November 22, 2006

The speech from Elena Rivera MacGregor

Filed under: Design, School, All — Gina @ 3:40 pm

:hahaha: Gladly I went to the speech hold by our guest speaker Elena Rivera MacGregor from Rivera Design Group.
That was GOOD!
Here are something that really hit me:

    The trends – What can a junior graphic designer attribute a design firm? The skill, the age, probably? The trends is the key. The most important reason for a design firm wanting to get someone “new” is because they are looking for something “fresh”! Give the employers a shot!
    It is not a memory game – We deal with not only one thing at a time, and there’re always so many details to take care of, in order to keep all the data organized and easy to catch up for the next time, name the files logically! Make check list to help the troubleshooting is a must do thing as well.
    Ask – It is always better to ask rather then guess, not only for ourselves but also for our partners and boss. Knowing things for sure and gain the knowledge, that’s where the confidence comes from. Check, confirm and get approval from the clients, think about Murphy’s Law!

ps. check out their website, you will be surprised what they’ve done! and look carefully AI guys, you will see some one familiar!

November 19, 2006

首頁測試 Come test my portfolio site

Filed under: Design, Geek, Work, All — Gina @ 11:54 am

weekend就是Gina的coding day,現在首頁終於開放,內頁完成了三分之一,我還是想尋找可以播放flash的超強light box,對於java script沒概念的我,其實根本不清楚這可不可行…不過這應該可以去加在wish list上面吧?
歡迎大家有空去逛囉!我要先去睡一下,code了一整晚,快虛脫了。 :zzz:

November 15, 2006

Moo, Mini Cards

Filed under: Life, Design, All — Gina @ 7:05 am

Moo
雖然沒搭上前一陣子MooFlickr上pro account的promotion,但是這可愛的小卡片真的是討人喜歡得緊,還是讓我乖乖掏腰包,訂了一套。
因為不用急就章,剛好讓我從容的挑選照片,要不然從六七千張照片之中,挑出一百張,之後crop,還真是一項浩大工程。依照慣利,又是沒有人,連動物也少得可憐,旅行的風景照佔了最大宗,植物近拍其次;真是充分反映出我的攝影習慣。
—離題分隔線—
就說九月底的那趟Banff吧,幾百張照片,竟沒半個人影!其實我不是不拍人,而是總拍不好,連上學期棚拍我都拍得馬馬虎虎,每次拍人,總是自己先害羞,更不要說跟模特兒溝通了;可想而知,對於無法溝通的動物,更是要碰運氣,對好焦構好圖,按下快門,該死的怎麼鳥飛了狗跑了貓睡著了!?相較之下,山水天地花草,永遠就是定定靜靜的,我想要怎麼調整,怎麼換角度,也不用不好意思,更不怕山崩水竭還是花謝草枯,就算是變化,也是可以意料計算的。我想這多少也是個性使然,我真是太龜毛了,沒辦法。
—離題分隔線—
Anyways,經過引頸期待,終於在昨天讓我等到了我的Mini Cards(因為遇到戰殤紀念日連假,又讓我多等了好幾天),迫不及待的拆開,和Judy兩人一人一小疊,坐在燈下細細看。
印刷品質沒得挑剔,是我喜歡的調子;裁切和收邊很細緻,更沒有紙渣之類殘餘;卡紙的觸感平滑柔細,研究之後才發現,竟然是葉子紙!喔喔~好神奇!
晚餐後大家又忍不住拿出來慢慢研究,真的是越看越愛不釋手,整個就是滿分!
以Mini Cards的尺寸而言,要拿來當正式的名片是有點勉強的,太容易遺失,而且稍嫌不夠端莊正式。但是卻是交友的利器!小小一張卡,亮眼又活潑,可以隨身攜帶以炫耀用,或是和昔日旅伴好友,一起細細回味;對於剛認識的朋友,不但輕易留下印象,更省卻遞名片的尷尬,真是絕妙!
Moo
Mini Cards真是讓我越看越愛,放不開。 ::>:

November 13, 2006

雜記 A little bit of everything

Filed under: Life, Design, Geek, All — Gina @ 6:19 am

code了一整天,Portfolio site總算完成了一半,一邊整理一邊做網頁真的很累,感覺像是在腦袋瓜裡煮漿糊,鍋爐隨時會爆炸一樣。
不過layout和navigation有出來算是好事一件,另外的重大突破應該是java script吧,繼pop up window之後,拜google大神之賜,我竟然將drop down menu也變出來了,感覺有點太神奇…喔吼吼~請叫我coding神童吧!
說說別的事,我和Karen昨天終於post了徵屋廣告,今天立刻就有好消息,1500/mo,sunset區,兩房一廳一衛,包水電瓦斯垃圾,有洗衣間,含車位,而且還附傢俱耶!這樣的好康哪是看廣告就能找得到的!Karen說她會找時間實際去看,希望真的是間好屋啦~

ps. 有smiley就會忍不住要用一下,哈哈哈! :lol:

November 11, 2006

Portfolio Site

Filed under: Life, Design, Geek, All — Gina @ 6:09 pm

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真的不知道該怎麼做才好。
光架構就猶豫個老半天,到底要做flash還是要用html+css+javascript???
blog和主站之間的風格要搭配還是各自發展??
還要不要開一個英文的格?
哎唷好麻煩,blog要update真的很方便,但是…我卻還是覺得有點不對勁阿…
既然花錢買了空間,就要好好利用利用,真的好煩惱阿…