Blog Four

In my blog this week I will talk about the concept of fair use. The concept of fair use has been around since the inception of the copyright, This was long before digital file sharing or even the photocopier. Fair use can have many applications. Fair use for nonprofit educational purposes means that teachers can use copyrighted materials in their classroom, but they still have to accurately credit the material and in some cases pay for it.For educational purposes I think that fair use should be executed.

One of the main sites I found with images for use with alternative copyrights is

CreativeCommons.org
This site offers a wide range of options. Creative Commons provides free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry. You can use CC to change your copyright terms from "All Rights Reserved" to "Some Rights Reserved." I think this is a popular method especially with the advancement of technology and the Internet.

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Blog Numbaa Three

I plan on making a multi-purpose informational news site located at Public Truth. I used this website back in the 04 elections and as of now it's just a blank page. The homepage will be a news site that will have pictures and animated graphics that relate to current news about the site. It will have a top navigation bar that will allow you to look at My personal site as well as Jeff and Todd's. It will also include past and current class projects. The audience for this site will probably be friends, classmates and family. I chose this content because I believe it will be interesting for the reader. The style of the site will include black blue and white colors. It will also have picture sideshows made in macromedia flash. Speaking of flash, I don't really have much experience with it and after playing around with it for a few hours, I was able to get a sample slide show going. I will post that in a few days. It's going to be challenging but I am excited to see the finished product.

On a second note, I just wanted to share a picture of myself at work (8-help) writing my blog.. You will notice the extreme excitement!

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Blog #2

I will list 3 of my favorite website and discuss what design aspects make them stand out.

Facebook.com - I believe that facebook is one of my favorite designed sites. I think this primarily because the site itself stays very uniform. The navigation and links are constant not to mention there are little to no adds.

Gmail.com - Gmail is a great site for webmail. The layout of the mail folders and the embedded google specific scripts allows for convenient sending and receiving of email. Also has a good help system built in to the site.

Nasdaq.com - I enjoy the navigation of this site. It is easy to look up stock quotes and chart stock patterns through one simple search site. Navigation is on the top and left side of the site. It stays constant.I would like to make a site similar to this.

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I commented on Todd's Blog.

Blog #1 - Intro

Hello, My name is John Graff. I am a 25 year old Junior at OSU. My major is Corporate Technical Training. I have always been interested in web design and administration. I started a web design and administration company in 2002, Tri-Rivers Networking, In Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. I administer three web and mail servers, two windows 2003 corporate and one debian linux server. I host six websites, four of which I have designed. I administer two companies remotely, Connections And Wiring Inc. a Security and Satellite Installation company in Pittsburgh and Allegheny Heritage Builders Inc. I have an associates in network administration. I believe knowledge gained in school and just putzing around with different web design programs has helped me learn a great deal. My favorite web design languages are asp and php (SQL Databased). Most of my sites are php. I know basic html and javascript. I am happy to be in this class because I know that I will learn more about web design strategies and most importantly I want to help others in my class. Here is a listing of my websites:

Hosted and Designed:
Pittsburgh Pimps
Starscope - Music Library
Pittsburgh Powerski

Hosted:
Allegheny Heritage Inc.
Connections and Wiring Inc.

Under Construction
Tri Rivers Networking Inc.
Public Truth

Personal
Myspace

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