Assessment 2

In Flickr I have uploaded more than 30 photos which included photos of my friends, images of my uni work that I have completed during first semester and screenshots of examples to show good aesthetics in websites. The website I found most aesthetically pleasing is a Melbourne based design studio called Gazel as text was easy to read, simple layout, theme continued when going to following pages and the graphic on the side was a nice finish with the sun rays slowly moving around. All images have been put into 3 sets which I think is a tidy way of organising things, it also makes it easier to find something in particular you may be looking for. All of my images have titles, descriptions and tags. Appropriate images have a MPI104-2007 tag which may be interesting to classmates, inappropriate images for this tag have been tagged with other names. I have pushed more than 6 people into the MPI104-2007 group, have more than 12 contacts and have joined at least 3 groups. I have nominated more than 6 favourites. I saved photographs and student work. I found this work to be very aesthetically pleasing.

Del.icio.us was harder to make more aesthetically pleasing than blogger and flickr. It has a simple, easy to read layout which I guess makes it aesthically pleasing. I think the thing that makes it most aestheticallly pleasing is having all labels in bundles instead of just having them in one long list which is what I have done. Theres also the option of minising the bundles so the tags are hidden if you want a more tidy look. My account has more than 3 pages of bookmarks which all have descriptions and tags. Bookmarks that may be interest to other classmates have been tagged MPI104-2007 and those that have no interest to MPI104-2007 students have been tagged appropriately. I have several other del.icio.us users in my network and have saved links for some of them using "for" tags.

In my blogger account I have more than the minimum posts which all have working links in them, I have experimented with templates, fonts and colours. I have changed my template since the last assessment. I find this one to be easy to read and use. I have left the back of posts white ensuring text is easy to read, my titles of posts are purple which makes them stand out a bit more and also match the header. My blog achieve, about me, links etc have been put down the right hand side making my blog easy to use and easy to find anything. I have added images that match my text into my posts to make my blog more aesthetically pleasing. A posts to show this is my magazine cover. My post on aesthetics includes a description and a site that I find aesthetically pleasing and the reasons why and one that I dont. I have included a RSS feed of my del.icio.us bookmarks and a "fave this blog" button on my blog. The MPI104 Metablog has been saved as one of my technorati favourites, as well as my classmates. My blog now has a sitemeter counter and includes a post about the vistors to my blog, as well as an updated post about my vistors.

Update on Sitemeter

This is a summary on the visits/views I have had since adding Sitemeter counter onto my blog on the 31st of May.

VISITS

Total 28
Average Per Day 1
Average Visit Length 0:00
Last Hour 1
Today 9
This Week 10

PAGE VIEWS

Total 67
Average Per Day 1
Average Per Visit 1.0
Last Hour 12
Today 41
This Week 10

Snow!

Today we booked a few nights to stay at the snow in the holidays. Were going to Mt Selwyn. Im very excited!!

GRP224

We just finished our second assignment for Rings of Saturn Publishing. Here is a link to a page with all of my work of it, including drafts and final work.

Tweaking Templates

Even though other colours, fonts and backgrounds can be brought into my blog I kept what was already available. I think my blog is easy to read as the font, colours and layout are simple. I had a look at other classmates blogs who have changed their background with images and graphics, I think some look good but some are a bit busy. Im happy with my clean simple layout.

Pirates of the Caribbean 3 - At Worlds End

I went and saw Pirates of the Caribbean 3 it was so long but I liked it. A few people ive talked to have said they didnt like it. I was a little bit lost at times, Im not sure it was cause I hadnt seen number one and two in ages or just cause I dont get things, doesnt matter, I got people with me to explain it to me.

After Elizabeth (Keira Knightly), Will (Orlando Bloom), and Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) rescue Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) from the the land of the dead, they must face their foes, Davey Jones (Bill Nighy) and Lord Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander). Beckett, now with control of Jones' heart, forms a dark alliance with him in order to rule the seas and wipe out the last of the Pirates. Now, Jack, Barbossa, Will, Elizabeth, Tia Delma, and crew must call the Pirate Lords from the four corners of the globe, including the infamous Sao Feng (Chow-Yun Fat), to gathering. The Pirate Lords want to release the goddess Calypso, Davey Jones's damned lover, from the trap they sent her to out of fear, in which the Pirate Lords must combine the 9 pieces that bound her by ritual to undo it and release her in hopes that she will help them fight. With this, all pirates will stand together and will make their final stand for freedom against Beckett, Jones, Norrington, the Flying Dutchman, and the entire East India Trading Company



Pirates Of The Caribbean 1
Pirates Of The Caribbean 2

Sitemeter

Today I added a Sitemeter counter. This counter gives me a very detailed list of information on the vistors and views of my page. Before adding this counter I had another, I deleted it though as I liked this one more. I added it for assignment one. I had about 70 visits to my page. Im not sure how long those vistors stayed as this counter didnt include detailed information. I think my vistors were just from our class.

In my Flickr account it shows how many views I have had which is 57 at the moment. It also tells me how many views I have had under each image. I am able to know who has viewed my images if they have left a comment or saved one as their favourite. I dont know much about views on my delicious account, I have a list of people on my network which Im guessing have a look.