tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340318792024-03-07T18:44:28.310+00:00Craig AllingtonA blog for my HND Interactive Media CourseCraig Allingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857945837156084403noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34031879.post-421804609501737332008-05-09T09:29:00.005+01:002008-05-13T09:42:14.594+01:00Where Am I, and How Did I Get Here? - Part 2The first thing we were ever asked to do on the course was to write a blog. This blog was entitled Where Am I, and How Did I Get Here?. This blog outlined where we were in our skills and most importantly where we wanted to be in 2 years time. That 2 years is now almost up and now is the time to look back at this initial blog and reflect on where we are now and how we got here from that moment 2 Craig Allingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857945837156084403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34031879.post-31846815682117710182008-02-27T16:08:00.002+00:002008-02-27T16:10:21.823+00:00Portfolio Design - V3(Almost) final version of my portfolio now uploaded.I am still not happy with the header but due to restricted fonts at college will experiment with more soon.Also not sure about the colours and may come back to these dependant on feedback from others.Craig Allingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857945837156084403noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34031879.post-47840547350590507702008-02-20T16:30:00.004+00:002008-02-20T16:37:56.871+00:00Portfolio - Designs V2My second screen design for my portfolio is now uploaded*.I have tried to incorporate the feedback I was given and remove the large black border and text. I have incorporated a smaller grey border around my design (as was suggested by Scott) however I am still not sure about it. I am also not sure about my navigation it seems a little lost and out of place.I have yet to have chance to experiment Craig Allingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857945837156084403noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34031879.post-80060037510701707062008-02-14T10:39:00.004+00:002008-02-14T10:43:39.350+00:00Portfolio - Designs V1My initial design for my portfolio is now uploaded. I've gone for a very simple idea with a high contrast border around the outside to hopefully draw the users attention directly into the centre of my site with my content.Any feedback is as always appreciated.Craig Allingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857945837156084403noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34031879.post-73500015434729054892008-02-06T15:25:00.000+00:002008-02-06T16:31:45.940+00:00Portfolio - Competitive AnalysisThe first site I looked at was a student site - www.lynde.net/ found through www.sessions.edu/Upon first entering the site I was a little shocked to see a very small containing box. This made me think almost instantly that it severely limited the amount of work which could be displayed at any one time. I then noticed the picture on the front page with the 'tagline' for the site, 'Great design. Craig Allingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857945837156084403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34031879.post-25550166819343424302008-02-04T13:06:00.000+00:002008-02-04T13:07:47.307+00:00iTunes Redesign - Feedback wantedMy screen designs for my iTunes redesign are now uploaded to my 'Tune In' blog.Any feedback would be appreciated.Craig Allingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857945837156084403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34031879.post-65157324412784839462008-01-30T15:16:00.000+00:002008-01-30T15:52:09.340+00:00Portfolio - Delivery RequirementsFilezilla - FTP (File Transfer Protocol)This will be used to upload all my files to the web server for viewing on the Internet. It will be used for uploading files for testing as well as uploading completed files.XHTML (eXtensive Hyper Text Markup Language) Strict 1.0This will be used to create the skeleton of the site in which all the content will be placed. It will be used on every page of the Craig Allingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857945837156084403noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34031879.post-81209164694864631412008-01-28T15:35:00.000+00:002008-02-01T10:19:41.245+00:00Compilation Tracklist Version 2First Album - Machine gun - Sum 41Cover version - Gold digger - The AutomaticWorld/Traditional/Folk - Fields of Athenry (Live) - Charlie and the bhoysPop - Five Megamix - Five Classical/Opera - Por ti sere - Paul PottsRock - Pledge of allegiance - Louis XIVPersonal choice - Patience - Ruarri JosephRap/Hip-hop/Electro - We are rockstars - Does it offend you, yeah?TV/Movie/Musical - Hundred mile Craig Allingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857945837156084403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34031879.post-6537862073609494722008-01-23T15:58:00.000+00:002008-01-23T16:41:55.235+00:00Portfolio Website - Target Audience ProfileMy target audience will be split into 3 distinct groups.My primary target audience is to be educationalists.Educationalists will be attending my presentation and so are the primary target audience. I will be showing them my work and so the