Web Design, XHTML & CSS
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
The presentations are looming ever nearer, with this in mind I figured I would give a blog post including useful tips and errors I made during my presentation.
I found that looking the part actually helped my presentation a lot. Even though some people might say “it’s just a suit” I found it helped me gain a lot more confidence which was one of the major problems I was worrying about before the presentation. Also the suit made people pay more attention to what I was saying as it looked more official. This would be my top tip, if you don’t have a suit buy one or borrow one from a friend.
While doing the presentation I initially found it difficult to find the perfect position, however after a while I found standing slightly right of the interactive board was the best place to be as it allowed instant access to the computer if the interactive board wasn’t working properly, or if you need to show some code / an external file.
When I did the presentation I should have brought water with me, about half way through my throat went dry and I was having difficulty speaking. Also I didn’t bring information / memory cards with me because I thought I memorized the entire presentation, however I wish I had brought some because of the stress I forgot some of my lines.
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Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Three years on the course has been leading up to this moment, although I’m slightly nervous I have been looking forward to this assignment.
Finally I will be working for real clients in real working conditions. Not only will this give me a chance to see what it’s like working in the industry. Although my end goal is to be a coder the geek side to design, in this assignment I will be a designer. I am really happy about this, as it will give me chance to air brush my design skills before I leave college and go into the industry. This assignment will also help my portfolio a considerable amount, as I will have more print and web work to show at the end of it.
Although this assignment is working for clients, I am aware that I can do everything the client requires and still not pass the assignment. So at all times during this final stage I will be keeping an eye out on the assignment requirements.
To understand more about the industry.
To see what it’s like working with clients.
Working under a constrained time.
Air brush my skills before employment.
To improve both my coding and design skills before employment.
Gain real working experience.
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