Google Drones

Google is branching out their company with drones. This has not yet made progress to the company itself but they are testing the drones for use.the drones are called unmanned aerial vehicles, called UAVs, they safely carried out more than 30 test flights this month, transporting an assortment of goods including chocolate bars, a water bottle, radios, a first aid kit, dog treats and a cattle vaccine one kilometer. This is said to help in case of emergencies whenever there is traffic and someone is in need of supplies. The google drone wouldn't have to wait through traffic or anything holding it back. Supplies and medicine would be on time all the time.

My opinion on this is that google drones is a wonderful and very smart idea, but i do believe that this would take a lot of time and a lot of money to make it actually happen. This would be better in case of emergencies and could possibly save many peoples lives one day. But as of right now i don't see it spreading out fast without putting a lot of time and effort into doing so, although in the future i do believe that google drones can become a very very smart way to transport goods and medicine in between busy distances and to have more control over what happens.

Link to more information: http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/28/tech/innovation/google-drone-delivery/index.html?iref=allsearch

Index Page Before

Index Page After

Codey's Index Home Page...

The page before anyone had told me to do anything else. The colors were a little off with the text compared to the background and compared to everything else going on. I was still using some default text inside the content. also you couldn't regularly tell what links were links or weather it was just a title or not.

So in the second page i took the color of the links to be some of the same colors inside of the background of the page. then made all the old default text into custom text while making the obvious links more obvious that they are links and hovering over them will 'press' the link down. Then last and final of all i made the site a little more "simple" by making it to where you don't have to scroll done at all to see any of the page and then into more of a responsive site for Tablets and Cell Phones.

What was hard about this project???
I thought this project was a little hard just because of the fact you are judging other peoples work that you are with every single day and that you are friends with.

What i thought was fun about this project???
You learned a lot about what you did wrong on your website then had a chance to fix it and make it look better and also got judged by people that know you the best, so they know what you need to work on the most.

wayback machine

 How popular websites have change over time using the "way back" machine...

What is the purpose of the Wayback Machine and the Internet Archive in general? 
The wayback machines purpose is to show how technology has advanced over time and how much of a difference it might have made on some of the most popular websites out there.

What are they archiving, in addition to websites?

They are Archiving old information and "snapshots" closest to the time it was taken.

The well-in 1996

The Well

The well-Present Day

The Well website has changed ALOT in the time from 1996 to present day. In 1996 it did not have very much CSS if any at all. you can tell nothing is split up into any Divs or different groups and wasn't the best about organization. at present day The Well has groups and categories to be organized in and looks much neater than before.

Bing

Bing-in 2008

Bing-Present Day

Bing has also changed ALOT over time also... coming from no CSS and a very simplistic but non interesting design to a very colorful interactive design that catches your attention with more designs and no borings gaps or spaces like before in 2008.

NBC News

NBC News-in 2004

NBC News-Present Day

NBC News has changed over time too, not quite as drastically as some but some big changes are, in 2004 they had a lot more stuff going on with just the home page but it wasn't very organized at all. Present Day they decided to change it up by putting less stuff on the home page and organizing it into more links.

Alan Turing

Alan Mathison Turing was born in a nursing home in Paddington London on June 23rd and was a British mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and computer scientist. He worked for Government code and Cypher School (GC&CS). Alan Turing is mainly known for Designing and was among the first designs for s stored-program computer. Then his work led to the Turing Machine that then became the basis of modern computing.





He was known as the founder of computer science, the originator of dominant technology in the late 20th century. He went to Cambridge University and Princeton University for Ph.D. Logic, algebra, number theory. His father Julius entered the Indian Civil service, serving in Madras presidency. The main connection to his last name (Turing) was related back to his brother with fly fishing that didn't have and relativity to Alan's work. Alan's story was not related back to any of his family relativities or traditions through there generation.

Alan and his brother John were foster kids and went from house to house in english homes that had no originality, expression, or discovery at all. science, math, and technology was Alan's "extra-curricular passion" that he just enjoyed doing on his own free time.

In 1952 when such acts with homosexuality was illegal. So Alan accepted the treatment of female hormone medication as an altercation to prison. This lead to his suicide in 1954, 16 days before his 42nd birthday, from cyanide poisoning. His mother and family just believed that it could have been an accidental death.

In May of 2012, a private member's bill was sent to the House Of Lords to grant Turing a statuary pardon. In July of 2013 it finally gained government support. But instead of calling for the second reading of the bill through the House of Commons, the government opted for a posthumous pardon under the Royal Prerogative of Mercy, which was signed on December 24th, 2013 with immediate effect.

