Internet Technologies / Design Essentials / Geometry / Image Design

I'm looking forward to learning more in the Internet Technologies class. I know I will feel more comfortable posting to my blog. I've been thinking about a few specialized topics to post about, but that will be a secret until the time is right. I have enough homework to keep me busy and I have taken on an extracurricular project, which I may reveal in a few weeks when the project's focus is more organized.

I'm trying to keep up to date on Internet Technologies and New Media. It's interesting to see some talk about federal regulations for telecommunication companies which would mandate every Internet user be allowed an equal share of bandwidth, regardless if they are extreme downloaders, file sharers, bandwidth hogs, etc. For example: currently Comcast will limit your bandwidth if you utilize to much causing a strain on the network. Supposedly Silicon Valley companies are in favor of the regulation and telecommunication companies are not. I've seen reports that President Obama is open to this regulation, but there is no clear winner yet.

My Design Essentials class has a great teacher and we are using a great book to learn from; Design Fundamentals for New Media by James Gordon Bennett. The writing and focus is pretty strong, and the graphics are outstanding. I see this class being a great benefit to my education.

I'm starting to get my feet wet with Geometry and I'm actually enjoying it. I've only started looking at the first chapter of our book, but so far so good! In addition to our Geometry text book our teacher has recommended an outstanding book called Squaring the Circle: Geometry in Art and Architecture by Paul A. Calter. This book is fascinating to me, featuring all kinds of cool designs like cubes, fractals, pointed arches...I know I will enjoy it.

Image Design has been keeping me busy with in depth Photoshop instruction and a photomontage project. I'm learning a lot from a great teacher and lots of my own hard work. I have some strong ideas for my project and will post updates as it moves along.

I'm looking forward to working with the website aspects of the Internet Technologies. I have a few ideas so hopefully this will help them to fruition.