When it comes to websites I like to visit ease of user ship is my first criteria; if I feel the site is cluttered and ultimately trying to sell you something instead of what you expected from said site that is an automatic log off for me. I like simple site with no thrills that do exactly what you expect it to. Facebook is a great example of this, you know exactly what you’re getting. I anticipate that my site will definitely be simple; as far as ease in using it, in mot so sure. I am a total beginner when it comes to using any of the programs we have been working on (Dreamweaver, InDesign, Photoshop, etc.) so I’m this is an experiment for me to say the least. I hope to meet all the criteria of the project and hope for the best. I am glad I’ve started the process of becoming comfortable with these programs, because these are main stays in the field of media and learning how to use them will be helpful. Mt central layout will be as simple as possible; an image which I identify with and links to the other parts of the website. I plan on using as few columns as possible to keep a clean user friendly appeal to my site. Ill be sure to keep separate top sections for organizational reasons. And have some solid areas to make navigation easier. It’s important to have more important areas on the site in bigger text to show its important, and strong colors to highlight important elements. Im excited to further complete my website, ill go into the coding process keeping these elements in mind.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Thursday, April 12, 2012
More Twitter
Twitter has changed the face of Public Relations and promotions for many companies. It has made communication with its customers exponentially easier; you can handle a PR issue much more effectively; for example if there is a scandal of some sort your company can simply address it threw Twitter; if there was a mistake made and you needed your customers to know about it twitter is an excellent way to reach the masses.
Twitter has also changed how social and civil rights groups spread information and organize; if all the supporters of your cause were following a groups twitter feed it makes it much easier to organize and rally.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Twitter Me Bad
Twitter has revolutionized the way people get their message to the masses. Although predominately used for socializing with friends Twitter has become a great place to receive messages from politicians and other important people. Twitter has also become a platform for social calls to action; from the liberation of Egypt to the Occupy Wall Street movement Twitter has proven to be a powerful tool in the fight for social justice. The ability to reach people who share a common denominator without the filter of the mass media has proven very useful to whatever endeavor you’re involved in. Twitters power to inform and organize people has taken the hard work and high cost out of rallying people; 10 years ago you would need to make flyers, find likeminded people to give them to or use word of mouth. Today, if one has a large Twitter following he simply writes a time and place and why he is organizing and people will come. The Occupy Wall Street movement is a perfect example of this; Twitter was a important weapon in getting the thousands of unhappy Americans to meet at a certain place at a certain time. For a politician Twitter is a absolute game changer, in the past it was quite expensive to inform people about event, polices, answer question and respond to criticism; with the advent of Twitter a politician can do all these things with out breaking the budget on TV advertisements or printing wasteful literature. Form a journalistic perspective its also a great tool because you can get feed live from where a big story is happening; also live quotes from persons involved whatever your reporting upon.
The topics which I chose to follow on twitter where chosen because I though I would have a lot to say on the subjects. The New York Yankees, I chose the Yankees because I have been a life long fan; I am a proud New Yorker and felt their twitter feed would be chockfull of fun, insider information. MoMA was another one of my selections because I am a huge art fan, modern art in particular and the MoMa museums are the best places in the word to go see some, the Guggenheim being my favorite. ESPN’s Sports Center is the television show I am probably most passionate about because sports highlights are one of the most entertaining things ever and the anchors have great little quips, which are good for a laugh. There Twitter feed is updated constantly with the top stories in sports so it’s also a great way to stay informed in the world of sports. Twitter is quite different from blogging and in my opinion much better; first off people my age actually use twitter, only lonely middle aged know it alls blog; its also much easier to connect with likeminded people on Twitter, where as on blogs I feel you need to go looking for them. How Twitter differs from other social media sites is hard to say; It has less information then Facebook, but I feel like that the genius of it, your forced to read the post and there is little distractions from pictures and other gimmicks that Facebook offers.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Interview with katy
1. How do you plan on promoting yourself?
A: Shane believes in getting on a personal level. He would like to primarily use phone numbers and parties to establish connections.
2. Name three goals you have between now and graduation:
A: Shane would like to travel to a foreign country between now and graduation. He would like to visit but Europe and Australia because he believes then to be cultural hubs and will help establish personal connections. His final goal is to pay his taxes this year.
