zine recession sale... darling is coming...

Tones of great zines will be on display,
Alicia runs a zine library and has a great collection to view, also there will be baked goods and music!

Date: Thursday March 5 th
Time: 11 - 6pm
Place: OCAD (Ontario College of Art and Design) in the Grand Hall, just behind the elevators as you walk into the main building
Address: 100 McCaul Street,Toronto
Name of Show: zine recession sale

thanks for the support!
~S (GBC Alumni)

Lessons Learned and Looking Ahead

Thought this might be of interest to some of us transceptive beings:

The Power of People: Community Responses to Capitalism in Crisis
Public Meeting and Meal: Lessons Learned and Looking Ahead

Sunday March 1st, 2009
Time: 3pm (Meal at 5pm)
Location: OISE, 252 Bloor Street West (St. George Subway Station), Main
Auditorium
Free Meal will be served after the event!
By Donation / PWYC

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Featuring:

Max Rameau, Take Back the Land (Miami, Florida)
Richard St. Pierre, Longtime Quebec activist and member of the
Internationalist
Workers Group (Montréal, Quebec)
Cynthia Palmaria, Migrante-Ontario (Toronto, Ontario)
John Clarke, Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (Toronto, Ontario)
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Please join us for an evening of discussion and food. Come hear directly from a diverse panel of community organizers about their experiences and strategies, including Max Rameau, an organizer with the Miami-based 'Take Back the Land', a grassroots group that, as a result of the crises of
gentrification, housing and now foreclosures, has been liberating public and foreclosed land and homes since 2006.

The current crisis of capitalism has long been forming, but it is much broader than the current credit crunch, plunging stock and housing markets. This crisis is about our ability to buy food, to afford housing and transit, find work, and access welfare and disability support money.

And yet, in this country, as in many parts of the world, billions of dollars are earmarked for corporate bailouts, while people face a crisis of survival. So-called 'stimulus packages' do not address the perpetual roll-back in our social gains - public education, affordable housing,
health care, collective bargaining, a living wage, safe work conditions, a non-toxic, sustainable environment. In the City of Toronto, spending on social housing is dropping annually, subsidized daycare spots are set to be slashed, basic social services cut, and a majority of us do not and
will not qualify for EI. Women and migrant workers' needs are not even on the table.

But we didn't break the system - one that never worked for us in the first place. We should not be forced to pay for it.

Only through bitter struggle have we won any measure of justice and dignity for our communities. The current financial crisis is and will continue to hit poor, marginalized, working, and racialized communities first and hardest. Make no mistake - the rich are scrambling to save themselves.

Please join us to discuss an inspiring history and present examples of resistance, and ways we can come together to fight for what is ours, for what our families and neighbourhoods really deserve.
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Hosted by: OCAP (Ontario Coalition Against Poverty), GGAPSS
(Graduate Geography and Planning Students Society of UofT), and the
Toronto New Socialists

Endorsed by: CAIA (The Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid) BASICS
Community Newsletter, and OPIRG (Ontario Public Interest Research Group)

Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
10 Britain St. Toronto, ON M5A 1R6
416-925-6939 ocap@tao.ca www.ocap.ca

Just for today, do not worry.

Make a Difference in the World

I saw a beautiful video today, and I wanted to share it with you as an example of TRANSCEPTION.

Cinnamon Buns Made With Transception

Photo by Dave Lee,
Nikon D60, 18-55mm lens





Ooh they are good (Jillian)
Wonderful (Jesse)
Really Good (Alex)
So Good (Dave)

TODAY: Class Evaluation of Prototypes
Evaluate all the prototypes in your group and post your evaluation of your site:
http://www.designportfolio.ca/~graf1131_004/

Prototype Evaluations (Within Each Team)

STEPS:
1. Each group will create an evaluation sheet for the prototypes.
2. Evaluate each prototype using the evaluation sheet.
3. Make suggestions for design improvement.
4. Post the Prototype Evaluation on the Web Site as an HTML or Flash page. Be sure to create a button to take the viewer to the Prototype Evaluation.

