This page talks directly about the double logic of remediation and correlates closely with a lot of the concepts and theory talked about in the reading. It mentions immediacy which is aimed at diminishing users awareness of the media and hypermediacy which is aimed at enhancing that same awareness. It gives some great examples of the double logic of remediation and really helped me better understand what it means. This was my favorite of the different pages that I explored.

This was the best and my favorite page that I found on the topic of video Resumes. It goes through 5 simple tips to making a successful video resume and gives an example of each of those 5 tips. The tips are making sure its appropriate, Don't just read out your resume, Keep it short, don't be afraid to be creative, and making sure it passes the share test. A great source and a great page.

his is a great resource and my favorite on Formal Reports that I found. It is a slide share presentation that goes the details of formal proposals and formal reports. It gives tips on writing them effectively and goes though ways to be successful in preparing, knowing the components, and writing formal and informal reports.

I found this site to be closely correlated with the assigned reading. THis was my favorite of all the site that I searched through on the topic of new media. Although this does not give any sort of history of new media as the reading relates to, it still closely ties in with the reading. I found that its section on convergent media/the age of participation was a section that contained a lot of the same ideas of the reading. The rest of the site goes in detail on the young generation and new media as well as democracy, which I found to be very useful and interesting topics.

This was a very useful site explaining what exactly creative commons is. It was my favorite site of all that I found. It explains; what is creative commons, how it works, who uses it, how it is funded, and where to find out more info about it. This site helped me learn more about creative commons, it showed me more then I knew and did so in a simple/clear way. Over all a very helpful and useful site.

This is a great website that illustrates how important flow is design. It was my favorite of all the pages I visited It gives a great definition of design flow, as well as the 2 kinds of flow (takes examples straight out of Basics of Design). It then goes on and explains how to improve your verbal and visual flow in your work.

This was my favorite of the sites I visited. This site shows how to design your blog in order to catch the eye of your visitors. It gives the importance as well as examples of how you should have your header, content area, primary nav, secondary nav, headlines, comments, post's footer, footer, and advertisements within your blog to bring it strength. Over all it was very helpful although wordpress does not allow the blogger to edit/customize to this high-detail.

This was my second favorite of the sites that I visited. This site shows the design mistakes that bloggers often make. It haves ten mistakes, explains why they are mistakes and weaknesses. I found this all very helpful, and I found it to be a very useful list of 'rules' to help one make a successful blog.

This was my favorite of the different sites that I found on the topic of repetition. I thought that this site very closely followed what the Basic's of Design taught on the subject. The site gave a background of what repetition is and why it is important. It also gave great examples of different forms of repetition such as; repetition of a image/icon, border, or decoration. It really helped me understand why repetition is such a key component in design!

This was a great example of how to use alignment in design to build an aesthetically pleasing page. It was my favorite of all the sites that I found and the most helpful. It went through the different types of alignment; center, left, right, and justify and gave great examples of each. It also explained the best situations to use each which I found very helpful.

Here's a draft of my comic book tutorial on Tumblr.com

This was my favorite site found in my search for related content to chapter 4 of basics of design, and on the topic of balance. This site explains how important balance is in webdesign and how it make make a site look "good" and give it something extra. It talks about the different types of balance; formal. informal, and radial, and how to include them on your site or page. Lastly it explains that looking at examples can be a real help in learning to use balance in your design.

This was my favorite page found on my search for content related to chapter three of basics of design. This site gives a great outline of what the design principle contrast is and how to properly use it in page design. It describes and shows examples of positional, shape, color, and size contrast. This was a wonderful site that supported and reinforced examples right out of the book. I really loved the great and creative sites that it had in it's examples and I felt inspired to aim for design of that quality.

my updated MindMeister Mind Map with chapter three notes.

MindMeister Mind Map updated chapter 7 notes.

Updated with notes on copyright, fair use, and creative commons.

I found this site on how to write instructions in 7 easy steps to be very simple and helpful. The first to writing instructions according to this site is to take a step back and write as though the people have zero knowledge of the subject. It wants you to know exactly what your trying to teach/get across without putting too much or too little info. After this creating an outline is a good idea before just starting your project with no plan. The next two steps according to this site are to make your instructions easy to understand and make them brief as well. Lastly they suggest the use of visual aids, such as videos or diagrams, and to give it a test drive to get out any kinks.

This was my favorite of all the sites I found that related to the content of chapter two. The site's main focus was on the use of visual hierarchy in web design. The use of visual hierarchy has the power to improve the amount of content and information the reader actually views and absorbs on a page. With the correct use of hierarchy you can almost control what is viewed and the path that is read. According to this article position, size, color, and visual complexity are the different parts of visual hierarchy. If these different principles of visual hierarchy are applied correctly one can create the optimal page for steering their readers attention to wherever they would like.

I found that this site closely related to the ideas and principals from chapter one of Basics of Design. The site specifically talks about the principles of effective web design and website usability. It talks about how the typical web users brain works and the proper design to get the most out of them. This site shows the effectiveness of simplicity in design and how to get the most out of the space which you are working with. Also it mentioned having effective writing through talking business and the use of bold/italics keywords. Lastly the site encouraged designers to not fear having blank/white space on their site and to communicate with language that is clear and consistent with the concept of the site. Friedman, Vitaly. "10 Principles Of Effective Web Design - Smashing Magazine." UX Design: Smashing Magazine. Web. 22 Aug. 2011. .

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