3. What employment goals do you have after graduation?
A: Shane plans to start his career buy purchasing video equipment. He believes this will help him to get a job as a production assistant. He also plans on getting on the mailing lists for three to four in house studios to further his connections.
4. Name three best case scenario jobs you would like to have and why?
A: Shane would like to be a fashion photographer, a director of photography or the head of marketing for a company. He seeks these jobs because he has a passion for visual communication and they pay well.
5. Do you prefer to work professionally alone or in a group?
A: Shane believes this depends on the situation. Shane has many good qualities he can bring to a functional group. He prefers to work around people who know what they're doing.
6. Name three contributions you can make in a group:
A: Shane is a solution man and he is not afraid of pressure. He can think on his feet. Shane is also not afraid to call people out when he feels they aren't putting the effort in.
7. What contributions can you make in independent work?
A: Shane feels he must protect his reputation so he puts great effort into all that he does. He also is a very passionate worker.
8. What are your at work pet peeves?
A: Shane finds drama annoying and unprofessional. He does not want to deal with what he calls, “awkward social crap.”
9. Three things you feel passionate about professionally?
A: Shane feels strongly about quality because he is surrounded by artists and wants to emulate their perfection. He also carries greatly to efficiency in the workplace. Finally, Shane is a fan of creative approaches to problems.
10. How do you handle criticisms?
A: Shane is “absolutely okay” with criticisms. He feels if he does something wrong he should be appropriately instructed. He wants to learn, “the right way”.
11. How do you handle stress and pressure?
A: Shane is constantly under pressure in his field. While he is affected by stress daily he tries to plan things out to be less stressful. Often he work involves driving around with $100,000 worth of equipment so he can handle stress.
12. Describe your last three jobs?
A: Shane worked as a camp councilor, a production assistant for an SNL skit and a sales associate for Hugo Boss.
1. What was the best experience?
A: The best experience for Shane was working on the SNL skit. Shane got to work on a Lonely Island video and had the responsibility of handling a man's entire livelihood in equipment.
2. What was the worst experience?
A: Shane had a bad experience as a camp councilor when one of the children he was watching got cut up by a group of Zebra muscles.
13. Outline three strengths you have in school:
A: Shane is very good about establishing a personal connection with his professors. He is also punctual and has his assignments in on time. Shane is also very good at class participation and is a stand out student.
14. What strengths do you have in the work place?
A: Shane has many strengths he can bring to the work place. He does more than what is asked of him and is a diligent worker. Shane is also very professional and doesn't fool around on the job.
15. How has Wiki helped you improve your communication skills?
A: Overall, Shane is very glad he worked on his wiki page. He learned essentially how to use a wiki and now has a great place to show his road trip pictures.
16. How has Facebook helped?
A: Shane feels Facebook has taught him that he prefers personal communication rather than social media. Shane finds Facebook superficial.
17. How would you use it for self-promotion?
A: Shane believes when the time comes he can use Facebook to get his name out there to clients.
18. How has Twitter helped you?
A: Shane is not a huge fan of the Twitter platform. Instead he would rather make his own audience.
19. How would you promote an organization on Facebook?
A: Shane is very good at creating witty and clever two sentence tag-lines. He would also use visually stimulating images to evoke an audience.
20. How will Twitter be used to promote yourself?
A: Shane hopes to use emotionally evocative posts to gather an audience. He also plans on using celebrities to push ideas and products.
21. Graphically, what would you want in your website?
A: Shane hopes that his website will have a funny loading screen and user friendly features. He plans on using simple language and a centered web page to make his site easy to navigate.
Constructive Criticisms:
1. Side-Tracked – I felt we got a little side-tracked at times by all the funny stories you had. They were really interesting but I feel like they distract from the interview.
2. Nervousness – This is probably just my problem but I feel like you almost took too much control over the interview so much so it made me really nervous. Honestly, that's probably my problem though.
3. Exploration – I feel like you could have made me expand on some of my statements.
Overall, I had a really awesome time interviewing you Shane and I hope all goes well in your future.
A: Shane believes in getting on a personal level. He would like to primarily use phone numbers and parties to establish connections.
