iWeb is a software used for creating websites. Some would argue that it is not the most professional website generator but if used thoroughly, a highly developed, user-friendly site can be produced. Other programs that can do this are DreamWeaver and CSS.
Some of the topics covered in the iWeb tutorial are basic text & images, photo & movie pages and blogging and publishing to the internet. Because of all of my knowledge of basic graphic design and layout from TCOM, setting up my iWeb was a no brainer but the Lynda.com tutorial because it explains how layouts should fall.
Publishing may be the hardest thing about using iWeb. With iWeb, we use an FTP server which is basically the host of your site and information. The domain name is the website title. This is a link to my personal resume site produced with iWeb, hosted at Ball State. iWeb is incredibly user friendly and very easy to edit.
Certainly, after this tutorial I will tweak my web page to improve it and utilize my skills for this Creative Project. I love iWeb for its user friendly interface as well as its ease of publication and simplicity.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Lets be creative!
For my creative project utilizing the music industry, I will be dealing with piracy and informing the general public on statistics.
At this point in time, I think I will be doing a website that is very user interactive and similar to a game.
I will use credible sources like record labels and the FCC for the information.
At this point in time, I think I will be doing a website that is very user interactive and similar to a game.
I will use credible sources like record labels and the FCC for the information.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Best of...
Entertainment advertising:
It was simply an advertisement for a new show coming on but it successfully did its job. The show is called Project Accessory. It will take a similar format as Project Runway, however it will focus on accessories rather than outfits. I am looking forward to this show.
Education advertising:
One advertisement I kept seeing over and over again has been for a tablet, geared for children under 10. Similar to the iPad, this tablet plays learning games and only allows what you put on it. It is a brilliant alternative to letting your child use your iPad. The children have thier own tablet and can't ruin or delete anything.
Marketing advertising:
Ball State markets themselves in the Indianapolis area. I went home and was watching WTHR CH 13 and it truly seemed that every other commercial break was about Mormons or Ball State University "Education Redefined" and "The ____ Chronicles" I left Muncie to get a break and school still followed me! But I suppose that Ball State is a brand and just like any other brand you have to get the name out there.
It was simply an advertisement for a new show coming on but it successfully did its job. The show is called Project Accessory. It will take a similar format as Project Runway, however it will focus on accessories rather than outfits. I am looking forward to this show.
Education advertising:
One advertisement I kept seeing over and over again has been for a tablet, geared for children under 10. Similar to the iPad, this tablet plays learning games and only allows what you put on it. It is a brilliant alternative to letting your child use your iPad. The children have thier own tablet and can't ruin or delete anything.
Marketing advertising:
Ball State markets themselves in the Indianapolis area. I went home and was watching WTHR CH 13 and it truly seemed that every other commercial break was about Mormons or Ball State University "Education Redefined" and "The ____ Chronicles" I left Muncie to get a break and school still followed me! But I suppose that Ball State is a brand and just like any other brand you have to get the name out there.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
A Midterm not on InQsit?
That's what we have right here. Over the course of this post, I will touch on how media is impacting and changing our lives. The overall theme I will be touching on will be how social media have virtually changed the way we interact.
As I review the articles we have covered in this class, a good chuck of them relay a similar message, and a good chunk of that message is about Facebook and it's impact on the world. From the very first week we read an article titled "Keep calm and carry on 'Liking'...". Not too long after I read it, I began to realize that we "like" a lot of things. I started to notice when people would comment on something and say they were going to "like" that, and actually I think the word was a fad for awhile. I know I have said like in response to someone stating an idea or phrase.
The article affectionately asking do we "Feel like a wallflower?..." commented on how because of technology we can hardly sit still. We are actually addicted to our Facebook walls. When someone check in someplace or if there are new pictures posted we have the need to check. As humans, we actually fear missing out on something. Now, on that same page knowing that Aunt Velma checked into her bathroom is a little much but maybe she want everyone to know!
I'm going to switch gears for a bit and talk about Twitter. One of the most revolutionary tools the internet has to freely offer. As many of us know, earlier this year there was an Egyptian Revolution. The people were done with the government and basically stuck it to the man. What the people want, the people get, and they will surely find a way to get it. From this article we can gather some specifics on how social media played into this. I really like that "Facebook and Twitter may be the Gutenberg press of the Middle East." During the revolution Egypt tried to shut down the internet and we all know that didn't work out too well for them. The overwhelming use of Twitter to plan events and rallies and share mass information with a mass audience was something we had not seen from social media. In 2010 when Biz Stone was at Ball State University he said something along the lines of, "the people will use the technology however they need it, we just have to provide it." This has been prove in his own company. Twitter has been provided to the people and the people are utilizing it in many different ways.
