University Projects

I took the SASS course in preparation for the Hackathon starting on October 16th. I completed this course with 100% completion. I found this course really interesting as Sass is an extension of CSS. This course showed me how to condense down CSS classes/ID's so that I wasn't repeating code unnecessarily. It introduced using variables as a way of storing data and passing this data as an argument using a Mixin. I made some notes on topics I found interesting/didn't know.

In preparation for the WorkFest, I designed a business card using InDesign and printed my design on two different pieces of coloured card. This is so that I can place the NFC tag inside of the business card, then stick the two sheets together. I tested the NFC Tag by writing my portfolio URL to the tag  using an app called NFC tools, this was successful and the tag was read successfully by a mobile device. I cut each card to size using a guillotine, placed the NFC tag in the middle of the two sheets and glued them together. Front & Back of Business Card

I wanted to revise coding in CSS in preparation for the Hackathon starting on October 16th. I completed this course with 100% completion. I found the grids and advanced grids chapter the most difficult part of this course.  It was more mathematical than the other exercises so I struggled a bit on this section in particular. I made a lot of notes on this course as there were some things I didn't know/couldn't remember.

To learn how to use HTML and CSS together I decided to take the Make a Website course in preparation for the Hackathon starting on October 16th. I completed this course with 100% completion. I found the bootstrap section of this course really interesting and made some notes on how to create a website using a basic bootstrap template.

There was a lot of helpful design tips in this article. I liked Micheal Long's CV because it's minimalistic but effective at showing key information. I also like the idea of adding a sidebar as this will automatically draw your eye to the most important parts of the CV. I also really liked Milena Filipova's CV. The accented colours are really bold, and the CV itself gives off a very clean/fresh look. I also really love the layout! Bibliography CANVA (2018)  50 inspiring resume designs: And what you can learn from them . [Online] Available at: https://www.canva.com/learn/50-inspiring-resume-designs/. [Accessed: 10 October 2018].

As there is the upcoming Workfest networking event, I was thinking about how I can make myself stand out. While searching through my LinkedIn feed, a video caught my eye about digital business cards using Near-field Communication. This is such a cool concept and project and I definitely want to give it a try! Therefore I searched for Loann Boudin and realised he had an instructables page. After looking through Loann's page, I found that he had liked an instructable from 2 years ago about Digital Business Cards using NFC. Bibliography INSTRUCTABLES (...)  Digital Business Card With NFC . [Online] Available at: https://www.instructables.com/id/Digital-Business-Card-With-NFC/. [Accessed: 10 October 2018].

Founded by Edmund Mather & David Ogilvy I wasn't sure what Ogilvy did at first but after this company researching further I discovered that they are an advertising agency. "Ogilvy is a New York City-based British advertising, marketing and public relations agency. It started as a London advertising agency founded in 1850 by Edmund Mather, which in 1964 became known as Ogilvy & Mather after merging with a New York City agency that was founded in 1948 by David Ogilvy. It is part of the WPP Group, which is by revenue one of the largest marketing and communications companies in the world. The agency is known for its work with Dove, American Express, and IBM." (Wikipedia, 2018) I really like the 'Type with Pride' project that Ogilvy advertised. It was a really nice gesture for Gilbert Baker (The creator of the LGBTQ rainbow flag) to name the font after him after he passed away in 2017. I found it interesting that this is the first font that c...