Tuesday, 4 December 2012

Tech Tool Evaluation

Awwapp
Awwap is an application to paint and do creative art.

Three Things I liked About this tool...

  • The way it's so easy to draw.
  • How you can create whatever image or drawing you'd like to create.
  • How you can entertain easily.
Three thing that are drawbacks of this tool...
  • There's not many choices of colors (just basic colors).
  • Not many options of types of pencils, or styles.
  • It's really boring, it should contain more interesting stuff.
To ways you can use this tool...
  • If you are too bad drawing on paper, you can do it digitally and the color will be perfect.
  • You can use it for any drawing homework or assignment you have for school.
  • Just for fun, a hobby. 
This is a drawing I created using Awwapp, I used all colors and different thickness of the pencil.


MentiMeter
This application is to create a random question and make it have votes!

Three Things that are good about this tool...
  • It is easy to create the chart, with only three steps.
  • It is useful for business presentations, to see differences about something.
  • It helps you solve many mysteries you have. 
Three drawbacks about this tool...
  • It should have more design options.
  • Somehow the survey realized should be shown, so that people know it exists and can actually answer.
  • I don't think it has a third drawback.

Two Ways you can use this tool...
  • It can help you with school surveys or any survey you'll like to create. 
  • It can help you take decisions by opinions from others. 



Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Proxies

The topic I chose to investigate today is Proxies. I have no idea what this is, I chose it because it sounded cool and interesting.
What is it?
Is it helpful?
What is it used for?

Useful Links:
This link is to get to know what and how it works a Proxy Server:
http://www.whatismyip.com/hide-my-ip/what-is-a-proxy/
This Link is to find out how to install a Proxy server depending on your software:
http://whatismyipaddress.com/using-proxies
This link helped me understand more about my researched topic:
http://www.brighthub.com/computing/smb-security/articles/64398.aspx
This link is to see how the server works, its process:
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/proxy-server
This Link is to know about more than the four most common types of proxies:
http://www.soyouwanna.com/types-proxy-servers-9727.html

Things Learned:

  • A proxy is another computer which functions as a hub through which internet requests are processed. 
  • It is used to filter web content.
  • You can be anon while using the proxy server and navigate on internet.
  • You can bring down the parental block on the computer. 
  • Proxies provide you with more privacy and security while navigating internet. 
  • Proxy uses anon addresses for your computer world wide, without letting anyone see your actual home address. 
  • Four most common  types of Proxy Servers: Transparent Proxy, Anonymous Proxy, Distorting Proxy and High Anonymity Proxy. 
  • It is mainly used to control the use of the internet on your networked computers. 
  • Proxy will identify you most used webpages and improve the sites response time. 
  • New versions of Proxy servers are installed. 
  • Transparent Proxy is the biggest/largest type of proxy, it is used for large amount of clients using the network. 
  • There's more than only four types of Proxies such as: Reverse, Caching, Web, Forced, Open and Anonymizing.

This topic is really interesting, because nowadays a lot of hacking is going on. Where people can get into your computer and websites and mess stuff around. Proxy is a way to secure your stuff without anyone messing around. More privacy occurs, and I love to have privacy, I hate it when others (strangers) get with my things and mix them up. It's a way to be secure of your content and own health. 

Final Question:
Can you actually see the home IP address if you don't have a Proxy Server installed on all your internet networks and computers?

Tuesday, 20 November 2012

College Exploration on Naviance

Colleges that interest me:
Istituto Marangoni (London, Paris and Milano)
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising-Los Angeles (FIDM)
Savannah College of Art and Design

7 areas I want to focus while finding a college:
-Private
-Near city
-Mix gender
-Campus Aspects
-Selective
-Well recognized
-Place/city


SCAD
Insituto Marangoni
FIDM
O’ More College of Design
Private
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Near City
It’s in Savannah Georgia, Hong Kong, Atlanta.
Is located in the center or major parts for design industries.
London, Paris, Milano.
Surrounded with arts and design culture.
Los Angeles, California. Near great museums and Hollywood shows. Near the fashion street.
Tennessee. Old fashion way. Industrial performance.

