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10/2/14

What I did I explored Infogram, which is a site dedicated to making infographics and charts. I took notes on the usability and began making an infographic. I started with a graph at the top that will ultimately show Virginia Tech’s enrollment from 1872-2008 based on information I found on the Virginia Tech website. I […]

Blog Post for October 3, 2014

Today we began working in class on our second project.  I choose to interrogate the interface visme.co a presentation platform. What I Did Today I had already started creating an infographic, but switched to a presentation because it will be easier to present.  I outlined my presentation and created the basic slides and headings.  Working […]

Interrogating an Interface: Friday Edition

Today I really started exploring my tool for the Interrogating an Interface project. I went through all the tabs in the menu and set up my own account to explore what users go through in signing up. I also started filling out my Writer/Designer Analysis questions although it is taking me a little bit of […]

A timeline of Dipity

What I did: Today I researched more about my tool, Dipity. I also made my own account. By working through the google spreadsheet questions today, I was able to narrow down some facts. https://docs.google.com/a/vt.edu/document/d/1tJ6SOBuV-tRP2tAK50uyNC4OCv-Aan9M4j8S18cq8n4/edit?usp=sharing Why I did it: I think it’s important to have my own account on Dipity so that I can follow certain […]

10.03.14

What I Did Unfortunately over the past week, I’ve been pretty sick and therefore have had limited time to work on school work. My project two is just really getting off the ground now, so today I focused on getting to know Pixlr, my interface, and starting to answer the writing designer analysis questions. Why […]

Friday, October 3rd

What I did
Today I simply began working on the Writer Designer Analysis Questions. I did not finish.
Why I did it
In order to really make a thorough analysis of the interface, I need to understand every aspect of it; I think the questions will be very …

The One With the Google Doc

What I did… Today I mainly focused on filling out the Google Doc that outlines the various parts of the interface. I also twirled around in my chair for a bit but I figured you didn’t want to know that, but I decided to tell you anyway because this was only going to be a […]

Pixton Fun

I picked Pixton to work with and so far I have done my best to explore the site. Pixton is a comic strip creator and is a lot of fun. It is also incredibly full of features and tools making the process of getting to know it a bit time consuming. Right from signing up […]

Starting Project 2

What I Did  Today was the first day I began working on my Project 2 assignment. The resource I am focusing on is called Piktochart, which is a site that allows you to make interesting infographics, reports and presentations. They offer a variety of designs, graphics, and even charts. So far, I really like the […]