Texture in Web Design

1. Why have the benefits of texture sometimes been overlooked?

It is sometimes referred to as a "dirty" or "grungy" design. But textures can bring a website or picture together but defiantly should not be over used.

2. What is the usual difference between a texture and a pattern?

Patterns are typically small, repeating, tileable elements, whereas textures tend to be much bigger images that don’t repeat. Imagine a Venn diagram, with textures on the left and patterns on the right, with a little overlap in the middle. So, some textures are also patterns.

3. What are 2 ways to focus peoples’ attention using texture?

1. A textured logo against a clean background.
2. A clean logo against a textured background.

4. How can texture enhance the structure of your information?

Textures can highlight different important items. It can be used to separate different items like Lines, Boxes, and contrast.

5. How does texture enhance the identity or atmosphere of a site?

Textures can enhance the identity of a website and give it more meaning. This means that the Texture would have to be used based on the same concept of your whole overall website or picture.

what is meant by the following tips:

1. Maintain Legibility
Sometimes people get a little over board with their textures and text... This happens where people get their text and their textures confused and you can't read or understand what's under the texture.


2. Don’t Beat a Dead Horse
People intend to overdo their textures in the background or on anything in their website.... Textures intend to be very distracting if you use it in "bulk".


3. Practice Means Improvement
Practice your textures... This mean using textures in different places that you normally wouldn't think of, using different textures that you wouldn't always use, and experimenting with different designs with your textures.


4. If It Serves No Purpose, Take it Out
Always have a plan for your textures and know what you would use them for and how to relate back to the website or image that you are making. if you can't justify why you are using the texture for improvements on your picture then take it out.


5. Consider the Effect You Are Trying to Achieve
Always plan out what textures to use. This means having a plan for the final product of your texture and moving on to the next item on your list.


6. Collect Resources so you Don’t Have to Search Later
Make sure you collect all the website and sources of where you found everything that you want to use. There is always the chance that you come across something that you might want to use in your website and you lose it because you never saved where you found it at.


7. Learn Masks
There are a lot of different masks that can save you a lot of time in the long run. If you mess up with a mask its easier to correct yourself rather than restarting your entire texture or what you are working on.


8. Don’t Sacrifice Quality for Loading Time
Repeating texture patterns are a good way to save on the loading times of backgrounds and larger elements. Loading time shouldn't be your primary concern about your texture.


9. Choose Textures Logically
Textures are meant to build identity. If you are making a website then always have it based on the same concept. If you build a website for a furniture store, then using a rusty texture would be the best design.

What are 3 different ways you can come up with your own original texture images?

You can take your own pictures, scan stuff on a printer, or combine different textures.

Example websites...

1. Cake Sweet Cake...
http://www.cakesweetcake.co.uk/

2. Rshahin
http://www.rshahin.com/

3. Pixel Stadium
http://pixelstadium.com/

Social-Media and how it could affect a person

based on the article: "They loved your GPA, then they saw your Tweets" By Natasha Singer. New York Times.

   After reading this article, I plan to keep more of an eye on my Social-Media sites, Make sure i don't post anything inappropriate or that would effect my appearance, and to have more of an understanding of what people do to get to know more about you. Upon reflection that my online presence has been very "family friendly" and safe for people to understand i'm not a bad person or that i don't have a horrible appearance but still shows a little bit to much of some funny or in some peoples opinion inappropriate images. Because of this, I understand that i should look closer to what i'm sharing or commenting on before i do it.

   First, I plan to keep an eye on my Social-Media sites. This is important because it would show what type of stuff i post or give a bad impression on me and could hurt with anything that you could possibly do in the future.

   Second, I plan to make sure i don't post anything inappropriate or that would effect my appearance. This step is equally important because this would also effect my appearances with any jobs or friends that would think i am immature and hurt my relationship with other people and different things.

Some question for the author that i had on this subject are...

Why would a college look at your Social-Media in the first place if they have many different applications?

If more applicants knew about them searching on your Social-Media would this change their attitude or would they even care...?

What is some different type of information on Social-Media that could hurt someone..? all illegal information or could it be not that big of a deal but still effect their application?

Old Logo

New Logo

The Kansas City Logo

Why did they change the logo?

They changed the logo because they believe that it would be more classic looking and clean.

Why these colors?

Resemble the logos of the long-revered Kansas City Monarchs and Blues baseball teams.

Why this typeface?

This typeface is more "clean" and more sophisticated looking for the baseball teams. But some people might call it boring or un original from the old logo.

What i personally like more or less about the new logo?

I Like the new colors and typeface on the logo rather than the typeface and color of the old logo. The old logo was boring and plain white and didn't look very proportional compared to the new logo.