Comments for Use A Concept http://useaconcept.com A design blog just for students Wed, 31 Aug 2011 02:33:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Designers vs Coding by Stephen Emlund http://useaconcept.com/blog/2011/08/31/designers-vs-coding-2/#comment-243 Stephen Emlund Wed, 31 Aug 2011 02:33:18 +0000 http://useaconcept.com/blog/2011/08/31/designers-vs-coding-2/#comment-243 I definitely agree. I know HTML/CSS and how to hack my way through many other web programming languages (PHP, ASP, Javascript, etc). If a designer will be designing websites, understanding how the code works is a necessity. Form and function should be equal with websites and that can't happen successfully without an understanding of HTML/CSS. I actually knew HTML/CSS before starting my design degree. That was actually a bit harmful because I was being to restrictive with my work. It's sad that some colleges only teach you how to use Dreamweaver, but not code. That's like teaching Photoshop but not design principles. Great Post Gary! I definitely agree. I know HTML/CSS and how to hack my way through many other web programming languages (PHP, ASP, Javascript, etc). If a designer will be designing websites, understanding how the code works is a necessity. Form and function should be equal with websites and that can’t happen successfully without an understanding of HTML/CSS.

I actually knew HTML/CSS before starting my design degree. That was actually a bit harmful because I was being to restrictive with my work. It’s sad that some colleges only teach you how to use Dreamweaver, but not code. That’s like teaching Photoshop but not design principles.

Great Post Gary!

]]> Comment on Time for a facelift by Lauren Kusmierczak http://useaconcept.com/blog/2011/07/28/time-for-a-facelift/#comment-231 Lauren Kusmierczak Fri, 29 Jul 2011 03:10:53 +0000 http://useaconcept.com/?p=1168#comment-231 The site looks wonderful! As a previous student of yours, I like to keep Use A Concept as one of my many home page tabs. You always post wonderful useful items. Kudos! The site looks wonderful! As a previous student of yours, I like to keep Use A Concept as one of my many home page tabs. You always post wonderful useful items. Kudos!

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]]> Comment on Call for Entries: Building the Internet of Things: Interaction Design Contest by ixdcontest http://useaconcept.com/blog/2010/10/23/call-for-entries-building-the-internet-of-things-interaction-design-contest/#comment-88 ixdcontest Tue, 26 Oct 2010 09:25:54 +0000 http://useaconcept.com/?p=938#comment-88 Thanks for posting! We hope to see you there! ;) Thanks for posting! We hope to see you there! ;)

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]]> Comment on 2010 Suicide Prevention Project by kyah hollen http://useaconcept.com/blog/2010/02/07/2010-suicide-prevention-project/#comment-18 kyah hollen Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:37:56 +0000 http://useaconcept.com/?p=470#comment-18 I used to contemplate suicide. I had bought this book of suicide methods, and it gave the downlow on how to do it, but also how each method could fail. That was scary. Like, If I tried to asphyxiate myself by a plastic bag, I probably would get brain damage because After I went unconscious, my hands would loosen up on the plastic bag and I would actually survive from it. Stuff like that. People were truely disturbed by my book, but every time I wanted to do it, i'd read the method of my plan, and then get too scared of surviving it. Also, there was a girl on Oprah who was determined to commit suicide so she got ran over by a train and lived to tell about it. She had no legs. After that, i never made suicide an option. If someone could survive getting run over by a train, then any method can fail. Show that Oprah show. It was too powerful. I used to contemplate suicide. I had bought this book of suicide methods, and it gave the downlow on how to do it, but also how each method could fail. That was scary. Like, If I tried to asphyxiate myself by a plastic bag, I probably would get brain damage because After I went unconscious, my hands would loosen up on the plastic bag and I would actually survive from it. Stuff like that. People were truely disturbed by my book, but every time I wanted to do it, i’d read the method of my plan, and then get too scared of surviving it.

Also, there was a girl on Oprah who was determined to commit suicide so she got ran over by a train and lived to tell about it. She had no legs. After that, i never made suicide an option. If someone could survive getting run over by a train, then any method can fail.

Show that Oprah show. It was too powerful.

]]> Comment on New face, new platform & FREE book! by Stephen Emlund http://useaconcept.com/blog/2009/08/30/new-face-new-platorm-free-book/#comment-14 Stephen Emlund Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:54:50 +0000 http://useaconcept.com/?p=98#comment-14 Hey there, I just ran across this post again, and saw that I won! Do you need my address? I'm stoked... Thanks, Steve Hey there, I just ran across this post again, and saw that I won! Do you need my address?

I’m stoked…

Thanks,
Steve

]]> Comment on Type Means Never Having To Say You're Sorry by Misty Mays http://useaconcept.com/blog/2009/10/12/type-means-never-having-to-say-youre-sorry/#comment-17 Misty Mays Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:09:39 +0000 http://useaconcept.com/?p=345#comment-17 I was surprises when a roommate used Comic Sans font for a thesis project on death.... I was surprises when a roommate used Comic Sans font for a thesis project on death….

]]> Comment on New face, new platform & FREE book! by Darren http://useaconcept.com/blog/2009/08/30/new-face-new-platorm-free-book/#comment-13 Darren Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:03:46 +0000 http://useaconcept.com/?p=98#comment-13 I think that the posts on concept & process are incredibly rewarding. There are a million Photoshop tutorials and likewise sites, but few and far between quality sites on progress. Something like interviews with designers on how they sketch, questions they ask clients, dream projects, etc. I think that the posts on concept & process are incredibly rewarding. There are a million Photoshop tutorials and likewise sites, but few and far between quality sites on progress.

Something like interviews with designers on how they sketch, questions they ask clients, dream projects, etc.

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