Because there is such use on Twitter, there have been several studies that track our nations mood. It has been found that Twitter users congregate based upon mood. If you are a generally unhappy person, it has been found that you will not re-tweet and reply to posts on you feed but if your day has been excellent you are more likely to tweet a positive statement and re-tweet/reply to others. Also, you can track the mood of our nation throughout the day. It has been found that generally, people are happier before and after work. Do you remember mood rings from the 90's? Some researchers are calling it a "hedonimeter, a device that measures happiness." And I would like to agree with this statement. Next time you are watching a large event or something as small as a TV shows, check your trending topics and I would like to think that at least one of them will be relevant to a major TV event.
Switching to the topic of small business' and media. I have said this in an earlier blog and I would like to reiterate it. Social media is a small business' best friend. Advertising with an account or even paying for sidebar advertising is still cheaper than huge TV campaigns or sometimes print ads. Small business' should utilize Twitter because "the beauty of digital word-of-mouth marketing" is priceless. Friend telling other friends to buy this product or go to this restaurant. With that being said though, small business owners need to consider the pros and cons of using social media. A small business can use it properly, put out just enough advertizing and coupons or mess everything up by offering too much and collapsing upon itself.
As we navigate back to a Middle East, this article proves that social media is used to support people. Ms. Sharif was jailed for 9 days because she drove he vehicle. She was sticking it to the man (quite literally) and they tried to do something about it. While she was jailed for 9 days, there were hundreds of women who rallied and protested this. Social media is becoming a staple in the Middle East for open lines of communication as well as distributing information.
On a much lighter note, we have all gotten the inevitable FarmVille request and clicked no. I'm not saying FarmVille is good or evil, but who says social games are shallow? Have you ever felt like you had to play in secrete? I know I have and it may be because, "Popular wisdom holds that because they're more intuitive, approachable and inviting than traditional video games, social games are shallow." Facebook has been used as a platform for social games. In corelation with uping season of TV, many shows have created games for Facebook so you can get you fill of the show when it's not on air. Social games do not have to be something to be ashamed of anymore.
There are so many uses for social media. We must never forget the almost infinite uses for these social media tools and utilize them to our best advantage. After all the technology is here, what are we going to do with it?
As I review the articles we have covered in this class, a good chuck of them relay a similar message, and a good chunk of that message is about Facebook and it's impact on the world. From the very first week we read an article titled "Keep calm and carry on 'Liking'...". Not too long after I read it, I began to realize that we "like" a lot of things. I started to notice when people would comment on something and say they were going to "like" that, and actually I think the word was a fad for awhile. I know I have said like in response to someone stating an idea or phrase.
The article affectionately asking do we "Feel like a wallflower?..." commented on how because of technology we can hardly sit still. We are actually addicted to our Facebook walls. When someone check in someplace or if there are new pictures posted we have the need to check. As humans, we actually fear missing out on something. Now, on that same page knowing that Aunt Velma checked into her bathroom is a little much but maybe she want everyone to know!
I'm going to switch gears for a bit and talk about Twitter. One of the most revolutionary tools the internet has to freely offer. As many of us know, earlier this year there was an Egyptian Revolution. The people were done with the government and basically stuck it to the man. What the people want, the people get, and they will surely find a way to get it. From this article we can gather some specifics on how social media played into this. I really like that "Facebook and Twitter may be the Gutenberg press of the Middle East." During the revolution Egypt tried to shut down the internet and we all know that didn't work out too well for them. The overwhelming use of Twitter to plan events and rallies and share mass information with a mass audience was something we had not seen from social media. In 2010 when Biz Stone was at Ball State University he said something along the lines of, "the people will use the technology however they need it, we just have to provide it." This has been prove in his own company. Twitter has been provided to the people and the people are utilizing it in many different ways.
Because there is such use on Twitter, there have been several studies that track our nations mood. It has been found that Twitter users congregate based upon mood. If you are a generally unhappy person, it has been found that you will not re-tweet and reply to posts on you feed but if your day has been excellent you are more likely to tweet a positive statement and re-tweet/reply to others. Also, you can track the mood of our nation throughout the day. It has been found that generally, people are happier before and after work. Do you remember mood rings from the 90's? Some researchers are calling it a "hedonimeter, a device that measures happiness." And I would like to agree with this statement. Next time you are watching a large event or something as small as a TV shows, check your trending topics and I would like to think that at least one of them will be relevant to a major TV event.
