Presentation. I used the Writer/Designer Analysis Questions form that I completed last time to guide me in my slides. I created a slide for each category and took screenshots. I edited screenshots to highlight specific parts of the website that demonstrate a particular category of analysis. In order to display […]

Work on Project 2

Today I completed the entire Writer/Design Analysis Questions page for the website PopcornMaker (see attached document). Completing this form allowed me to focus my attention on properly analyzing the site and completing most of the groundwork for this project. I now have a clear direction on where my analysis is going and my next step […]

Creating an Animated .gif Video

Today I learned to create an animated .gif video. I like to browse YouTube to watch ships and aircraft firing their weapons, which happen less often than people would imagine. These videos are fairly rare, as much of these missile testings are classified footage, but YouTube still has a fairly extensive section displaying the U.S. […]

Creating a Meme

After class the other day when we were discussing memes, I walked out to the bus stop and saw my bus coming down the street and immediately fist pumped. The bus comes roughly every 15 minutes, so missing the bus can be a real pain, but every once in a while I will get lucky […]

Choosing an Interface

For Project 2 I was lucky enough to get my first choice, a website called Popcorn Maker. It is a web tool that lets you add media, like YouTube videos, music files, and 3D images, and edit them in the tool. It allows you to cut, edit, paste, and loop YouTube videos and also has […]

Jazzing Up my Web Portal

What I Did I felt that my site was mostly complete at the start of class, so I ventured out to find new ways to add some flare to my page without distracting the user. I added some photos to my gallery, set the order as random, and added a music player to a page […]