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**Erika's Interactivity Design Page**
Here's a link to my super cool, not lame website ! Go check out my projects! Or not! That's okay too! :D

[|Erika's Site]

[|NEW WEBSITE]
 * (Note: If the text looks blurry initially, wait a minute, and then go into View --> Zoom --> Reset and it will hopefully fix the problem)**

__Activity Log__
__Week #1__ //January 4th, 2012//
 * ** Reviewed HTML basics, i.e. the meanings and uses of and tags **
 * ** Followed along with Nick's instructions on how to make a grid **
 * ** Chose colour palette for Project 1a using [|www.kuler.adobe.com] **
 * ** Began to work on Project 1a **

__Week #2__ //January 11th, 2012//
 * ** Reviewed some CSS that we had learned last week; it finally began to stick! **
 * ** Refined Project 1a using "class" and "id" tags as well as CSS styling **
 * ** Tried to get the hang of external CSS documents, but couldn't quite understand **
 * ** Began to work on Project 1b **

__Week #3__ //January 18th, 2012//
 * ** Created website for project submission; hopefully it will looks less pitiful in the future **
 * ** Learned about file sharing programs such as FIleZilla and Dropbox **
 * ** Discovered the importance of proper naming, i.e. no spaces, no captials, etc. **
 * ** Figured out how external CSS documents worked, and then decided to completely re-do Project 1b **
 * ** Uploaded [|Project 1a!] **
 * ** Update: Finished [|Project 1b] as well! **

__Week #4__ //January 25th, 2012//
 * ** Cut and scanned images from magazine for Project 1c **
 * ** Learned how to make an animated gif using photoshop **
 * ** Began brainstorming ideas and layouts for next project **
 * ** Update: Finished [|Project 1c] and uploaded to site! **

__Week #5__ //February 1st, 2012//
 * ** Began to work on Project 1d in class, finished first layout **
 * ** Learned how to use rollovers to make spreads more interesting **
 * **Completed [|Project 1d] and uploaded to site**
 * **Started looking into different symbols for next class for inspiration**

__Week #6__ //February 8th, 2012//
 * ** Uploaded [|Project 2a] to the website. It was inspired by Tron. **
 * ** Began learning some basic processing (making/moving shapes, creating lines and pixels, etc.) **
 * ** Must remember to download Processing on my laptop so I can work at home! **
 * ** Also shown a neat-o website called [|www.bitly.com] which shortens websites **
 * ** Was introduced to a cool website with some great examples of processing! [|www.openprocessing.org] **

__Week #7__ //February 15th, 2012//
 * **Created an account on www.openprocessing.org**
 * **Uploaded logo to [|new account]!**
 * **Uploaded first attempt at animating** **logo for [|Project 2b]**
 * **Wooooo time for Reading Week!**

__Week #8__ //February 29th, 2012//
 * **Helped a friend figure out how to use "float" variables**
 * ** Began to work on project 2c in class, brainstormed ideas with people sitting nearby **
 * **Decided which words to use, began to work on project**
 * **Uploaded [|Project 2c] to open processing!**

__Week #9__ //March 7th, 2012//
 * **Uploaded [|Project 2d] to open processing, go check it out!**
 * ** Started brainstorming ideas for Project 3 **
 * **Uploaded wire frames and mood board to website**

__Week #10__ //March 14th, 2012//
 * **Started initial coding for final website**
 * **Figured out how home page would be laid out**
 * **Decided how pages would link together**

__Week #11__ //March 21st, 2012//
 * **Finishing page layouts, began linking pages together**
 * ** Experimented with different methods of displaying project 1a, b, c and d **
 * ** Made some cool rollovers for page links involving opacity changes and movement **
 * **Made a simple animated GIF for the home page so it didn't look so bare and lonely**

__Week #12__ //March 28th, 2012// > ** functional website geared toward this project would be most effective **
 * **Showed website in class, lots of people thought the animated GIF was cute!**
 * ** Saw lots of other very cool website that other people had made **
 * ** Although there were a lot of other things I thought about doing on my website, I thought that making a **
 * ** Decided that I would work on making a proper portfolio website this summer! **