Now we’re getting into the 360 views that the class title “QTVR” promises. I went to take pictures of water falls at Stony Brook about 40 minutes away with Pat. Be sure to check his out as they are extremely cool! Below are just my images. I’ll be sure to get back to you when I have them in Flash interfaces next week.

The assignment for project 2 was to make a photo montage. It should reveal many sides of a subject. I chose as my subject squirrels. But my interpretation are that they are a bit parasitic. You see, my neighborhood in Rochester is becoming overrun by squirrels. They are constantly on yards, in trees, and far too often: in trash cans. Every green plastic barrel seems to have a squirrel-sized hole chewed into it. Maybe we’re being overrun by clever hungry squirrels… but the point is they’re everywhere!

Making progress!

While on the prowl for good design in the form of sorting long lists I did not have to travel too far.

I love the way they made iTunes look. In particular how they separate items with a light color and the way it could scale up or down with no problem.

Here is the new and improved design of project 1, in which the list of movies is much more prominent and less space is wasted. The interface is simplified, and you can see all the options on one page without having to click through.

Did you guess correctly? Project 1 was a series about connections.

I’m taking a digital photography class this quarter called QuickTime Virtual Reality (QTVR) which does not use QuickTime at all, as it is an out-of-date technology. But still, we use Flash and it does the same sort of simulation. I didn’t realize I wanted a break from things so badly, but now that I have the opportunity to get out and take photographs it feels great!

Here are the results of project 1: three photographs with a theme. Can you figure out the theme? I’ll post tomorrow with the answer.

Here is my preliminary design idea for project 1. I decided to name the movie site “Give & Take” because it is an appropriate name for a communal web application and relates to films. Not only that, but it gave me the idea to use a (slightly abstracted) clapboard for the layout. The basic idea is to add in a movie you don’t see on the list. This will build up the database that will come in handy later.

Oh, and I’m going to try to get it to auto-complete as you type in information on the left to try to cut down on duplicate entries.

That is the question I am going to ask with the upcoming project 1 in my class known as Dynamic Persuasion. I am going to make a web application that builds a database from the visitors typing in movie titles. This will be a stepping stone on my way to build a future project where there can be ratings and lists made. It’s not like I want to compete with The Internet Movie Database, I just want to be able to do a similar thing.

Would you like to see a project? I am guessing yes. And so here you go:

The Evils of The Elderly

It is a site that pokes fun at 1950’s paranoia. I made it in another Jason class last year.