complexity of the site is not really an issue. Because I will be showing them my site in college the speed of the connection is quite high and so the file sizeCraig Allingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857945837156084403noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34031879.post-54962898378540990972008-01-21T13:10:00.000+00:002008-03-03T13:15:42.055+00:00Assesment of Current PHP Skill Level - MovedI have now created a new blog which is solely dedicated to my SMLP (Self Managed Learning Plan) and can be found at http://craigallington-smlp.blogspot.comMy previous post regarding my assesment of my current level of PHP can now be found there.Craig Allingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857945837156084403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34031879.post-59701642725757520722008-01-16T15:35:00.000+00:002008-01-16T17:34:13.919+00:00Portfolio Website Goals1. To create a portfolio website using XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS level 2.1.This is quite an obvious goal but a very important one. By using XHTML 1.0 strict it means that it will force the website to be more accessible to a greater number of people (as apposed to XHTML 1.0 transitional or even variations of HTML 4.01)As for choosing CSS level 2.1 I chose this as it is the most widely used level ofCraig Allingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857945837156084403noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34031879.post-45097325920736372542007-12-14T11:11:00.000+00:002008-11-13T02:35:40.529+00:00Updated Trexi Header DesignI've taken the feedback I've been give on my original Trexi design and made some changes seen below.If anyone would like to give me any more feedback on my updated design then that would be great.I'm still not sure about the logo where it is at present. I might change it back and put it somewhere else. I'm still not sure about the PI logo either, I think perhaps I'm trying too hard to use the Craig Allingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857945837156084403noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34031879.post-21218096051782567442007-12-12T21:50:00.001+00:002008-11-13T02:35:40.755+00:00Trexi Website - Header DesignI've just spent a little while trying to make a header for my Trexi site. I've tried to keep with the theme of the 'police tape' style design of my trexi it's self and came up with this:It's by no means finished, but the basic idea is there. I was just wondering if anyone has any initial feedback before I get too far into the design. I realise it could be quite difficult to comment on the design Craig Allingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857945837156084403noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34031879.post-7223492716662220542007-12-12T14:01:00.001+00:002007-12-12T14:51:20.318+00:00Evaluation of the Last SemesterThis past semester has been somewhat...different.To begin the semester was our CSS beauty assignment. This required us to not only learn CSS but also learn about the history of it too. I found this one of the most difficult assignments to date mainly down to the fact that I had never used CSS before, only once previously for our summer assignment. Although I found the assignment very difficult I Craig Allingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857945837156084403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34031879.post-6301021591630478022007-12-07T11:58:00.000+00:002008-11-13T02:35:41.464+00:00Trexi DesignsBelow are 2 of my 3 trexi designs. My 3rd idea isn't as strong as these 2 (though I will be uploading it soon) but any feedback on these 2 for the moment would be appreciated.This first idea uses the idea of some sort of tape surrounding my figurine. The yellow tape will contain some sort of text, though at the moment I've not decided on what.For this idea I tried to keep away from my trexi beingCraig Allingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857945837156084403noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34031879.post-32278922634467422852007-12-05T14:55:00.000+00:002007-12-05T17:21:55.594+00:00Comparison of BTEC and Skillset StandardsAfter spending the past few weeks looking at the National Occupational Standards it is clear that the differences between the 'industry professionals' and BTEC's standards are vast.Before making any sort of comparison I feel it is important to firstly look at who is writing the Skillset standards. The majority of contributors are part of large companies (e.g Sky and Channel 4) and so perhaps Craig Allingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857945837156084403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34031879.post-49168205872766652452007-11-19T14:00:00.000+00:002007-11-19T14:34:35.087+00:00CD TracklistingFor all those wondering 'Who' or perhaps in some cases 'what' was that, my CD track listing from Wednesday was as follows (where possible I've added links to the iTunes store):Let's Get Ready To Rhumble - PJ and DuncanEverybody Hurts - R.E.MWar - Edwin StarrFixing A Hole - The Fray (Radio 2 - Sgt.Peppers 40th Anniversary)The Worst Out Of You - The Freaks Union (First album unavailable on iTunes)Craig Allingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857945837156084403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34031879.post-58260116335050106362007-11-14T17:10:00.000+00:002008-11-13T02:35:41.769+00:00Why Blue-Green Is The Best Colour CombinationBlue and green are very natural colours. Green is of course the colour of plants and blue is of course the colour of the sky. If you look at a picture of the globe from space the most predominant colours you will see are also blue and green. Both colours are all around us and by using these colours in design it gives a much more natural look to your product be it a website or printed piece of Craig Allingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857945837156084403noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34031879.post-74250696609742936822007-11-09T20:26:00.000+00:002008-11-13T02:35:41.864+00:00The Designers Republic Job VacancyThird post in a week, just like old times.Anyway, The Designers Republic has a job vacancy going:I thought after our previous blogs regarding interviews and such I thought it may be interesting to see what a 'real' design company would ask for, just for applying. Besides the basic criteria (3-5 years experience, etc.) the thing that stands out most to me is the 'Your 10 of favourite things - and Craig Allingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857945837156084403noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34031879.post-10316527037160646052007-11-08T19:15:00.000+00:002008-11-13T02:35:42.291+00:00Yorkshire Sculpture Park PhotosBelow are some of the photos I took from the sculpture park. I've not had time to resize them properly so apologies for the large file sizes. Most are around 2MB so beware when viewing the large images. This turned out to be on of my favourite photo of the day. It was taken inside 'The Basket' and although by accident I really like how the grid is sharp and in focus yet the background behind it Craig Allingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857945837156084403noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34031879.post-77156904401457965772007-11-07T15:59:00.000+00:002007-11-07T16:56:47.560+00:00Yorkshire Sculpture Park VisitToday we visited the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and once again I began to wonder if we were artists or designers. Visiting a sculpture park seemed to suggest we were in fact 'artists' but my complete lack of understanding of any of the 'art' or sculptures at the park proved the fact I was a obviously a designer (or perhaps maybe just a very bad artist).Walking for 2.5KM to visit a gallery with Craig Allingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857945837156084403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34031879.post-87801593784906520192007-10-30T13:12:00.000+00:002007-10-30T16:15:11.665+00:003 Tracks From Inspirational CDThis week I have continued my 'self learning' journey, this time however regarding my musical tastes. Never before did I realise how much 'emo' style music I actually own, although not all of it typical shouting and yelling, it is 'emo' none the less. This has caused quite a deal of difficulty trying to make a 'diverse' CD to inspire me and the rest of the group in college. Saying this however I Craig Allingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857945837156084403noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34031879.post-11004871643698358142007-10-24T11:38:00.000+01:002007-10-24T12:25:43.565+01:00All Your Sheep Belong To Us...With the mass telling off we received last week regarding our communication skills we were then told we had to conform to the following WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative) Guidelines - 1.1, 2.2, 4.2, 13.1, 14.1 and 14.3.I thought I was hitting most of these guidelines, perhaps 1.1 needed a little work, and 14.1 is a mine field, but on the whole I was relatively happy with my 'learning journal'. I Craig Allingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857945837156084403noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34031879.post-90933609388908713532007-10-22T15:09:00.000+01:002007-10-22T16:51:59.951+01:00"Somewhere A Clock Is Ticking"Already half way through the first term of the second year and it seems like only yesterday I was struggling to remember every one's names and resorted to 'Dave'. It's hard to believe it's been 7 weeks.Coming back to the second year I knew it was going to be hard, the work level had increased, the requirements to pass assignments had increased and the tight nit group had dramatically decreased. Craig Allingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857945837156084403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34031879.post-18842340369877350472007-10-16T12:41:00.001+01:002007-10-16T13:04:07.849+01:00Second Time LuckyAfter my abysmal attempt in my first set of interview questions I decided to take a different approach. Instead of sitting and thinking about my answers I decided to think how I would react if I was asked a question I hadn't prepared for and answered from the top of my head.I think in some ways this worked well, I answered much better than in my previous interview questions but perhaps this was Craig Allingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857945837156084403noreply@blogger.com1