Alright. For those of you looking, here’s where I’ll be putting info relating to the Innovation and Invention class I’m taking this quarter. If you aren’t familiar with the class, it’s where we set out to do something we don’t know how to do. Currently, we’re working towards the goal of a set of tools and environmental elements that encourage collaboration, even across distances. If it sounds vague, it is – but that’s why you should check out this page: http://casci-web.rit.edu/%7Ecollaboratorium/
Today I muddled through ActionScript 3.0 for the first time. It was very messy, but I finally got something I’m happy with. Here for your interacting pleasure, the one, the only (so far) Consensus Black Box:
There are three “characters” on top of each other. Click one of them to enable movement with the arrow keys. It still needs a little tweaking, and certainly real graphics (rather than the stand-in black boxes (hence the name)), but all in all, I’m satisfied with it. Read the rest of this entry »
The web is shifting from static sites that purely inform users, to dynamic sites at which users interact. User input allows for fresh, mutable content — and this aptitude for change motivates users to return to the site.
User polls and voting have been around for some time. My proposition for project 1, entitled Consensus, is a “Web 2.0″ user poll.
September 5, 2007 at 8:31 am
· Filed under Musings
It’s been a long time coming, but jp-design.net has (finally!) been extended to include this blog! Here you can expect to find postings related to my coursework at RIT, personal and freelance projects, and whatever else I find suitable to include.