Have you read this? Have you read it to your students?
Year: 2007
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One challenge, in particular, stood between our contestants and good design. Guesses?
The most sophisticated (and highest ranking) designs used a single large image on each slide. Whether that image was a photo or even a lot of empty space (an image of nothingness) didn’t matter. A good image triggers reactions which profit the designer.
The problem then is how to fuse text to the images.
You all had plenty of solutions, some more successful than others:
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Greg Farr calls me a smartass and puts me in league with micsmith, an anonymous principal’s summer start-up blog.
With a first post entitled, “Names Have Been Changed To Protect Me,” and with an opening paragraph like this …
The following story is entirely made up and is in no way about anyone I have ever met or anyone I will ever meet in the future. In fact, I didnโt even write this blog. It just showed up like a stray cat. Thatโs my story and I am sticking to it. If I am sued, it is my hope that the court case will drag out for years and by then, God willing, I will be dead before any money exchanges hands.
… am I allowed to feel complimented by all this?
From Radar Festival, for Christian’s resource pile as he ponders a student film festival: the Top Ten Low-Budget Music Videos. The list comprises both one of his recent fascinations and one of my long-time favorites.
I washed my car at 06h00 today and then again at 06h08. Eight bucks apiece, eight minutes apart. The first one didn’t quite take for reasons I’ll get to shortly.
The Santa Cruz pines were carving up the early morning sun and I had Explosions in the Sky running through my stereo โ a wordless band which has transformed even the most unassuming moments into things both eerie and forboding