Switching to the topic of small business' and media. I have said this in an earlier blog and I would like to reiterate it. Social media is a small business' best friend. Advertising with an account or even paying for sidebar advertising is still cheaper than huge TV campaigns or sometimes print ads. Small business' should utilize Twitter because "the beauty of digital word-of-mouth marketing" is priceless. Friend telling other friends to buy this product or go to this restaurant. With that being said though, small business owners need to consider the pros and cons of using social media. A small business can use it properly, put out just enough advertizing and coupons or mess everything up by offering too much and collapsing upon itself.
As we navigate back to a Middle East, this article proves that social media is used to support people. Ms. Sharif was jailed for 9 days because she drove he vehicle. She was sticking it to the man (quite literally) and they tried to do something about it. While she was jailed for 9 days, there were hundreds of women who rallied and protested this. Social media is becoming a staple in the Middle East for open lines of communication as well as distributing information.
On a much lighter note, we have all gotten the inevitable FarmVille request and clicked no. I'm not saying FarmVille is good or evil, but who says social games are shallow? Have you ever felt like you had to play in secrete? I know I have and it may be because, "Popular wisdom holds that because they're more intuitive, approachable and inviting than traditional video games, social games are shallow." Facebook has been used as a platform for social games. In corelation with uping season of TV, many shows have created games for Facebook so you can get you fill of the show when it's not on air. Social games do not have to be something to be ashamed of anymore.
There are so many uses for social media. We must never forget the almost infinite uses for these social media tools and utilize them to our best advantage. After all the technology is here, what are we going to do with it?
Thursday, October 6, 2011
A Legend 1955-2011
If you have not heard yet, Steve Jobs a man known for many things but possibly known most for co-founding Apple, has passed away. In regards to Steve's passing Apple posted his image on their homepage with this statement:
Let's take a moment to think how he transformed technology. Clearly he has done a lot.
Apple feats:
co-founding the company
creating easily accessibly & easy to use personal computers
providing a means for average people to carry more than a CD's worth of music
creating a vison for the future
iPhone - 1st smart phone
Did you know that after founding the company, only a few years later Jobs was fired! Not too long after his firing, he was asked to return and this time, revolutionized technology.
Pixar feats:
Toy Story
A Bug's Life
Toy Story 2
Monster's Inc.
Finding Nemo
The Incredibles
During his time at Pixar (1986-2006) Jobs not only held the company but drove its creative vision. Without his management and skills, we would not have some of the best animated movies of all time.
Jobs was an amazing man who will be missed by many. I know next time I pick up my iPod and browse though my 4500 songs I hope that I will pause and realize that this is a feat because of Steve Jobs. Some will say that even without Jobs we would have gotten to the point we are today, and I suppose we could all say that but looking back at history Jobs may not have been the first, but he was dang good at what he did.
Do you remember 2000? The year of Y2K when we thought everything was going to crash and burn? What was Steve Jobs dreaming up? The very first iPod. When everyone else was doubting, he was planning something that would literally change history. Do you remember a day before computers had flat monitors and there was a big box attached to the screen? He even came up with a was to make that fun, just slap some colored plastic over it and call it iCandy. As we progressed into the later half of the decade technology kept becoming cheaper to create thus becoming a more user friendly price tag. 2007 was the birthyear of the iPod Touch with the iPhone just prior. Touchscreen was a new feature for almost any personal device to have. In 2010 he blew that idea into the iPad, a larger screen with the same idea, used for note taking, games, office work or even e-reading. With all of his projects, he continued to revolution user-freindly capabilities. Now a days, with one touch of a button you can open iTunes, see all of the open windows you have or even quit a program.
Sure some of his ideas weren't the best, Motorola ROKR was dubbed the iTunes phone in 2005 but could only hold 100 songs. Hockey puck mouse, the original mouse that came with iMacs was not enjoyed by consumers. Power Mac G4 Cube, very expense, very small, short lifespan.
As we transition to think of the softwares Macs have had for years that have impacted the recording industry, almost all of them have been produced by Apple or for Mac products.
Final Cut Pro Suite - an industry standard produced by Apple for film editing
QuickTime - movie player for Mac/Windows
iTunes - revolutionized music and how we obtain it
Avid products (Protools, Avid, ect.) - Industry standards for film & audio editing
Garageband - without this homegrown artists may not have gotten their start... Owl City anyone?
Adobe Creative Suite - for Mac; graphics, websites, photo editing
Logic - music editing software
In 1993 in an interview with the Wall Street Journal Jobs proclaimed this, "Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me… Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful… that's what matters to me."
Let's take a moment to think how he transformed technology. Clearly he has done a lot.
Apple feats:
co-founding the company
creating easily accessibly & easy to use personal computers
providing a means for average people to carry more than a CD's worth of music
creating a vison for the future
iPhone - 1st smart phone
Did you know that after founding the company, only a few years later Jobs was fired! Not too long after his firing, he was asked to return and this time, revolutionized technology.
