Life After the Last Semester of Coursework in Grad School

WOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOOO!
*happy dance*

Not so happy dance to the fact that my 1st on my creative work project (Asst. Prof. Paul Catanese) - who I'd be working most closely with - has decided to leave the university. Super bummer for me, but good for him. He's joining the graduate division of Columbia College in Chicago, which sounds like a great fit and I'm sure he'll kick butt there!


On the flip side, my 2nd, Associate Prof. Jane Veeder, who's got tons of experience has agreed to step into the role of 1st. I'm excited and relieved that she's willing to do this, and I know that my CW will be great with her in that role!

So now, I get to go work on my human subjects protocol, approach another professor to see if they'd like to become my new 2nd, and finish planning my wedding!

Yay to summer!!

Final Project - ITEC 830: Week 15

Hi Everyone! Here's a link to my final project - in progress - for ITEC 830. Although it's rough, I think this has helped me to consider how my Creative Work project may evolve beyond the constraints of Flash.

End of the Semester Crazies

Only 16 days left...

Project Proposal - ITEC830: Week 13

I've been working on my project proposal. You can check it out here and add comments to the wiki.

Web2.0 Expo - ITEC830: Week 12

Web 2.0 was interesting. I walked away thinking it's all about 'mash-ups', personalization through widgets, aggregation of content from different sources, identity management (all your social networks, IMs, etc in one spot for easy updating), and paring down information to show only what you want - customization.

There was a nice tool for online document collaboration where the alterations were highlighted in user specific highlight colors - created by HyLighter. I think Google Documents should add this kind of feature - they already track the changes, but showing the changes on the doc, until it's finalized would be a super bonus because then I can track/know what people have changed w/o looking at the tracking log.

Super cool for designers - creative feedback for remote collaboration - Octopz. Work in real-time with clients to get better feedback.

Those were the stand outs for me.

Happy Web 2.0!

Printing in the Bay Area (Oak-town)

I've been working with a new printer (new to me) to produce 1,000 full color brochures for iDo (Industrial Design Outreach). PSPrint seems to be a good organization. I've done two proofs, rejected both because of designer error (NOT printer error) and they've been OK with this - they said they give you 3 proofs before cutting you off. Everything is done through the website - upload of files, digital proofs, pricing, etc. - nice and easy.

Hopefully on Monday, all will be correct and we'll go to print.

Interface Design Critique of Edu 2.0 Website - ITEC830: Week 12

To read my critique of Edu 2.0, check out my wiki. Please add or alter content as needed. I'd love to get other peoples feedback about my analysis of the site.