Trello, On Thursday, March 30, I met with my team which would later be known as Gemini V. During our very first meeting we discussed our strengths and what we were good at doing. I was willing to work on the database with Lili, but we needed a project manager. Nobody volunteered for the position […]
Author: Christina
Emotional Intelligence
I took the emotional intelligence quiz, and it told me that I have a Good EQ. Having a good EQ is just as important as having a good IQ. Emotional Intelligence is being able to be aware, control, and express one’s emotion. In an interpersonal setting knowing how to express your feelings is important, so that […]
Meeting @ 12:15 Tuesday
“20-29: While there are times when your participation is masterful, there are also times when you may stifle your own participation or the participation of others. You may find it helpful to speak up more or to invite others to speak up. Seek win-win solutions to conflict by encouraging others to explain their views” (http://www.amanet.org/training/articles/self-assessment-are-you-a-masterful-meeting-participant.aspx) […]
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Progressive Enhancement
Progressive enhancement is basically how well will content be presented in a variety of browsers. The main idea is to understand how your content is presented on the web because it is the most important aspect, people go to see your content, not your design. You have to think about the layers of content. Your […]
Centaur
I never thought that I would be able to build a web page, let alone a microsite. However, I did just that. The first page I made I made was my index.html page and made a template to base my other pages off of, so I didn’t have to write four pages of code. This […]
Making Sandwiches
The other day Professor Johnston taught us how to give ethical critiques so we would be able to provide ethical critiques to others in class about their website. After staring so long at a project, it is a nice to have another set of eyes look at your work and tell you what they like […]
Building Stronger Bridges
“Alright, today you and your teams are going to make a bridge out of newspapers and rubber bands,” is how Professor Johnston started class Thursday. She handed us a pile of newspapers and a package of rubber bands and told us it had to support a small water bottle, and the bottle had to be […]
An Image Is Worth a Thousand Words
Web sites usually contain one or more images and each one has to be downloaded to fully view the web page. If the image files are too large it will take a while for the page to load and often times that could be the difference between someone staying on your page or going to […]
Fireworks
I have never used Adobe Photoshop, so I was hesitant about using fireworks because I had little to know idea on how to use it. Once we started to use it didn’t seem as hard I thought, my wireless mouse was a lifesaver when working on editing the photos. The first photo I edited was […]
How I Created Lemonade from Lemons
BackGround For my final project this semester in data organization I was tasked with retrieving data and creating information from the data. To better understand my data and information, you need to understand the scenario that was created for the data. Imagine you are a CEO of a tech firm that wants to better understand […]