Day 12
Today was just as sweet as the other days. I'm getting very close to finishing my app. I just have to add a few more things and finalize my project. I just found out that we had to design a web page for our app though, and I hope I have enough time to do that. I bet the google employees will be happy once were gone because we eat all their food and are always playing rock band when they want to. Oh well, they have it nice there anyways. They eat better than the Libby Hall guy! And he eats goood.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Day 12
Day 12
Today we did the same thing as yesterday, except I ran into more snags, which sucks. I'm still trying to figure out how to get my fish to swim in the water. Today we got to play cod, which was sweeet. Except zombies wasn't unlocked so I got mad. We had a cooler presentation today from the google guys, this dude was a pimp. I'm excited to go home though, just so I can chill out.
Today we did the same thing as yesterday, except I ran into more snags, which sucks. I'm still trying to figure out how to get my fish to swim in the water. Today we got to play cod, which was sweeet. Except zombies wasn't unlocked so I got mad. We had a cooler presentation today from the google guys, this dude was a pimp. I'm excited to go home though, just so I can chill out.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Day 11
Day 11, Google Day 1
This place is so sweet. Its like a huge hang out. The work days are good because you can do your own stuff whenever you want to. Theres really not much to say except that today was super awesome.
This place is so sweet. Its like a huge hang out. The work days are good because you can do your own stuff whenever you want to. Theres really not much to say except that today was super awesome.
my manifesto thing
manifesto
For my project, I am adapting the ice melting app. I plan on incorporating an intro animation, side graphics, an extension on the math of some sort ( maybe having the user convert the units themselves), and changing the programming to allow my side graphics and intro to function. This app will teach people a real-life application of unit conversion. If reteaching this application, it would provide a great example of art and the programming behind it, along with showing how math can be used when making and using such applications. It would be enjoyable because most of it is up to your creative imagination. It will surely turn out with the appearance of art that draws people in, but the complexity behind it that keeps people using the app.
Art
In my app, I plan on having an extensive art portion. With the app beginning with an intro animation that depicts the icebergs starting to melt, the whole thing will be created with Flash. It should cover pretty much all the techniques that we learned in our various lessons. I plan on having side graphics like fish swimming whenever the water rises. i believe by the time it is complete, the art portion will have been successfully transformed into my own original take of it. In real-world terms, this app is based on Global Warming. It shows the scientific problem of the polar ice caps melting and flooding the earth. The art will draw people into the application so they can enjoy it.
Math
My application deals with unit conversion and units of measure in general. If asked, I would say that units of measure are ways to measure and label your measurements so they can be read, understood, and recreated. Then, with those units, you sometimes need to convert them to other units so they can be understood in a different context. With this knowledge of math, you can understand how to measure in the world, a skill that is used daily by almost every profession. here is an example of unit conversion:
24 hours/ x 60 min/ x 60 sec/ = 86400 seconds
1 1 hour 1 min
This application should help people grasp the concept of units.
Programming
The program I am developing behind my application brings all of my other developments to life. It allows the user to interact with the application and dictate the amount of water that rises. Also, the program allows me to navigate my way through my animations so that the user can understand what I am trying to depict because things are in the right order. I need this code to switch between scenes in my intro animation.
MovieClip(root).gotoAndPlay(2);
this next code allows the program to recalculate the height of the ice based on the inputed text by the user.
function recalculateHeight(evt:MouseEvent) : void {
var percent:int = int(txtPercentMelted.text);
Programming is probably the most vital part of any application, because without it, your art wont move and your math cannot be experienced byu the user.
For my project, I am adapting the ice melting app. I plan on incorporating an intro animation, side graphics, an extension on the math of some sort ( maybe having the user convert the units themselves), and changing the programming to allow my side graphics and intro to function. This app will teach people a real-life application of unit conversion. If reteaching this application, it would provide a great example of art and the programming behind it, along with showing how math can be used when making and using such applications. It would be enjoyable because most of it is up to your creative imagination. It will surely turn out with the appearance of art that draws people in, but the complexity behind it that keeps people using the app.
