Thursday 6:00-8:00 Armin Vit, then?

Who wants to see Armin Vit Thursday night?

kansascity.aiga.org

http://designalogue.blogspot.com/2010/11/armin-vit-in-kc-dec-2.html

Final Class Deliverables

Today I will speak individually with each of you and talk about Project 1 revisions and plans for your portfolio. Have the following done by Friday.

Project 1: Please prepare a CD containing the following files.

• First Presentation
• Poster PDFs
• Final Video
• JPGs of a range of screens from your project in all touchpoints: Web, iPad, iPhone

Write your names and my name on the CD and leave it in the office with Lisa on Friday.

Project 2:

Write a plan for developing your portfolio in pro practice next semester. Include the following:

• Which specific system you would like to publish in (a portfolio service, self-designed hosted and produced site, self-hosted blog like wordpress or squarespace)
• Which categorization you would like to use to show your work
• Any interaction sketches and beginning layouts you have

Put all into a PDF, make a blog post for it and link to the file for me to download. 

Also email me the file.

FIND + SHARE

Project Two :: Your Digital Portfolio

description

Conceive, design, and begin building a personal portfolio website. Your focus will be just one of a large number of possibilities, the main 3 being:

• investigating and finding a portfolio service
• altering a blog style site
• building a site from scratch

Your direction will be set by your ability and goals for a portfolio site and will be unique to each student. Those with the technical ability and need can investigate more experimental directions.



Domain: Decide what to call your online portfolio. 

• A domain will cost you about $10 a year, but is sometimes rolled into the cost of hosting. 
• Your name? www.eppelheimer.com
• A variation of your name? theepp.com
• Your name with a design bent? eppelheimergraphicdesign.com
• Something completely different, but design related? designismytruelove.com

Use godaddy or networksolutions to see what names are available.

Hosting: Research hosting services 

• Make sure you get a service that uses Linux, not Windows. 
• View comparative services here
• Recommendations from Wordpress
• Marty uses aplus
• I use Lunarpages
• Huevia is a new hosting service to check out (great customer service!)

All Inclusive: Research options

Some services offer hosting (still need domain) and a beginning template

• CargoCollective
• SquareSpace Tyler uses it: http://www.thenewprogramme.net/, another example: http://www.lawaugh.com/

Flexible templates: Research options

These need hosting and domains

• Indexexhibit example site: http://www.carlmole.co.uk/
• Wordpress example site: http://estudiointerlinea.com/

In class today 

1. Review the other section's Find + Share!

2. Go to the Current Perspectives Lecture

Homework 

1. Find three great portfolio sites to share with class, post to Portfolio Find + Share
2. Propose 3 naming options that are available.
3. Propose a system for use. Ex: wordpress, domain purchased on godaddy, hosted on Huevia.
4. Begin making a list of your work, and brainstorm ways of categorizing it, ex: timeline, media type, type of design problem, etc.
5. Working within your system, sketch (by hand) 3 categorization and navigation ideas. Show three or four levels of interaction,
   ex: homepage > portfolio > strategy > project
   ex: homepage > writing > article
6. Try one of the portfolio pay services (use the free trials) to build a quick "site". Don't spend a lot of time with this.
7. Post any reviews or suggestions to this post after researching.

*do not purchase anything just yet