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"SaveNetRadio.org" by TEET46@AOLCCOM

Sun, 27 May 2007 14:37:48 -0400

PLEASE KEEP WJJZ 97.5 SMOOTH JAZZ ON THE INTERNET. IT IS THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO HELP ME GET THROUGH THE DAY AT WORK. I LOVE THE MUSIC IT IS SO RELAXING AND BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU CHRISTINE WISDOM

"Post-grad ideas (and the story of my college career)" by Jewls

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 01:29:45 -0500

hmm. Well, I'm still waiting on UofM to send me some information and an application. Don't know what I'm gonna do, hopefully that moment of clarity comes soon, though. cheers :)

"Post-grad ideas (and the story of my college career)" by Blair

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:58:00 -0500

Get a job. Get certifications. School is a waste of money.

"It's Official, I <3 RoR (& Merry Christmas, too!)" by Ethan

Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:38:20 -0500

WTF is an IDM? It’s an “Inspiration Design Model” and I get to critique five of them over the next 13 weeks for my Interactive Media I class. The professor assigns a website for us to look at and analyze, we each comment with a blog post and reply to at least one of our peers’.

This week’s IDM is smallTransport

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Well, I’m kind of unsure about this one. I’ve been looking at it for the last week and a half, and I suppose I can conclude that it’s alright. It’s not great, but it’s not bad either. I’ve got a few problems with it…

The layout is too w i d e . Not everyone browsing the net has a 20â€³ monitor. Iâ€™ve got a 12â€³ PowerBook with a browsing screen no bigger than 800Ã—600. In fact, I only have 1074Ã—768 resolution – I couldnâ€™t squeeze the the whole page on here if I wanted to. Ok, rant ended. All Iâ€™m saying is I donâ€™t like to have to scroll horizontally. Itâ€™s just not fluid with the rest of the web – sites scroll down, not right.

Now that weâ€™ve established that the page is just too darn wide, letâ€™s look at why. The answer: the â€˜Daily Bitsâ€™/’Commentsâ€™ content areas. Who puts their comment section next to the article?? After reading the article you donâ€™t want to have to scroll all the way back to the top (to read the comments) just to continue scrolling DOWN! If itâ€™s not the easiest, itâ€™s not the best. So hereâ€™s the plan:

Move the comments beneath the article, k?
Turn the ‘Daily Bits’ into a nifty rotating Javascript feature.
Move the flicker and Rock & Roll column left, beneath the ‘Daily Bits.’
Lower the ‘Input and pause’ search box above the ‘Daily Bits.’
Slide smallTransport logo left, above everything else.
And cut 300 pixels off the right side.

All problems solved. Here is what I liked:

Input and pause – Nice one. The lazy typists dream – you donâ€™t even need to hit Enter to get what you want!! With the pretty little drop-drown box for results, itâ€™s a pretty rad design. However, the â€œuse arrow keys & enterâ€ instructions didnâ€™t work for me, I could mouse over them though.

The rotating image – This confused me at first. I came back to the site and saw a new image at the top of the page and was under the impression that a new article had been posted. I quickly discovered your trick, though. Itâ€™s cool and all, but maybe it shouldnâ€™t be right up there top-and-center.

So, you can see my likes and dislikes kind of weigh-in even. I guess the ultimate question is: Will I ever return to smallTransit after writing this? No, probably not. I wasnâ€™t too interested in the content (some visuals would have helped). He seems like a cool guy, though. Way to go, dude.

"What NOT to do if you're the MPAA" by Jewls

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:10:36 -0500

Thank God it was a joke.

"What NOT to do if you're the MPAA" by Beth

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:03:47 -0500

That's scary. I thought it was real, too!

"Music Makes Me Happy!!" by beth

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:36:11 -0400

julie, you're so interesting ... what a funny little story! LOL ... but i agree, what a whacked out transition going from a reacord producer to a neuroscientist. yikes!

"How to Ruin Lives Through Craigslist" by N. Powell

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:14:41 -0400

I don't think there's anything wrong with what Fortuny did. It teaches a good lesson about making assumptions. People do that far too consistently, and more oft than not it ends up having negative consequences. Maybe not as extreme, but the principle is the same. Stupid people deserve what they get.

"Happy Cats" by Kt

Thu, 14 Sep 2006 15:46:08 -0400

God, they are SO damn cute!!!! Gibby looks less evil, it's truely amazing.

"Happy Cats" by Becki

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:43:07 -0400

Awwwe :D