Habits | VISC 404

100 Habits List 

Checking Phone before/after sleeping

Before I go to sleep each night I normally check all the different social media apps for one last update. When I wake up the next morning one of the first things I do is check those same apps to catch up with anything I have missed while I was sleeping. It would be cool to looking into this further and use this in the next steps because it is something that a lot of people do. The feeling of missing something in a place where we are always connected would be something to look at.

Skipping Breakfast

The idea of waking up and not having breakfast because of different reasons is something that is interesting to look at. I normally wake up and only have a certain amount of time to get ready and head to class. It would be interesting to see what effect not having breakfast would have on the rest of the day.

Watching Netflix to pass time (The Office)

One thing I find myself doing all the time is watching the TV show “The Office” when I find time where I have nothing to do or being bored. I will watch the show in order even though I have seen it in full five times before. With this being the 6th time, I still like to watch it and learn new things even though I know what is going to happen. I think it would be fun to look at this and even incorporate The Office into one of my projects.

Spending too much time watching YouTube videos

Every day, multiple times per day, I am on YouTube looking at my subscriptions to see if someone new posted a video. If it is one of the people I really like, odds are I will stop whatever I am doing and go watch the new video. Sometimes I will rewatch old videos from those people that I haven’t seen in awhile just to pass the time. It would be cool to look at this and see why it is and see what changes it has from YouTube videos compared to television

Spending too much time on Twitter

Whenever I have down time, I am always refreshing Twitter to see what is going on. The idea that most, if not all, of the news I get each day is because of Twitter is something that is interesting to look at and would be able to do a lot with.

Listening to podcasts

When I am walking to class, working on a project, or have time to pass, I am always listening to podcasts. In most cases, I like listening to podcasts than I do listening to music. Listening to podcasts I can hear a conversation and learn information about something that keeps me thinking. The idea of this would be cool to look at and work with.

Site Analysis | VISC 404

Apple.com

I think that Apple’s website is one of the most well designed websites. Everything on the website is easily laid out and doesn’t hide anything. If there is a certain thing you need to find on the website, the start of the way to find it is all on the very top of the page as soon as you load the site. They separate the different products into their own sections so if there is a specific thing you need to find out about a product, you don’t have to go digging for the page to find information on it.  With the selections being on the top of each page, navigating to what you want is a lot easier. The graphics for the selections are simple and very distinctive so you know what is what. Someone can glance at the icons and know immediately which page they need to go to because of the simple logos.

The websites on desktop and mobile are just about the exact same thing. Because of the simplicity of the design, it is easy to translate the desktop version to the mobile version.

The only big difference between the two is on the mobile there is a drop down menu for the main homepage, after that it is all the same as the desktop. The colors of the website is black, white, and gray which makes it easy to understand and also gives the photos of the products the main focus which is what Apple is all about.

Group Game Observations | VISC 404

This past weekend was the start of the MLB playoffs. Being from Chicago, I paid very close attention to the Cubs vs Washington Nationals games. In the first game that happened on Friday, the first half of the game felt like it was leaning towards the Nationals because of the pitching, even though no one had scored on either side. The Nationals pitcher had a no hitter going through 5 innings which made it look like the game could go to the Nationals once they started to score some runs. Once the Cubs had gotten their first hit, the momentum of the players shifted bringing them more hits and runs. They had scored 3 runs to end up winning the game thanks to their pitcher who was just as good as the one for the Nationals and ended up shutting them out. When they showed the players on the Nationals and the fans of the Nationals, it seemed like everyone was dead in their tracks and nothing they would do could help them out at all.

Going into game two which was on Saturday, it started off just as the first game had ended with the Cubs starting strong in the first few innings to take a 3-1 lead which stuck around for most of the game. Just like the first game, many on the Nationals looked as if they were done and had nothing left in them at all. One of the better and well known players on the Nationals, Bryce Harper, looked like he had been attacked by a group of people and it really looked like there was nothing left in him. In the 8th inning, when it looked like Cubs players and fans could take a breath and go back to Chicago with a 2-0 series lead, Bryce Harper tied the game with a 2-run home run that brought the Nationals hopes and dreams back to life and really gave them more positive emotions. The team was jumping in and out of the dugout, cheering along with the fans, and waving the rally towels in excitement. After another home run, this time a 3-run home run to put the Nationals ahead, the Cubs looked to have been hit with a baseball to the gut. It had felt like those home runs by the Nationals were out of nowhere and now, what looked like a definate 2-0 series lead for the Cubs, now is a split series, tied 1-1 with the next game happening in the Cubs home.