My blog is lame and simple, but whatever! I like my blogg.... Whatever, I'm getting cheese fries!
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
thinking about blogs and sites
I REAllY liked the NAEA website. I found looking at it made me want to learn more. I also found it easy to use and navigate, which is a big plus for me! It was organized really well, I thought, so I could tell what was what. Their page design seemed well suited too because it was bright and fun,it made me think art Ed! I Also love the Chicago artist's resource. I get e-mails from them and find them to be pretty productive non. I mostly just like how their web page is cut and clean. The simple lay out makes it very straight forward.
Lastly i liked the Brooklyn Museum blog more than the blog we looked at last weeke because I found it more approachable. The language was understandable and they stated their purpose of their most recent post right away so i had a clear idea of what was going on. And I like the idea of putting their collection on line! You go, Brooklyn Museum!
Wooo hoo!
Lastly i liked the Brooklyn Museum blog more than the blog we looked at last weeke because I found it more approachable. The language was understandable and they stated their purpose of their most recent post right away so i had a clear idea of what was going on. And I like the idea of putting their collection on line! You go, Brooklyn Museum!
Wooo hoo!
Things with sugar
Hi blog!!!!
I meant to say "hi" to you last week, but oops... Did you miss me? Well, while your where just chillin', I was eating A LOT of sugar!
The whale cookie when to Joel. Oh and the pretty tin ceiling was taken at Alience Bakery on Division, that's where we got the cookies. And, that's Andrea pushing around her quiche. Andrea, why you always gotta look sad like that?!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Discussion????
Here are my thoughts on the two web pages we were supposed to look at and mention or discuss in our blogs (oops) here goes nothing (duh!)
www.museumtwo.blogspot.com was a really cool idea for a blog, I thought. My only criticism was there were two many words and that made me not wanna read it all. Sound lazy? True, but most museum goers are lazy! Ever been to a museum with someone else who just wants to rush through the whole place and go to the store? Yeah. Oh, and on that note, why are museum shops so freggin' expensive?! But any way, the museumtwo blogg was cool over all. I liked the idea about starting a reaction boad to a particular exhibit. But I guess using post-it notes is kinds low tech, maybe that's why i like it?!
On the other site we had to check out, this one" http://artic.edu/aic Um, that's just the art institute's web page. I have no complaints about it per say. It was pretty interactive I guess. Hummm, I don't know what to say so I will just stop talking now...
Ok, peace out!
Ps. Cooooooool, I made it a pretty colors!!!
www.museumtwo.blogspot.com was a really cool idea for a blog, I thought. My only criticism was there were two many words and that made me not wanna read it all. Sound lazy? True, but most museum goers are lazy! Ever been to a museum with someone else who just wants to rush through the whole place and go to the store? Yeah. Oh, and on that note, why are museum shops so freggin' expensive?! But any way, the museumtwo blogg was cool over all. I liked the idea about starting a reaction boad to a particular exhibit. But I guess using post-it notes is kinds low tech, maybe that's why i like it?!
On the other site we had to check out, this one" http://artic.edu/aic Um, that's just the art institute's web page. I have no complaints about it per say. It was pretty interactive I guess. Hummm, I don't know what to say so I will just stop talking now...
Ok, peace out!
Ps. Cooooooool, I made it a pretty colors!!!
hi blog world,I'm back!
Still learning to get comfortable with this medium...
So, let me tell you some stuff since I've been gone. Here's what been happening that's exciting:
I turned 26. Yay me! Now I am more than a quarter of a century. Hoary, I am also past the mid 20-something slump.
Also valentines' Day happened. I got a really cool book from my boyfriend Joel. It's called : "Listography" It's going to be the story of my life in the form of lists. Cool, huh? Especially because lately it seems like all we are doing in our classes is thinkin' about our life stories; our "me power point", that paper we have to write for Phsyc/Soch/Phenon... Jeez.
Anyway, another thing that happened out here in the real world, out side of cyber land, is we went to the Modern Wing of the Art Institute. It was pretty cool talking to people who we'd never met... some of them seems scared though... maybe it was just weird that we were asking them questions? But more were nice and full of ideas! I have to say though, a number of the people we talked to said they "didn't want there to be too much technology" in the museum...
Hummmm
Lastly, those chocolates are from the new "french market" at the Metra station on Clinton. How cool!
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Let me explain....
Hello world.
I'm here to tell you a little bit more about myself and in doing so explain the ridiculousness of the title of this blog. Ready? OK, here goes nothing:
I hate computers. Well, hate is a strong word, maybe I don't hate them... But I don't love them either, and I definitely don't love technology. But, I do like to write. So, this part of the whole blog making thing isn't so bad.