Mix Gender
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Campus Aspects
Big, great technology, some opened areas.
Buildings, great technology, great resources.
Open Campus, big, great technology and new sources.
Classrooms, closed, not big.
Selective
Good selection of students, creative.
Many people can apply, start career since 18, and join with creativeness.
Select few students from different places to bring ideas.
Selects students by their performances and interviews.
Well Recognized
SCAD is one of the best universities found for any type of design and technology which are compatible for each other.
Istituto Marangoni is recognized for the organization, ideas and technology; it gives great support for a fashion start.
FIDM is a great institute willing to give big knowledge and techniques for the students.
It is recognized by their industries. Fashion is focused to succeed as leaders and industries.
Location (city in)
Savannah, Atlanta, Hong Kong.
London, Paris, Milano.
California.
Tennessee.


My GPA : 3.4
The chances I have on each of the colleges is really good. They are very similar to what they want. Most of the colleges are looking for creativity and the way you express yourself because of design. Wanting to enter great universities such as SCAD, is difficult, but still there's great possibilities for me to enter with that GPA.Probably before entering any college, I'll do some sort of practice in the Marangoni Institute, with helps a lot for fashion design knowledge and starts, that could open me some doors.

Summarize:
I noticed that there's not so much fashion institutes or colleges. Most of them are high ranked, and great sources of technology. This made me realize that if I really want to study fashion design, I can start from now. Things that I liked from the fashion colleges, is that each offers programs for the students that need a first base for the career. It got me inspired and the want to continue investigate more about the universities.

Wednesday, 14 November 2012

Google Day #3

Goals for today...
Continue editing photos more professionally and new.

Before
after
The Color of the whole image changed... The eyes and the background. Using shadows and reflections. There's more highlights and more makeup to the girl.

Extra:
Another useful link very similar to Picmonkey, is Ipiccy, you can edit and Photoshop any photo you want. Different effects, frames, and edits.





In this photo I changed its' hair color, lipstick, blush and added more mascara.It changed the person physically.
Before
After

Wednesday, 7 November 2012

Google Day #4

Goal...
-I want to expand the effects on photoshoping see whats new and creative.
Useful Links
Today I found a link for photoshop, Pixlr.
Fotoflexer is another photoshoping program you may use.
What I've done today:
Before                                                                          
After

Before

After
Changing the perspective of the picture from something cute to something more harsh and toned. 

Before
After
  
Today I learned how to make more significant changes on peoples' faces and gestures. Some effects were not easy to use, but still removing wrinkles and small details to make a perfect face was fun. 

Next Google day, I'd like to make some sort of collage fancy and creative, still using photoshop in it. 

Thursday, 25 October 2012

Google Day #2

Goals of the Day:
-Get the best programs for Photoshop.
-Start creating a photo with some Photoshop effects, new effects, and curious edits.
-Use challenging effects.

We found a great source for editing photoshop, Picmonkey. It edits whatever you want from skin retouch, to backgrounds and stickies.

Before After
Using Picmonkey, I created my first photoshop, by using the clone effect. I retouched the picture adding more perfection to the photo.








Before           After                                                                

In this second picture I used a focus scene, were you can focus the most important part of the picture. Changed the colors to make a more motion photo. 
In this image I cloned the girl, to make the photo move so it reflects action. I added a background layer, to make it look like a portrait. Touched with highlights to make the picture look vanished.


Before









                                                                       After


London Bridge, I edited this picture to make it more antique, and a little more detailed. Adding effects and different tones. It changed the weather and the way the picture catches you eye.

Today...
I learned and discovered a really easy program for Photoshop. Discovered new techniques and effects depending on the picture. I also discovered how depending on how the picture is you can perceive different things from the photo. Photoshop is creative and easy, but it can also be harmful, because you can use it to make a picture awful, when its' purpose is to beautify the picture. Next class of Google Day, I'd like to use more advanced effects and get really into it, because today I was just getting to know the program. 

