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 * Activity**

4th

 * Created this Wiki page, added it to class index
 * Corrected typo on Participation page

7th

 * Summarized [|Reading 1]

12th

 * Updated Digital Locker page with this class (2005Mw11) rather than 1006Mw10 for which the guide was originally made
 * Corrected some formatting on Student Index, removed word repeat
 * Commented on [|Dylan's Exercise 1]

26th

 * Commented on [|Winnie's Exercise 2]

1st

 * Added Art Student Owl twitter to the Dump
 * Commented on [|Conrad's Exercise 1]
 * Commented on [|Ruta's Exercise 1]

5th

 * Put up the guide on why a sketch might be running slowly

30th

 * Commented on [|Jennifer's Project 3]
 * Commented on [|Conrad's Project 3]

= Work =

12th

 * Uploaded [|Exercise 1]
 * Uploaded Project 1 [|photo set] to Flickr

19th

 * Uploaded [|Exercise 2]

26th

 * Uploaded [|Project 1 Navigation] (link outdated, see /old/1.1 and /old/1.2)
 * Updated [|Project 1 Navigation] (link outdated, see /old/1.3 and /old/1.4)

2nd

 * Updated [|Project 1](link outdated, see /old/penultimate)

9th

 * Uploaded final [|Project 1]
 * All HTML/CSS process work is stored in the /old folder in the Project 1 directory

16th

 * Uploaded [|photos] for Project 2

2nd

 * Uploaded Exercise 1 to Wiki

16th

 * Uploaded [|Project 2]and process work
 * Collected a mood board for Project 3

23rd

 * Uploaded a visual exploration in HTML5 to server (note to self: element.innerWidth and element.innerHeight)
 * Completed Exercise 1 for World of Merix Studio and Carsonified (below)

30th

 * Project 3 process:
 * [|1], [|2 (links)][|3 (layout)]
 * See also the Project 3 page

04th

 * Process: [|Load method]

World of Merix studio’s website drops the visitor right into a world map. Before the studio eve tells you anything about themselves, they let their global clientele speak for itself. Any links you click show their information without leaving this map screen. There is very little actual text in the site, and the map holds up the website very nicely. The site uses dark colours contrasted with bright foreground elements such as the studio’s orange logo. The layout on the various tabs is fairly conventional, with a column of text and an image gallery, and the tabs themselves are organized both above and below the map. The map itself can display cities and web resources as well as their clients, which helps it retain its appeal (and thus the appeal of the website) a little while longer. A very nice touch is a time zone tab that shows the viewer when the studio will be open, reflecting its international nature. There are no surprises, which would not be suitable to a website clearly oriented towards business-minded professionals.

Carsonified is the website for the eponymous web design studio, although from looking at it you'd swear they did work for print. The site presents information about the team's projects, core values and the sort of things they do in general. By their rather tempting “Jobs” page, you can see that the website isn’t just for potential clients. The first thing that sets the site apart from usual web fare is its brilliant colours, and at the same time a restricted palette for each page. There is also a focus on the typography, which remains consistent throughout the site to tie its pages together. The type is friendly, and large enough to read easily. Nearly all of it is live, too. The type is supported by large and detailed illustrations of stuff (mostly scientific illustrations for some reason) which is a nice break from the web’s usual terseness when it comes to image elements. Content is organized within each topic in different ways on different pages – the pages with least content just have it listed vertically, with headers separating things, but the Team page has a set of links on the side. Curiously enough, the pages are very miserly when it comes to links, with the body text usually containing no links whatsoever. The interactions that remain are fairly conventional, but this in no way detracts from the website’s appeal. Any sort of bizarre methods of interaction would probably be wasted on this site. The site’s structure changes when you go to their projects and affiliates, a nice touch which makes sure the rich colour doesn’t overpower the showcased site.