So, I doubt this counts, but I’m going to wrap up what I’ve been doing for the past three weeks of class into one blog post.
I know I’ve already posted a small smei-sinopsys of what I was going to present in class, but it turned out being far more low key and unfortunately less informative than what I had originally planned.
Here is a brief description of what I was thinking when Clifton and I were working on the infographic:
This is ice cream. Look at all the ways it can be enjoyed.
Ice cream uses a top-down architecture.
The top-down method starts by establishing its content, and later arranges that content into a structure.
When you walk into an ice cream parlor you have already decided on the content of your treat.
The parlor offers multiple formats to structure your dessert. You can eat your ice cream from a bowl, in a cone, in
a mlikshake, and even sandwiched between two cookies.
Ice cream consists of three main parts.
Content of the ice cream consists of the multitde of flavors offered today.
The ice cream flavor is the information within the content.
Once the flavor has been decided on you then choose the structure of your content.
Ice cream can be presented in a paper cup, a sugar cone, or in milkshake form. This structure is also an indicator
of how we interface and use the ice cream. A paper cup requires a spoon. A sugar cone you eat from your hands.
The milkshake you use a combination of spoon and straw.
But before we even begin to dive into our yummy treat, we see the design of the dessert.
Ice cream is a flexible substance that can be made to look like clowns, be sandwiched between cookies, and liquified.
What designs we choose to further enhance our experiences include making sundaes with toppings like hot fudge and sprinkles,
broken up bits of candy, and whipped cream.
Ice cream does not necessarily need these extras to be desireable, but it reinforces positive user experiences and
its versatility. It keeps us engaged in the process of going through the entire dessert just as good web designs keep us
engaged in a site as we read content and dig for information.
With ice cream, the content is always constant.
CONTENT Structure Design
No matter how we have our ice cream the point is to enjoy the content, the ice cream itself.
In the same way, the purpose behind visiting a website is to gather information.
So in our analogy, ice cream is the content of the dessert.
STRUCTURE
After we have chosen
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This is pizza. Structure Content Design
Pizza uses a bottom-up architecture.
The structure is always constant where as the content can change.
The bottom-up method relies on a stable structure that is filled with various content.
The crust is the base for all pizza. Whether you are creating a pizza from scratch or with ingredients from the market,
the dough is what comes first and is where the content is placed. This structure is then topped with various types of content.
Mushrooms, cheese, meat, veggies, pineapples and canadian bacon, etc. This type of structure also defines two basic ways of
interfacing with it. We eat pizza with our hands or with fork and knife. Websites with static or formulaic structures
typically use a standardized interaction model. Even though the way we interact with a model like this may
always appear similar, the visual design is interchangeable. When you enter a pizza parlor, you choose from many different toppings
to define the pizza’s content.
When your content and architectural structures are established, it is still possible to develop varying user experiences
through information and navigation design.
This is ice cream. Look at all the ways it can be enjoyed.
Ice cream uses a top-down architecture.The top-down method starts by establishing its content, and later arranges that content into a structure.
When you walk into an ice cream parlor you have already decided on the content of your treat.The parlor offers multiple formats to structure your dessert. You can eat your ice cream from a bowl, in a cone, ina mlikshake, and even sandwiched between two cookies.
Ice cream consists of three main parts.
Content of the ice cream consists of the multitde of flavors offered today. The ice cream flavor is the information within the content.Once the flavor has been decided on you then choose the structure of your content.Ice cream can be presented in a paper cup, a sugar cone, or in milkshake form. This structure is also an indicatorof how we interface and use the ice cream. A paper cup requires a spoon. A sugar cone you eat from your hands. The milkshake you use a combination of spoon and straw. But before we even begin to dive into our yummy treat, we see the design of the dessert.Ice cream is a flexible substance that can be made to look like clowns, be sandwiched between cookies, and liquified.What designs we choose to further enhance our experiences include making sundaes with toppings like hot fudge and sprinkles,broken up bits of candy, and whipped cream.Ice cream does not necessarily need these extras to be desireable, but it reinforces positive user experiences andits versatility. It keeps us engaged in the process of going through the entire dessert just as good web designs keep usengaged in a site as we read content and dig for information.
With ice cream, the content is always constant.
CONTENT Structure Design
No matter how we have our ice cream the point is to enjoy the content, the ice cream itself.In the same way, the purpose behind visiting a website is to gather information.So in our analogy, ice cream is the content of the dessert.
STRUCTURE
After we have chosen
————————————————————————————————————————–
This is pizza. Structure Content Design
Pizza uses a bottom-up architecture.The structure is always constant where as the content can change.The bottom-up method relies on a stable structure that is filled with various content.
The crust is the base for all pizza. Whether you are creating a pizza from scratch or with ingredients from the market,the dough is what comes first and is where the content is placed. This structure is then topped with various types of content.Mushrooms, cheese, meat, veggies, pineapples and canadian bacon, etc. This type of structure also defines two basic ways ofinterfacing with it. We eat pizza with our hands or with fork and knife. Websites with static or formulaic structures typically use a standardized interaction model. Even though the way we interact with a model like this mayalways appear similar, the visual design is interchangeable. When you enter a pizza parlor, you choose from many different toppingsto define the pizza’s content.When your content and architectural structures are established, it is still possible to develop varying user experiencesthrough information and navigation design.
And that’s that.
As far as sociality and being a part of a community, I see it as a huge asset for us as individual creatives to come together to create even bigger projects. Having the ability to be social and make connections has a greater advantage than for the people who prioritize their own self worth. This is where you are going to get jobs, this is where you are going to be included on ground breaking projects, and this is where you are going to learn the most after graduating from college.
I feel sad though. I’ve tried inviting my peers in class about what is going on, but I feel like they don’t care. Somehow in addition to that this class performed as a sifter to weed out those who were merely interested in the subject from those who were determined to make a career out of it. With that in mind, as harsh as it may seem to be, being creative doesn’t require a whole lot of natural born talent, but if you suck, you suck. And that’s the truth of it. I don’t think I suck, but I sure wish more people in class were interested.
My google map of places in Portland showed quite a cluster of places in downtown. Portland isn’t so large that you couldn’t walk the entire city three times over in a day. I’ve done it multiple times. Are people really that lazy and confused by Portland? It’s really not that scary if you pay attention to where you are going. And there are so many small companies, groups, and services in Portland that are involved in the community. When we went to Step Change the guy talking to us said not to get all caught up in our scruples, which I am fine with, but at the same time I am a huge supporter for local business. Sure I’m employed by a national company, but we’re not deliberately screwing over the economy. Point being, when I am well enough off to be doing my own thing comfortably, I’m not going to get my panties in a bunch and reject the system that supported me.
Anyways, enough of the soap box. As far as the presentation itself went. I think I did ok considering that guy from the new com was video taping…that was a little strange, but I think I handled it well enough? hah…ok, well maybe.
For the next class maybe it would be better to have a list of specific things for people to research into. Like taking the group roles listed in the text book and researching what each role really is and does and functions within a company/agency. That might give people a little more idea of what is going on.