Friday, 19 October 2012

Storyboardthat.com

Link to Story Board

The purpose of this site, is to create a story board in a easy and fast way. You start creating your story only by dragging all things this program offers, such as people, quotes, objects and settings.
This is an example of one story board using most of the objects that offers. The program offers a big variety of characters, scenes, quotes, wireframes and much more!
To be able to create a Storyboard, you must create an account. After creating the account, click on create storyboard. As soon as it pops up, you can see different tabs offering you different things. Click on any of the tabs you want to insert and choose any of the objects wanted. Drag the object you want to the storyboard.

Change sizes, fonts and everything to make it more creative.
This site might be used by others, to create good work in subject area classes, fast easy, and it turns out pretty. It's perfect to people that struggle with drawing. Thinking you take hours drawing your story and making it perfect, you just spend minutes creating a very creative story in Storyboardthat .
                                 Make your own story with this easy and fun app!

Friday, 5 October 2012

Digital Nation

I agree because...
-I agree that nowadays internet is being misused by all people around the world, because internet is supposed to be a useful resource and information not to watch illegal stuff.
-I agree that now people feel they need to have their electronic devices and without them, they won't feel the same, because people are used to having technology always with them so it's just like a need to have it.
-I agree that most people now depend on internet and their devices, because they use their devices as their brain, they have everything in it.
-I agree that now teenagers are multitasking with many devices and digital sources, you commonly see teens looking at any screen while doing other things, because they are constantly texting friends and paying attention to social life rather to important stuff.
-I agree that sometimes teens and students get distracted with this digital objects and they won't concentrate as well as they should because they are not focusing in one thing and trying to get deep in it, they are doing all stuff together just to make it fast.
-I agree that internet might turn to be addictive as you can get addicted to smoke, and alcohol,because you might feel the need to have your cellphone or enter internet at least once a day, you start missing this stuff if you don't have it with you.
-I agree that young people once they start using internet or technology they don't know when to stop, because they get addicted to it.
-I agree that most teens using technology all the time, miss most of the childhood and things you can learn just by always being connected to technology, because you are paying attention to other stuff about technology that is not that important as everything else you can experience.
-I agree that constant interruptions of internet and electronic devices affect the writing or work you're creating because it takes you off of topic.
-I agree that future generations will always depend on technology, because each time it is more advanced and we are depending more on it, so I think it will come the day where everything is related to technology and many parts of the brain will be affected in a bad way.
-I agree that technology is each time better and with more resources that are helpful, but also unneeded resources which teens are using, because teens don't really know that internet was created to be useful and significant but not to be miss used and get information not needed.
-I agree that almost 80% of teens life is dedicated to electronic devices, nowadays teens don't know what else to do if it's not about technology.

I disagree because...
-I disagree that all teenagers can multitask and do really well on school or in university, because the brain is focusing in different subjects, when you should just be focusing in one subject to really understand.
-I disagree that you can't do multitasking, because you can do it but maybe you don't do all things as well as it should be.
-I disagree that multitasking is effective, because you might do lots of things at the same time but in the end it won't be that worth it because the work you do while multitasking won't be that good.
-I disagree that technology really affects teenage brains in a totally negative way, because technology develops other parts of the brain.
-I disagree what some teens say, that it is not cool to not have electronic devices or their digital objects that they feel like nothing, because actually when you disconnect yourself and see the world in different ways enjoying life not connected to a screen and missing lots of stuff.
-I disagree that education hasn't improved in the last five years, because I think everything gets better each time by new discoveries and more when it's about education.
-I disagree that in school or university students should only sit and be quiet listening to teacher, because students somehow should be active while learning to pay attention just by realizing work of things they're teaching, I think that will reinforce their learning.
-I disagree that they should prohibit electronic devices since start of studying because sometimes you need electronic resources to profound information about your work.

Tuesday, 25 September 2012

What careers exist in the areas of my academic strengths?

Links to know your career
http://www.mycareerquizzes.com
In this link you can see or at least get help if you want to quit and start a new career or which career fits for your personality and wants.
http://www.careertest.net/cgi-bin/q.pl
This is a test you can take and find out your career.