Pixar feats:
Toy Story
A Bug's Life
Toy Story 2
Monster's Inc.
Finding Nemo
The Incredibles
During his time at Pixar (1986-2006) Jobs not only held the company but drove its creative vision. Without his management and skills, we would not have some of the best animated movies of all time.
Jobs was an amazing man who will be missed by many. I know next time I pick up my iPod and browse though my 4500 songs I hope that I will pause and realize that this is a feat because of Steve Jobs. Some will say that even without Jobs we would have gotten to the point we are today, and I suppose we could all say that but looking back at history Jobs may not have been the first, but he was dang good at what he did.
Do you remember 2000? The year of Y2K when we thought everything was going to crash and burn? What was Steve Jobs dreaming up? The very first iPod. When everyone else was doubting, he was planning something that would literally change history. Do you remember a day before computers had flat monitors and there was a big box attached to the screen? He even came up with a was to make that fun, just slap some colored plastic over it and call it iCandy. As we progressed into the later half of the decade technology kept becoming cheaper to create thus becoming a more user friendly price tag. 2007 was the birthyear of the iPod Touch with the iPhone just prior. Touchscreen was a new feature for almost any personal device to have. In 2010 he blew that idea into the iPad, a larger screen with the same idea, used for note taking, games, office work or even e-reading. With all of his projects, he continued to revolution user-freindly capabilities. Now a days, with one touch of a button you can open iTunes, see all of the open windows you have or even quit a program.
Jobs created Macs to not just be machines but to be something people wanted to use.
Sure some of his ideas weren't the best, Motorola ROKR was dubbed the iTunes phone in 2005 but could only hold 100 songs. Hockey puck mouse, the original mouse that came with iMacs was not enjoyed by consumers. Power Mac G4 Cube, very expense, very small, short lifespan.
As we transition to think of the softwares Macs have had for years that have impacted the recording industry, almost all of them have been produced by Apple or for Mac products.
Final Cut Pro Suite - an industry standard produced by Apple for film editing
QuickTime - movie player for Mac/Windows
iTunes - revolutionized music and how we obtain it
Avid products (Protools, Avid, ect.) - Industry standards for film & audio editing
Garageband - without this homegrown artists may not have gotten their start... Owl City anyone?
Adobe Creative Suite - for Mac; graphics, websites, photo editing
Logic - music editing software
To all who said we can't, he said we can.
In 1993 in an interview with the Wall Street Journal Jobs proclaimed this, "Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me… Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful… that's what matters to me."
Because the people who are crazy enough to think they
can change the world, are the ones who do.
Here's to teaching us to think differently. Thank You.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
What in the world is LiveType?
LiveType is graphic and title creation software that come with the Final Cut Pro Suite. It is not just for amateurs, professional artists use it and it is great for TV broadcast.
The main topics covered in my lynda.com training were the basic interface, starting the project, adding backgrounds, moving items throughout the tracks, editing the effects, and finally exporting to Final Cut Pro (FCP).
One of my professors has told me, that once you learn one software, all other softwares have the same basic functions. This is very true about LiveType. I would say that I am very fluent in FCP, which made learning the interface of LiveType very easy, because it has a very similar layout to FCP.
The initial discussion began by opening the program, learning the windows and their functions and finally learning how to star a blank project. After that I learned how to add a background to the blank presentation. One of the most important features of LiveType is possibly utilizing the tracks. Tracks are one of the basic functions in the FCP Suite. Using a combination of the tracks and the inspector you can creat words, twist them, angle them and almost any other effect you could image.
As I continue in my digital audio classes, knowing how to use LiveType will come in handy. Currently, I am doing a 30 second promo that I can use LiveType to create graphics for the video.
The main topics covered in my lynda.com training were the basic interface, starting the project, adding backgrounds, moving items throughout the tracks, editing the effects, and finally exporting to Final Cut Pro (FCP).
One of my professors has told me, that once you learn one software, all other softwares have the same basic functions. This is very true about LiveType. I would say that I am very fluent in FCP, which made learning the interface of LiveType very easy, because it has a very similar layout to FCP.
The initial discussion began by opening the program, learning the windows and their functions and finally learning how to star a blank project. After that I learned how to add a background to the blank presentation. One of the most important features of LiveType is possibly utilizing the tracks. Tracks are one of the basic functions in the FCP Suite. Using a combination of the tracks and the inspector you can creat words, twist them, angle them and almost any other effect you could image.
As I continue in my digital audio classes, knowing how to use LiveType will come in handy. Currently, I am doing a 30 second promo that I can use LiveType to create graphics for the video.
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