This post was supposed to be here yesterday. I have to admit I was experiencing design failure for my other class. Everything that should have worked, failed. I was not doing very much different than that of putting in information onto a blank page, adding some sound files, and editing the CSS. I just cannot figure out why it continued to fail. There was not much design applied to this site I was trying to create. I kept going back to my book, as well as my Counting Sheep pages to see what the difference. I could see NONE. I ran a scan and as it turns out I had a minor virus and i think it was affecting many things I was trying to complete yesterday. But I just was so frustrated, it put me back a few places, because I felt very comfortable where I was with my skills, and it tested each and every one of the to the limit!
What pushed me the most was the fact that composing is "based on a thorough understanding of what can be done, what should be done, but most of all what is desired to be done. A composition should emerge from a response to what has been found to be the client's most authentic desiderata. At the same time, composing is also pragmatic, in the sense that is the act of finding an adequate solution." This was my main issue. I knew what could be done, should be done, and what I wanted to get done...my vision was in reach, and the skills were there. The end product is nothing like what i wanted it to be, but it IS an adequate solution.
That being said, even though this was for another class, it was DESIGN at it's purest. I had to come up with a solution, and fast, as the deadline was approaching and our target audience has to interact with the end product this week.
On the 6190 front. I am thrilled to be this close to being finished with my project. I added a few changes to my site, based on some really great feed back from David. I'm ready to present. I look forward to continue to tweak my site as I find more content to add, and as I continue to learn more skills.
References:
1. Nelson, H. & Stolterman, E. (2003). The design way. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications. [PDF]
TO DO:
1. Get to class to present!
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