  • The best way to find your career is to take tests and see the result, because all you answer is all you like and your strengths so it should tell which is your perfect career. 
http://career.myperfect.com.au/start
Know your perfect careers, and which careers are close to the things you like.
http://www.collegegrad.com/careers/all.shtml
By looking at a list of all careers maybe you see some names about the things you like, investigate about those. When you see whats needed for each careers watch your strengths and with the more strengths, the career will fit you.
Summary
Investigating about the careers that exist that best fit for my strengths, I found lots of interesting tests. Within those tests, they check your likes and your strengths which is very important to determine your career. I also learned how important is to like your career, but to also develop something good at it and to know that you are capable of reaching the top in that area. Answering my topic questions is personal, because each one of us has different thoughts and wants, so to answer it you need to do and create tests, and I would recommend the most to look for the list of careers and investigate about your top five. Choosing a career is really important it determines your future and the way you spend your time to be the person you wanted to be.
Question at the end
What happens if you don't like the career you chose or thought you chose the perfect one?

White Hat Hacking

What I know about the Topic before I research
I think that White Hat Hacking is a way or form of hacking. I don't really know about this, but I chose this topic because it looked pretty interesting because of the word "hacking."
What I wonder about the topic before researching (2 questions at least).
What is White Hat Hacking? Is it a form of hacking?
Is hacking a long process how does it start?
Links with useful information
This is a link to know what white hat hackers do, and the difference with the black hat hackers.
Want to know about famous White Hat Hackers... this is the Link. 
Types of Hackers.
Things I learned of the topic...
-5 types of hackers.
-White hat hackers are not bad or intended to do bad security.
-White Hat Hackers is actually a profession, and they contract this hackers to work as security in their companies. 
-Another name for hackers is crackers because they're too good breaking the web.
-Coming from hackers trying to help security companies legally, bad hackers came a long just to get advantage of peoples' life and abuse problems came a long. 
Connects and or relates to my life...
This topic may relate to my life because White Hat Hackers are people helping security, and some are starting to create companies against bad hacking. This is just an example of life because when people are trying to do something good, then they turn it to a bad side and take advantage of it. Just like parents and daughter relationship, they give you advantages but when you take it the wrong side there's a problem, the same happens with hacking, when you get caught you're screwed. 
One last question
How can hackers hack without knowing a single thing about the person? Where do they get or reach the information needed to hack?

Wednesday, 19 September 2012

Google Day 1

Goals for today...
1. Which are the best resources for 3D modeling.
2. How to start 3D modeling.
3. How much it takes to develop it.

Researching...
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/25-free-3d-modelling-applications-you-should-not-miss/ In this link I founded different links to create different 3D objects; architecture, animations, cars, and much more!

I chose to do Virtual 3D Art, for this I needed to download the program of it. It takes 5 minutes to download.
Another good resource for 3D is Google Sketchup, you can search it in Google and download it.
I also decided to do 3D Graphic Design. Where you can create 3D company names.It takes patience to install every software for 3D modeling.
While waiting for things to download in my computer, I searched Apps of 3D modeling on my Iphone. There's an app called Sketcher 3D with a cost of $3.00 dollars. In this app you can design objects, buildings and spaces. You can manipulate every object rotating and changing it around to have the final result you wanted. If you download it in your Ipad you have more features and interesting stuff.

I learned how to create a house, just the design.
For next class I would like to learn how to add animals and objects to complete my house.

**** I changed my topic to Photoshop, I already looked at Silvia's links and ideas on her blog to be fresh minded and ready to work.

Thursday, 13 September 2012

Google 20% Project

I will work with Silvia Loboguerrero to accomplish this project.

I will like to learn how Photoshop works. Using different techniques skills and programs for this. Using different effects such as 3D or other effects that can make a different perspective for photos. There's different techniques such as liquid editing and enhancing pictures. I love taking pictures, so I would like to learn how editing and its' process works to make a better image.

As my final product I'll show all the before and after images edited and Photoshop. We would like to create a digital album and some collage to show are best creations of images. We will include tutorials, and links that will help other people learn Photoshop, like us.


LINK

C/C website