Designing print forms is a completely new territory for me, and many of the conventions and recommendations diverge from Web design. For example, one of the major takeaways from the Ohio Forms Management guide [PDF] was their strong recommendation to use ULC or box-style forms. Web forms, while they do use boxes, don’t flow that way by [...]
Form and Ground are two concepts in design that I had never encountered before this class. Of course, we all have a natural inclination to identify the subject and the background of an image, but these concepts distill the idea even further. In fact, the background of a photograph may end up becoming the form [...]
I love to see Universities making an effort to develop technology projects centered around students at large and not just closed-off research projects. This week, I’m happy to say that UW-Milwaukee is one of those Universities. I had the privilege of serving on this year’s Educational Technology Fee committee, and want to use this opportunity [...]
I’ve worked for the UW-Milwaukee Student Association for two years now as their Media Director, which basically means I take care of the website and other technical needs. After that amount of time around a group of politically intense people, it rubs off on you. Eventually I could no longer be a fly on the [...]
I love me some angry ranting. And I also love giving props for a job well-done. There was plenty of both this semester, and now that I’ve established myself at UW-Milwaukee I feel better about making my comments public. Hopefully these brief reviews will be of use to anyone thinking about these courses in the [...]