Oh yes, I almost forgot, I have a website and it's up and running and if I do say so myself, it's awesome! Of course, I'm bias... so you should check it out. It's saraschram.com (cool huh?). I love it so far, and it's just getting started. Ideally this will serve as my final portfolio for graduation, so I really want it to be awesome and polished up.
I'll just go over some basic features right now. I have a slideshow (which took me a while to get it to work) on every page with photos from Spain that I edited in Photoshop (which was cool in itself because I got to learn more about the software). Then on the contact page I have a form! This is exciting too. Having my own website I've realized a lot more about how much work goes into the different functions. It's really cool to see the endless possibilities.
I want my website to be more interactive, so in the future I want to try and incorporate a "contest" for my photography webpage. I'm going to post hmm, let's say four photos each month and have people vote for which is their favorite. Then at the top of the page will be the previous month's winner. Obviously I don't know how to code this yet, but I will figure it out!
I think I might want to play around with fonts in the future too, but since that's something that works and looks decent, I might put that on the back burner for now. I'm thinking about adding a graphic to each page too, or at least some, like the portfolio page. It seems (like some other pages) a bit bland right now, so I want to amp it up and pop some color in there!
In the near future I want to link this blog to my social networking page. I think it'll help add a new dimension to the site and give people a reason to keep coming back, along with my photo contest. I think for my resume page I'm gonna switch it up again. I might put the photo of the PDF for my resume there instead of everything typed out. It kind of looks messy right now.
I also want to outline my signature logo at the top, and work on the argyle pattern I created for the head bar. Maybe fade it out a bit so it's more of an accent as opposed to in-your-face? Well, I've got lots of ideas for it!
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Whew!
This semester has been a whirlwind of excitement and busy, busy days. I'm going to try and keep up again, but like I mentioned the last time, it's hard with so much else going on. So what's new with me and my life?
Well, let's start with school, shall we? Classes have been going well. I ended last semester on dean's list! Woo, all the hard work I did paid off. This semester, I'm taking a lot of classes that I like. Digital Rhetorics is one of my favorites. This is the first time it's being taught, so we're like the guinea pigs. Wendy KZ Anderson is the professor though, and there's only four students in the class. It's really interesting. I like how she actually pushes us to do our best, as opposed to the minimum required. What else, my editing class has been interesting so far. I like looking through and correcting errors - it makes me feel important. Then my MIS class is going well, though java still frustrates me like no other. This class is much slower paced than CS 1121 though, so it's easier to follow. Plus when I write an executable code I kind of feel like a computer science ninja!
Moving on to work, all three jobs are going well. The Lode (for which I work as a designer) has been a lot of fun so far! I get to use Adobe InDesign to arrange the stories and photos on the pages for print. It's really cool to start with a blank page and then see everything come together. My job at the HDMZ (Humanities Digital Media Zone) in Walker has been going well too. Today, actually, was a really busy day! Right when I got there there was a question about the scanner, then while we were working on that, there was another issue with a student that couldn't print. It was a busy start, but it slowed down. Overall I like working that job. I'm excited to continue working it, because I'm learning a lot. My big job, my internship, has also been going well. I talked to Cat and talked about the summer with her and she said she could extend my stay until the end of May. Wooooo!! That's super exciting because now I don't need to find something for May when I'm up here.
Most of my summer is planned out though. I'm going to (hopefully) live in the AGD house for May and the beginning of June while taking track A courses, then move into the dorms for my job as a residence counselor for Tech's Summer Youth Programs. I'm really excited about this job because it sounds like a TON of fun! Plus Monica (my AGD sister-daughter) was hired too, so we get to do it together. So I'll do that until the beginning of August, and then move back into the AGD house to finish up track B classes. I love when things are planned out. So I'm excited for this semester to wrap up.
My student organizations have been pretty good as well. Order of Omega just finished up Greek Week, which was kind of a mess, but turned out okay. I'm glad I made it through in one piece, and people are still telling me good job. Whew! Major weight off my shoulders Now I need to figure out what the next step for the STC Student Chapter is, and then Greek New Member Orientation, and then Greek Awards. Yikes... I guess there's time for sleep when I'm dead, yeah? Or when I'm old and boring. Whichever comes first I suppose. Now I gotta get back to doing some homework. Which reminds me that Spring Break starts next week! A whole week of zero responsibilities. It sounds too good to be true, actually. I'm looking to get caught up/ahead in my school work, but I also want to do some art too. We shall see.
Moving on to work, all three jobs are going well. The Lode (for which I work as a designer) has been a lot of fun so far! I get to use Adobe InDesign to arrange the stories and photos on the pages for print. It's really cool to start with a blank page and then see everything come together. My job at the HDMZ (Humanities Digital Media Zone) in Walker has been going well too. Today, actually, was a really busy day! Right when I got there there was a question about the scanner, then while we were working on that, there was another issue with a student that couldn't print. It was a busy start, but it slowed down. Overall I like working that job. I'm excited to continue working it, because I'm learning a lot. My big job, my internship, has also been going well. I talked to Cat and talked about the summer with her and she said she could extend my stay until the end of May. Wooooo!! That's super exciting because now I don't need to find something for May when I'm up here.
Most of my summer is planned out though. I'm going to (hopefully) live in the AGD house for May and the beginning of June while taking track A courses, then move into the dorms for my job as a residence counselor for Tech's Summer Youth Programs. I'm really excited about this job because it sounds like a TON of fun! Plus Monica (my AGD sister-daughter) was hired too, so we get to do it together. So I'll do that until the beginning of August, and then move back into the AGD house to finish up track B classes. I love when things are planned out. So I'm excited for this semester to wrap up.
My student organizations have been pretty good as well. Order of Omega just finished up Greek Week, which was kind of a mess, but turned out okay. I'm glad I made it through in one piece, and people are still telling me good job. Whew! Major weight off my shoulders Now I need to figure out what the next step for the STC Student Chapter is, and then Greek New Member Orientation, and then Greek Awards. Yikes... I guess there's time for sleep when I'm dead, yeah? Or when I'm old and boring. Whichever comes first I suppose. Now I gotta get back to doing some homework. Which reminds me that Spring Break starts next week! A whole week of zero responsibilities. It sounds too good to be true, actually. I'm looking to get caught up/ahead in my school work, but I also want to do some art too. We shall see.
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