1 step closer to completing the mpi104 2nd assessment...

AT LAST... i finish creating my athene webpage and it doesn't look too bad lol. all i need to do now is to go down to to the Jackcross centre tomorrow morning and upload it onto the web as i do not have Fetch. hopefully iv'e covered all aspects of the second assessment and pass...now to continue booking webpages on del.icio.us, adding photos to my flickr account and write a summary of what i have learnt this semester in the mpi104 class.

Flickr

unfortunately i haven't been able to retrieve my forgotten password for my flickr account, so after trying every single password i have ever use and having the page locked for 14hrs. I've given up and created a new flickr account.
here is the link to my NEW & IMPROVED Flickr account.This is also the link to my old account
i hope you enjoy looking at my pics =]

Maroon 5 feat. Rihanna - If I Never See Your Face Again

Communication art magazine

Current Issue: 2008 May/June Issue $8 (U.S)
i bought mine for $20 from Borders book store in Rouse Hill...what a ripoff! great magazine though...

The May/June issue offers feature articles on Toronto's Westside Studios, where many of Canada's top photographers work; the Minneapolis design studio of Aesthetic Apparatus; New York illustrator Yuko Shimizu; as well as a detailed look at the innovative graphics for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; the many facets of online advertising; and a selection from the 2007 EULDA awards. CA's regular columns offer insightful commentary on typography, business, creativity, design trends, advertising, design culture and design issues. This is one issue you won't want to miss!

here is the link to the [communication arts homepage]

Counters

Web counters or Hit counters keep a record of how many page views the webpage has received. These counters are computer software programs that indicate the number of viewers who have entered the page. Not only does the counter have a purpose, it also aims to improve the aesthetic look of the page by allowing web designers to choose from various fonts, style and sizes. The number is usually displayed as an inline digital image or in plain text. Web counters are commonly used to alert web users of the pages popularity; however this can at times be misleading. A webmaster could start the counter at a high number to give the impression that the site has been established for quite some time now. Increase number of hits could also persuade users that the page is more genuine due to its popularity shown through the number of visitors who have visited the webpage.

Technorati

Recently we learnt about Technorati. Technorati is an internet search engine used for tracking blogs. Technorati has currently tracked over 112.8 million weblogs. Its popularity has now put it in competition with various world-known internet search engines across the web, such as Google, Yahoo and IceRocket. Technorati looks at tags that authors have placed on their websites. These tags help categorize search result, with recent results coming first. The searches on Technorati often results in more up-to-date news than google however be cautious of the many results on Technorati for many of them are spam blogs, also known as “splogs”

According to their about page, Technorati currently tracks over 112.8 million blogs. Every time one of those blogs writes something new, they send a ping to Technorati, telling them they've posted something new along with some tags and basic information about the post. Technorati immediately adds that post to every search for any of those tags.

RSS

The initial RSS are used to refer to Really Simple Syndication, however many web users also refer to this abbreviation as standing for Rich Site Summary. Never the less, RSS is a web feed format which delivers regular changing web content such as blog entries, podcasts and any other news-related sites.

RSS is a problem solver for those who regularly use the web. It enables web users to easily be alerted and stay informed about the latest news by retrieving the content from the numerous sites that they are mostly interested in thus saving time on visiting those many sites individually. All the updated content from multiple web sources are stored in one place. Web users therefore are able to remain anonymous and their privacy is ensured for there is no need for them to join each site’s email newsletters to gain constant updates.

FTP

The FTP is an acronym for File Transfer Protocol. It is a protocol used to exchange files over the internet. Like HTTP [Hypertext Transfer Protocol], it is able to transfers web pages from a server to a user's browser and SMTP [Simple Mail Transfer Protocol], for transferring emails across the internet. FTP is an application protocol which uses the Internet's TCP/IP protocols to enable data transfer. Web users can use FTP to exchange files between computer accounts, to transfer files between an account and a desktop computer, or to access software archives on the Internet.

FTP aims to
- promote sharing of files between users
- Keep track of files
- Transfer data reliably and efficiently

On the Mac’s we will use a program called “Fetch” as our FTP client