All I really know how to do with computers is type and use the Internet. Even those two things, I was a late bloomer on learning. So, this means no, I don't tweet, blog ,skype, use facebook or myspace, or even know half of the stuff there is out there to do using computers. I'm not even proficient in photoshop and I only recently made my first ever power point presentation! It sort of sounds like I am living in the archaic 1950's doesn't it? (Ok, I do watch stuff on youtube sometimes, but a monkey could do that, right? Yeah, I would say that is basically my level of techno- know-how; monkey) More on all this later...
I know what your thinking: What am I, some sort of weirdo or something!? Not really, just a little quirky, I guess. Maybe more on that later too, but back to me and computers...
Here is my goal: to learn how to "like" using computers more and become more comfortable with technology over all. At least enough to make me feel like less of a techno outcast and be able to do more interesting and useful things with technology.
The thing is, what I really like is to make things with my hands. For me it always comes down to a computer can't make me a delicious Italian dinner, or paint me a beautiful oil painting or sew me a blanket, so why would I spend time on it?! And aside from that, I find sitting and staring at the monitor boring! I don't fell connected to computers or technology in any way when I use them. I just use them to do what I gotta do,and that's about it. Don't get me wrong; I do love having a computer because I need to use it for school and work, but that's about it. My Mac's name is Rosie because she has a pretty pink cover .When I'm finished with whatever I needed her for, I turn her off and don't bother to venture out there into cyberland. Same goes with other kinds of technology; yes I do have an I pod touch(which came with the computer,mind you) but all I do with it is listen to music. I don't even have any pictures or videos on it, I don't have any cool apps either... I just can't seem to fall in love with the idea of it all the same way everyone else has. I just wanna listen to my music and that's it! I never even bothered to learn how to do all the other stuff with it.
So, are you starting to see why I named this blog "Computerchopedliver"? I was trying to come up with something cute or clever for a name, but instead my boyfriend and I started joking around (of coarse he had to be here to help me even get started with the blog) and in the midst of things I thought of something as repulsive as chopped liver and we agreed it just seemed like a perfect name for a blog of mine!
I understand the ideas behind modern technology and I appreciate the convenience technology has presented us with, but I just can't seem to get excited about it... At least not yet. I'm hoping this class will help me have a better out look and a better set of techno savvy skills! Otherwise I guess I just won't be taking anything with a battery,the Internet, or an electric Cord to my desert island.
-me
I'm here to tell you a little bit more about myself and in doing so explain the ridiculousness of the title of this blog. Ready? OK, here goes nothing:
I hate computers. Well, hate is a strong word, maybe I don't hate them... But I don't love them either, and I definitely don't love technology. But, I do like to write. So, this part of the whole blog making thing isn't so bad.
All I really know how to do with computers is type and use the Internet. Even those two things, I was a late bloomer on learning. So, this means no, I don't tweet, blog ,skype, use facebook or myspace, or even know half of the stuff there is out there to do using computers. I'm not even proficient in photoshop and I only recently made my first ever power point presentation! It sort of sounds like I am living in the archaic 1950's doesn't it? (Ok, I do watch stuff on youtube sometimes, but a monkey could do that, right? Yeah, I would say that is basically my level of techno- know-how; monkey) More on all this later...
I know what your thinking: What am I, some sort of weirdo or something!? Not really, just a little quirky, I guess. Maybe more on that later too, but back to me and computers...
Here is my goal: to learn how to "like" using computers more and become more comfortable with technology over all. At least enough to make me feel like less of a techno outcast and be able to do more interesting and useful things with technology.
The thing is, what I really like is to make things with my hands. For me it always comes down to a computer can't make me a delicious Italian dinner, or paint me a beautiful oil painting or sew me a blanket, so why would I spend time on it?! And aside from that, I find sitting and staring at the monitor boring! I don't fell connected to computers or technology in any way when I use them. I just use them to do what I gotta do,and that's about it. Don't get me wrong; I do love having a computer because I need to use it for school and work, but that's about it. My Mac's name is Rosie because she has a pretty pink cover .When I'm finished with whatever I needed her for, I turn her off and don't bother to venture out there into cyberland. Same goes with other kinds of technology; yes I do have an I pod touch(which came with the computer,mind you) but all I do with it is listen to music. I don't even have any pictures or videos on it, I don't have any cool apps either... I just can't seem to fall in love with the idea of it all the same way everyone else has. I just wanna listen to my music and that's it! I never even bothered to learn how to do all the other stuff with it.
So, are you starting to see why I named this blog "Computerchopedliver"? I was trying to come up with something cute or clever for a name, but instead my boyfriend and I started joking around (of coarse he had to be here to help me even get started with the blog) and in the midst of things I thought of something as repulsive as chopped liver and we agreed it just seemed like a perfect name for a blog of mine!
I understand the ideas behind modern technology and I appreciate the convenience technology has presented us with, but I just can't seem to get excited about it... At least not yet. I'm hoping this class will help me have a better out look and a better set of techno savvy skills! Otherwise I guess I just won't be taking anything with a battery,the Internet, or an electric Cord to my desert island.
-me
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