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  • Web Programming Guest Lecture: JavaScript

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    I have once again given a JavaScript guest lecture to Zach‘s Web Programming class. This year I have taken the liberty of swiping some of Douglas Crockford’s “JavaScript: The Good Parts” presentation for the leading slides. Here’s the presentation: Javascript 2009 View more presentations from borkweb.

  • Guest Lecture: JavaScript, Ajax & DOM Manipulation

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    Zach has asked me to give a JavaScript guest lecture in his Web Programming class. We’ll cover: JS basics, node manipulation, DOM traversal, AJAX, JavaScript libraries, and myPlymouth implementations of those topics. Here are the slides (get the .ppt here): Javascript: Ajax & DOM Manipulation v1.2 View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: javascript…

  • myPlymouth: Thanksgiving Theme

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    Thursday before Thanksgiving, users of the myPlymouth portal at Plymouth State were greeted by an altered header graphic similar to that of the Halloween theme I had done for the previous month. This one, however, changed daily for 9 days.

  • Plymouth State: JavaScript Workshop

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    Tonight I led a workshop on JavaScript for some PSU Employees. We discussed JS basics, node manipulation, DOM traversal, AJAX, JavaScript libraries, and myPlymouth implementations of those topics. Here are the slides: | View | Upload your own A few resources that were mentioned: Firefox Extensions (including Firebug) jQuery Slide Examples MegaMan Sprite Animation

  • myPlymouth: Halloween Theme

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    As I alluded to on my last post, on Halloween, Zach, Dan, and I unveiled a new feature in Plymouth State University‘s portal. Plymouth State will begin customizing the myPlymouth logo and/or the entire header withing the portal. Using some snazzy CSS easter-egg functionality combined with some PHP, we can dynamically alter the look of…

  • Art: Turkey Sketch

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    I’ve begun the design of custom headers for holiday themed portal action in Plymouth State University‘s portal. Here’s a quick turkey sketch I did with my Wacom tablet in preparation for a Thanksgiving themed header. I’m still a little undecided on what I plan to do with the header as a whole. I have a…

  • Guest Lecture: Application Design with Databases

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    I had the privilege of being a guest speaker at Plymouth State University’s Database Management class. The focus of the lecture was regarding Web Application Design and how it relates to database integration. Here are the slides that were handed out and for those curious, here’s the topics of discussion: Topics: My Background My Project…

  • ITS Team Building Through Battle

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    Many thanks to Al, Erich, and Cliff for setting up another successfull ITS Paintball trip! Five ITS members participated – Alan Baker, Cliff Pearson, Erich Beyrent, Ted Wisniewski, and Me – along with Erich’s brother Geoff and my wife, Abby. The trip down was swell and our first few games were small (consisting of just…

  • Multimedia – Flash (Lab 2)

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    This week’s lab (which is due 04/14) is more free-form where you have the opportunity to really explore Flash and see what it can do. With this lab, you’ll experiment with more complex animations. I highly suggest you do the flash tutorials that come with the application – you can find them by clicking on…

  • Multimedia – Animation and Authoring Tools

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    Today we’ll be discussing Animation and Authoring Tools in preparation for our lab on Flash w/ ActionScripting!

  • Multimedia – Audio and Project Planning

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    Today we’re discussing Audio briefly, then we’ll move right in to Project Planning…which prepares you for checking out the Final Project document!

  • Multimedia – Webpage Critiques

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    This assignment requires you to pick 3 websites and critique them (in a document and place them on WebCT) telling what you like/dislike; what the rules the site is breaking; what is usable/what isn’t; what it can do to improve. Obviously I’m not expecting you to jump right in without any background on what is…

  • Multimedia – Images, Color & Web 2.0

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    We are covering a lot of topics today and thus our slides may bleed over into next week. We’ll begin with Images & Color. Then move on in to Web 2.0, which we’ve talked about in the past.

  • Multimedia – Compression

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    Today we’ll be discussing Compression. Here are the slides. Here’s the assignment for this week. Its due next Friday at midnight! Next Tuesday: Quiz (everything we’ve covered thus far)

  • Multimedia – Navigation

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    This week is a simple continuation from last week. We’ll be discussing Multimedia elements and navigation. Here’s the slides. Reminder: We have lab on Thursday, so we meet in Memorial. I will be posting the lab assignment on this blog before lab.