Art
In my app, I plan on having an extensive art portion. With the app beginning with an intro animation that depicts the icebergs starting to melt, the whole thing will be created with Flash. It should cover pretty much all the techniques that we learned in our various lessons. I plan on having side graphics like fish swimming whenever the water rises. i believe by the time it is complete, the art portion will have been successfully transformed into my own original take of it. In real-world terms, this app is based on Global Warming. It shows the scientific problem of the polar ice caps melting and flooding the earth. The art will draw people into the application so they can enjoy it.
Math
My application deals with unit conversion and units of measure in general. If asked, I would say that units of measure are ways to measure and label your measurements so they can be read, understood, and recreated. Then, with those units, you sometimes need to convert them to other units so they can be understood in a different context. With this knowledge of math, you can understand how to measure in the world, a skill that is used daily by almost every profession. here is an example of unit conversion:
24 hours/ x 60 min/ x 60 sec/ = 86400 seconds
1 1 hour 1 min
This application should help people grasp the concept of units.
Programming
The program I am developing behind my application brings all of my other developments to life. It allows the user to interact with the application and dictate the amount of water that rises. Also, the program allows me to navigate my way through my animations so that the user can understand what I am trying to depict because things are in the right order. I need this code to switch between scenes in my intro animation.
MovieClip(root).gotoAndPlay(2);
this next code allows the program to recalculate the height of the ice based on the inputed text by the user.
function recalculateHeight(evt:MouseEvent) : void {
var percent:int = int(txtPercentMelted.text);
Programming is probably the most vital part of any application, because without it, your art wont move and your math cannot be experienced byu the user.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Day 10
Day 10
Today I got my ass whooped in ultimate frisbee again. Graham and John shouldnt be allowed to be on the same team, since theyre both college kids. We had an awesome lunch at The Sink, they had some really good pizza. When we were done, we had free work day and I made a cool animation for the start of my program, it has a huge iceberg. Hopefully i can get randall to help me since hes the boss. Like in the SNL song, like a boss. thats Randall. Hes my hero.
Today I got my ass whooped in ultimate frisbee again. Graham and John shouldnt be allowed to be on the same team, since theyre both college kids. We had an awesome lunch at The Sink, they had some really good pizza. When we were done, we had free work day and I made a cool animation for the start of my program, it has a huge iceberg. Hopefully i can get randall to help me since hes the boss. Like in the SNL song, like a boss. thats Randall. Hes my hero.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Day 9
Day 9
I officially have 4 people following my blog (cue the rapid decline in social status). Today was good, I found out that Randall is the messiah of all things in Illustrator. My programming portion came out great even though I didnt really add anything to it. I've pretty much decided that I want to do the ice melting app for my final project but we'll see when we get to sign up. I wanted to have a short animation of ice cracking and melting or something beforehand like an intro to the application, but who knows if I could actually pull that off. I started to animate an iceberg but it's not looking so hot. No pun intended.
I officially have 4 people following my blog (cue the rapid decline in social status). Today was good, I found out that Randall is the messiah of all things in Illustrator. My programming portion came out great even though I didnt really add anything to it. I've pretty much decided that I want to do the ice melting app for my final project but we'll see when we get to sign up. I wanted to have a short animation of ice cracking and melting or something beforehand like an intro to the application, but who knows if I could actually pull that off. I started to animate an iceberg but it's not looking so hot. No pun intended.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
DAY 8
Day 8
I don't feel like blogging today but I made a cow launcher. Not my favorite lab alteration but it was cool. The engineering building was sweeeeet. The Rube golberg machine was the tightest thing I've ever seen. And....nick sucks. Don't tell him I blogged that.
ben
I don't feel like blogging today but I made a cow launcher. Not my favorite lab alteration but it was cool. The engineering building was sweeeeet. The Rube golberg machine was the tightest thing I've ever seen. And....nick sucks. Don't tell him I blogged that.
ben
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