Thinking DigitAlly

My Info Graphic Project

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Thinking DigitAlly

For my digital communications class I was assigned to create my own info graphic in photoshop.

I decided I wanted mine to be about TV, so I did some research and found these 10 cool fun facts about TV and the culture around television.

Final Business Cards

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Thinking DigitAlly

Here are my business cards from before:

https://thinkingdigitally121.wordpress.com/2014/10/12/my-very-own-business-cards/

Images within a Society

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Thinking DigitAlly

Images represent the relations between the people, places and the things that they depict and the complex set of relations that can exist between images and their viewers. This is something that we have been talking about in another communications class that I am taking this semester, Media Criticism.

Chapters 1-4 of the design textbook

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Thinking DigitAlly

When it comes to designing a webpage it is important to keep in mind a few things when choosing your original layout. Fonts are very important font can make or break you design. More than any other element font portrays meaning. There are many different kinds of fonts to choose from and here are some tips when it comes to choosing a font.

Critique: Business Cards

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Thinking DigitAlly

Critiquing my own business cards:

Personally I am a big fan of my business cards, but I do agree that they need a little tweaking.

Some tips about graphic design

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Thinking DigitAlly

The first essential of graphic design that we read for class was the use of grid systems. By this I mean the different layouts that you see for everyday things like newspapers and magazines, but also obviously for websites and also things like phone applications and stuff like that. I worked closely with this when working for the yearbook staff in high school. We developed grid designs for every page in the yearbook.

Continuing From Last Class…

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Thinking DigitAlly

At the end of the last class discussion we were talking about how story telling is in someways the essence of life…I completely agree and at the same Tedx as the other video I posted there was another talk that really stuck with me it was actually the first and my favorite talk of the event:

My Very Own Business Cards

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Thinking DigitAlly

For a class assignment I was instructed to make 2 business cards for myself. One had to be a professional business card, and the other a personal business card. Here is what I did for the assignment:

Knowledge in the Head and in the World

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Thinking DigitAlly

Reading Response #10

In chapter 2 and 3 of “The Design of Everyday Things” and in these chapters Don Norman discusses the difference between knowledge in the world and in the head. Knowledge in the head is something that cannot be learned by visual cues. Norman gives the example of the penny, which I found very interesting. Although, in general, the American population has no idea what the actual appearance of a penny looks like, we still have the ability to use it the right way.

The Design of Everyday Things

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Thinking DigitAlly

The Psychopathology of Everyday Things

Reading Response #9

In life there is always that one thing that you have to use everyday, but that you despise using because it never works the right way. For me that is facebook. Although I have has a facebook for about 8 years now, as of late, with all the new updates and increased number of users, I want to stop using it.