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Presentations Round 2

Yesterday was the second day of presentations. It seemed like the general theme of other interfaces are picture editing. Although that’s cool, I don’t really see how they alone can be used for a project, namely Project 3 for this class. One of the presenters did Codepen which I really did not understand. The coolest…

10/15 Applications Review

The big winner from today’s applications has to be Draft. Had I known such an application existed my freshmen year of college, I would have spent a lot of money on it. I don’t know how much I intend to use it for Project 3 but I can see this application being immensely helpful for […]

Canva

The tool that interested me the most today was Canva. It was appealing because I often want to create documents for flyers or something and I do not know how to work with InDesign well. I am interested in it because it looks easy to use and it looks like a simplified version of InDesign — […]

Day 2 Presentations

Today, The web-tool I found the most interesting was Pixlr, presented by Emma. Emma’s presentation was detailed, engaging and highlighted all the useful features of this web tool. While I do not regularly  take and edit photos, it is helpful … Continue reading

Interface Presentation: Pixlr

Today there were another set of presentations. I unfortunately was not in class today, but I did go on each person’s presentation and read/watch what their interface was about. I was able to take a little bit longer time to analyze each one and compare them and see which I liked better. So after going […]

Day 1 Presentations

For the first day of presentations, the tool I found the most interesting and useful was Soundcloud. Tiny’s presentation was effective and concise, and increased my already present interest in using this tool. I have always been a big fan … Continue reading

Project 2 Presentations: Day 2

I really liked Canva. It was actually my top pick for my presentation, and after seeing all of the features, I’m definitely considering using it for Project 3. I like that it allows the user to do so many different things. A lot of the applications we’ve seen are good at one thing, but Canva […]

Blog Post for October 15, 2014

Today in class we listened to a few more interface interrogation presentations.  After learning about over a dozen websites that involve various forms of communication, I was the most inspired by Celsea’s presentation on Cowbird.  I think that combining social media and story sharing in a online forum that inspires all of humanity is motivating. […]

Cowbird

“A global public library of human experiences” That description of cowbird is what initially made me interested in the site. I really like using Storify, and this seems like a different, yet similar form of the same type of tool. From what I can tell, Storify looks to be more news oriented and Cowbird is […]

Tools of Today: 10/15

I really liked two of the tools today– Storyteller and Drafts. As a writer, these tools offered help in editing (Drafts) and publishing/copyrights (Storyteller). These two tools together could help me edit a particular text I’m working on in Drafts and then publish it in Storyteller so I’ll be getting audience feedback on a copyrighted […]