2. Name three goals you have between now and graduation:
A: Shane would like to travel to a foreign country between now and graduation. He would like to visit but Europe and Australia because he believes then to be cultural hubs and will help establish personal connections. His final goal is to pay his taxes this year.
3. What employment goals do you have after graduation?
A: Shane plans to start his career buy purchasing video equipment. He believes this will help him to get a job as a production assistant. He also plans on getting on the mailing lists for three to four in house studios to further his connections.
4. Name three best case scenario jobs you would like to have and why?
A: Shane would like to be a fashion photographer, a director of photography or the head of marketing for a company. He seeks these jobs because he has a passion for visual communication and they pay well.
5. Do you prefer to work professionally alone or in a group?
A: Shane believes this depends on the situation. Shane has many good qualities he can bring to a functional group. He prefers to work around people who know what they're doing.
6. Name three contributions you can make in a group:
A: Shane is a solution man and he is not afraid of pressure. He can think on his feet. Shane is also not afraid to call people out when he feels they aren't putting the effort in.
7. What contributions can you make in independent work?
A: Shane feels he must protect his reputation so he puts great effort into all that he does. He also is a very passionate worker.
8. What are your at work pet peeves?
A: Shane finds drama annoying and unprofessional. He does not want to deal with what he calls, “awkward social crap.”
9. Three things you feel passionate about professionally?
A: Shane feels strongly about quality because he is surrounded by artists and wants to emulate their perfection. He also carries greatly to efficiency in the workplace. Finally, Shane is a fan of creative approaches to problems.
10. How do you handle criticisms?
A: Shane is “absolutely okay” with criticisms. He feels if he does something wrong he should be appropriately instructed. He wants to learn, “the right way”.
11. How do you handle stress and pressure?
A: Shane is constantly under pressure in his field. While he is affected by stress daily he tries to plan things out to be less stressful. Often he work involves driving around with $100,000 worth of equipment so he can handle stress.
12. Describe your last three jobs?
A: Shane worked as a camp councilor, a production assistant for an SNL skit and a sales associate for Hugo Boss.
1. What was the best experience?
A: The best experience for Shane was working on the SNL skit. Shane got to work on a Lonely Island video and had the responsibility of handling a man's entire livelihood in equipment.
2. What was the worst experience?
A: Shane had a bad experience as a camp councilor when one of the children he was watching got cut up by a group of Zebra muscles.
13. Outline three strengths you have in school:
A: Shane is very good about establishing a personal connection with his professors. He is also punctual and has his assignments in on time. Shane is also very good at class participation and is a stand out student.
14. What strengths do you have in the work place?
A: Shane has many strengths he can bring to the work place. He does more than what is asked of him and is a diligent worker. Shane is also very professional and doesn't fool around on the job.
15. How has Wiki helped you improve your communication skills?
A: Overall, Shane is very glad he worked on his wiki page. He learned essentially how to use a wiki and now has a great place to show his road trip pictures.
16. How has Facebook helped?
A: Shane feels Facebook has taught him that he prefers personal communication rather than social media. Shane finds Facebook superficial.
17. How would you use it for self-promotion?
A: Shane believes when the time comes he can use Facebook to get his name out there to clients.
18. How has Twitter helped you?
A: Shane is not a huge fan of the Twitter platform. Instead he would rather make his own audience.
19. How would you promote an organization on Facebook?
A: Shane is very good at creating witty and clever two sentence tag-lines. He would also use visually stimulating images to evoke an audience.
20. How will Twitter be used to promote yourself?
A: Shane hopes to use emotionally evocative posts to gather an audience. He also plans on using celebrities to push ideas and products.
21. Graphically, what would you want in your website?
A: Shane hopes that his website will have a funny loading screen and user friendly features. He plans on using simple language and a centered web page to make his site easy to navigate.
Constructive Criticisms:
1. Side-Tracked – I felt we got a little side-tracked at times by all the funny stories you had. They were really interesting but I feel like they distract from the interview.
2. Nervousness – This is probably just my problem but I feel like you almost took too much control over the interview so much so it made me really nervous. Honestly, that's probably my problem though.
3. Exploration – I feel like you could have made me expand on some of my statements.
Overall, I had a really awesome time interviewing you Shane and I hope all goes well in your future.
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