D-Day Has Finally Arrived

Blogger
Since the creation of my blogger account, I have made regular posts, 11 all up, such as ‘Why Oh Why did I become an animator???’ and ‘The Epidemic Sweeping The World – Fraping'.

Over time I have tried different styles. I chose a template, then added gold and red to the colour scheme to add more zing. I had size issues when adding pictures to the background, memory and physical wise. I chose the current background as it suited the colour scheme, but still introducing additional colours that weren’t overwhelming. An extra column on the left deformed gadgets on the right so I didn’t have one. I used interesting fonts to make the headings to attract attention, then reverted to more regular fonts to write the article, making it easier for the reader to read the smaller writing.

I then added multiple gadgets to the page to add personality, such as quotes from movies, interesting pictures, a poll to determine people’s favourite anime, a list of my favourite links, and my personal favourite, the fish.

I have studied the blogs of class mates, and offered support and feedback, such as on Liz Rehling’s page, and Beau Buckley's.

I have tagged my posts by group, e.g. mpi104 related posts have MPI104, by title, e.g. My First Walk Cycle is tagged with walk and cycle, and by subject matter, e.g. Never Too Old For Cartoons is tagged with anime, manga, and picture, as it supplies pictures.

Over all, I’ve learnt how easily indaviduals can express themselves and get information across well by using blogs. Their easy to use, can be personalised to the topic being discussed if need be, and are be widely accessible.

Flickr

All up, I have uploaded 23 photos in two categories, university related, and recreational pictures, my 3 favourites being Joy, awkward moments, Mace Windu.

I quite enjoyed using the flickr account. It allows me to keep lists of my favourite pictures on the internet, so they are not taking up my hard drive space, and are accessible from any computer with a web connection, without carrying around a hard drive. I can view other pictures without uploading them myself. It also allows others to view my pictures of their own accord.

Delicious

So far my Delicious page holds 22 bookmarks, ranging from recreational sites, like Red vs. Blue, a machinima comedy,university sites, like the Animation and Visual Effects Forum,(which is hiddenand everyday sites like my Hotmail.

My favorite 3 sites are Red vs. Blue (see above), a machinima based comedy, SoulEater, one of my favorite manga's, and Grooveshark, a good site to listen to music on.