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Alignment in Page Layout

Summary:  This website is divided into 8 different pages and to view all you will need to click on the page numbers but it touches on all areas of alignment. The left, right, center,grid, visual or optical, hanging punctuation, and breaking alignment. 

In this weeks reading we learned about the various forms of alignment and how the grid system works in a design layout. This website touches on all that, gives great examples, but you will have to click on each page to view everything which is like 8 short pages.

How To Write Instructions

D#2, HW#8 I think this website about how to write instructions because of the examples it give of different kinds of instructions you may come across. Also, it tells you what not to say... not just what you should say so that you can see both sides of the situation. This will help with Project #1 because it shows you what you shouldnt put so that your reader doesnt get confused!

This is an interactive flash file that visually explains the five principles of new media.

I like this website because it shares some of the same ideas that Manivoch went over in his article , except for this focusses on Google but the basic idea is there .

This article is about effective copywriting. It beaks down the process into 10 simple guidelines that you should always follow when writing copy. 1. Exploit your products benefits. 2. Exploit your competitions weakness. 3. Know your audience. 4. Communicate: Whats in it for me? 5. Focus on "you" not "we." 6. Understand your medium. 7. Avoid too much information. 8. Include a call to action. 9. C.Y.A. (cover you a**) 10. Proofread.

Good tips for instructional writing with clarity and focus on the reader's point of view. Except that it's homework #4, not #5.

D#2 HW #8 This website focuses on how to write for the internet. It has an entire section on how to write instructions for websites. This will benefit me and others in Project 1 because the examples are all geared towards intruction on websites therefore they will be easy to apply directly.

This is a blog that both asks thought provoking questions for people to openly comment on, as well as gives ideas of new media.

D#8, HW#3-- Although this initial site doesnt have a lot of information first hand, it is a great place to start. It gives you resources to many different articles and other information from people about New Media!

This blog gives a description of new media, as well as various topics related to the subject.

wikipedia definition of new media, with a few examples of new media vs traditional media.

This was the best website i found because I was honestly confused after reading the article so this breaks it down in less than 20 something pages and makes it easier to understand it explains everything there is to know about new media. 

Page full of information on new media (wikipedia) 1 History 2 Definition 3 Globalization and new media 4 As tool for social change 5 National security 6 Interactivity and new media 7 Industry 8 Youth and new media 9 See also 10 References 11 Further reading

This website provides a step-by-step guide in explaining the art of typography.  It even includes a typography glossary to familiarize readers with the jargon of the technique in designing.

I like how this shows how a little can go a long way. Good find.

Great Site! I think this site has great information probably the one I like the best out of all that I have looked at.

I REALLY liked this page because it is a summed up version of Manovich's original article.

I think this page does a good job of describing what Manovich meant by variability in new media. The last statement, "Consequently, new media position the audience as users; able to manipulate and customize the media's experience for themselves to a greater degree than any previous form." is an ideal way to describe this phenomenon. The user of new media plays a huge part in how the media being viewed plays out over time. Interactivity is the cornerstone of this variability principle and I can see it being extended in the future to accomadate our (the users) needs and wants in ever more changing ways.

This website shows how to manage conflict in a group/team setting.

Here is my updated Course Info mindmap with course notes

I like this because it gives some background information on some of the history of new media and the effects it has on us .

The purpose of project 1 is to design a comic tutorial about a web base networking site. Business writing will help communicate the purpose and goal of the document to your readers. This article will assist me in writing clear, organized, strategic instructions on how to use the networking site. This is my favorite article.

This project will help with Project #1 by informing me on how to write instructions for the tutorial. This article describes technical writing and its structure. It will assist me in writing a clear and precise tutorial for the project.

I like this site because it breaks down each individual part of the aspects that need to be included in writing instructions. Something that will help me when I am doing Project #1 is that this page gives me a list of what sections are required to write instructions and explains them all. It states that instructions need a title, introduction, list of tools, steps, and finally a conclusion.

I found this website while looking for advice on how to apply silhouette picture cropping. I wanted to expand my skills with this technique because at first it seemed difficult. Thanks to some research I now can!

This site offers quizzes to see if I'm understanding the concepts! It also presents some good pointers about avoiding making a joke or overwhelming the reader with technical information that isn't necessary. It also suggests the use of the present tense. Through its examples, this site in particular emphasizes that in writing instructions, keep the audience in mind. This will be important for me to remember when working on my project.