EVALUATION SHEET QUESTIONS:
1. What do you think of the overall design ? What changes would you make ?
2. Are you happy with the structural design (Layers, Tables, Flash Movie Clips, Frames) you chose? Would you make adjustments next time ?
3. Is the colour scheme exactly what you expected ? What alterations would you make?
4. Are graphic Design principles evident? Explain what principles are employed, and what may need to be adjusted.
5. Is the metaphor used in the graphical interface? Is the metaphor explained with a description?
6. Is there enough content and design to demonstrate that the Web Designer is able to do the work to your satisfaction?
7. Is it easy to navigate? What changes are required ?
8. Are media examples/elements missing to help tell the story/solution? List missing items.
9. Do the typefaces suit the content? What changes are required ?
10. Does it functionally work ? What changes are required ?
11. Does the Web Site lead the viewer towards holistic development of the individual? Explain how it does or does not do this.
12. Is the dimension explained? Is the Solution within the correct dimension? Explain.
13. List other suggestions for improvement.

NEXT STEPS:
Interface Design due next class.
The Interface design is based upon the metaphor for the Web Site.

Evaluation sample ( Product evaluation)
http://www.technologystudent.com/despro_flsh/box1.html

User Interface Design Criteria - from California Polytechnic State
University
http://www.csc.calpoly.edu/~jdalbey/SWE/QA/UICriteria.htm

Web Anatomy
http://www.uie.com/articles/web_anatomy_frameworks/

Try the 5-Second Test
http://www.uie.com/articles/five_second_test/

User Interface Engineering
http://www.uie.com/
- Here’s a site where you can get news and articles on design.

Socially Responsible Design (SRD) Competition

While "competition" is not a term associated with the work of transception and evolutionary guided media, I am posting this advertisement in case you might be interested in the socially responsible aspect of this opportunity:

Socially Responsible Design (SRD) Competition
This contest is open to 2009 graduating design students and design professionals within Canada. There are 2 categories: SRD that targets the Developed World and SRD that targets the Developing World. Students will be judged as part of Rocket, the annual student design show. All entries mst be received by April 15, 2009. An honorarium of $200 will be paid for each design that is accepted. More details available at www.coolersolutionsinc.com/srdesign

What a Great Example of Evolutionary Guidance Media

http://playingforchange.com/

How to FTP to Account

Two Important Steps:
1) Use Dreamweaver;
2) Select Secure FTP checkbox, when setting up the site.

Hope this helps.
P.

What's Due in Phase # 2

There are four steps to consider in this phase.

Step 1: Site Map
The site map is basically a central place where the viewer can navigate to every page on the site.
Prepare the following:
1) Content Inventory Document. This document will list all the content items required to be on the site. The items will then be organized into categories. From these items and categories a site map is sketched, refined, and produced.
2) An html file for every page on the site, thus creating a framework for the whole site.
3) Site map: An HTML page including a hyperlink to every page on the site.

Step 2: Content Gathering, Writing, and Editing
In the process of designing the Web Site, you will need to gather content from the client, and from other places. You may also be called upon to create new content, and edit/reformat existing content.
Prepare a list of items under the following headings:
1) Existing items that need to be gathered
2) New items that need to be created
3) Items that need editing/reformatting.

Step 3: Technical Specifications
Decide the formats of all data files.
Prepare a report:
1) List the technical specifications that are required for this site.
2) List all the technical requirements that I am able to resource myself
3) List all the technical requirements that I will need to out-source.

Step 4: Navigation
Prepare a flow chart illustrating the navigational structure for the site.
The site may be linear (forward & backwards only).
The site may be jump-linear (jumping back to a higher level).

Phase One

Congratulations!!!
Phase One is completed.
Web Site List with Icons

Next Steps:
Phase Two...
1) Site Map
2) Collect & Study related ideas (Look for designs that solve similar problems)
3) Gather materials
...

REMINDER:
In-class presentation of the Prototype due Week #7 ( We are now in week #5)