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my life my experiences my opinion skip to content my life my experiences my opinion menu search about jennifer search for search tackling unix and group dynamics on october 26 2017 by jennisaninja in lis ls 560 leave a comment midterms have come and passed and i have nearly completed two projects for my information technology course the first project was the hand tagged html webpage as i mentioned in my last blog i had a lot of fun being able to use my creativity for this assignment the exactness of html was also something that really appealed to me others may become frustrated searching for the one character that is out of place and throwing their entire page off but to me it was really more of a scavenger hunt at least to a point the next project due in our course is a power point presentation on unix i will have to admit unix was not at all as scary as i thought it would be and saying words like vpn and server and actually having some idea of what they mean when i say them has been quite a novel experience while i would not say that i am fluent with unix i definitely have a greater understanding of it now and could likely muddle my way through if i was required to in my future career certainly it has not been all fun and games apparently the server that houses our websites was set up in an abnormal way so some of our unix commands were not working properly mainly the ls and grep commands that were attempting to search within an empty directory working through these problems has been frustrating at times but i have still enjoyed the experience overall perhaps i have missed my calling as a tech person while finishing up the unix presentation we have also begun working on a group usability study in order to ensure good group dynamics dr bonnici recommended that we take the myers briggs personality test here in order to learn more about ourselves and how we interact with others i have taken a couple of these personality tests before but it is always good to refresh on exactly what combination of four letters you are i got intj which stands for introverted 9 intuitive 41 thinking 6 and judging 25 i agree with this result for the most part at least as it relates to my intellectual experiences and my professional relationships although it seems that intjs are a little more maverick in the work place than i would consider myself where the description seemed less accurate to me was in the sections on personal relationships where i think i tend towards feeling rather than thinking i think that my result of intj bodes well for working within a group as i will work tirelessly to make sure that we are organized with a well thought out plan for executing our study efficiently from it fluency to accessibility on september 13 2017 september 13 2017 by jennisaninja in lis ls 560 writing leave a comment as part of my first blog post for my information technology course i was asked to address my it fluency it has now been a couple of weeks since my last post and in that time i have been able to work through some html basics and begin to build my webpage the first assignment that is due in our course as i mentioned previously i am not unfamiliar with html having taken a web design class in high school i utilized many of the tags i learned in that class to help me format my old myspace page thereby dating me for my readers and later on my blog here at wordpress as everyone who has used a wysiwyg interface knows things do not always translate once you publish them to the web being able to switch to the html editor on both of these platforms and see where things were going wrong was a useful skill html resurfaced again most recently when i created a libguide as an assignment for a course my chosen topic was bigfoot and my slightly dusty knowledge of html allowed me to format a lot of text and images that otherwise would have sat on my pages in unattractive blocks that being said i do remember that in my high school class i struggled once we got out of basic html tags this meant that the concept of css was incomprehensible to me and i had trouble getting it to work correctly in my pages as well as some more advanced concepts this probably had something to do with the style of the class while similar to our information technology course where we are largely left to learn on our own in high school our only recourse was the textbook i have found that this is simply not how i learn to use it having visual examples being shown how things operate just makes so much more sense to me than having to read about something i have never seen in action before i am happy to report that my css page is working great for my current webpage and it was a lot of fun to choose the whole color scheme using the tools on w3schools however once again usability and accessibility have to be taken into account here when discussing css dr bonnici mentioned thinking about different kinds of users when choosing your color scheme one example being colorblind users selecting anything in the green or red range could be a big flop for those viewers who are colorblind unfortunately the color scheme that i chose for my page is a sage green with white and dark gray text i love this color scheme and i think that it represents me very well however should i change it to something a little more universal on the one hand i do want as many users as possible to enjoy the full effect of my webpage on the other hand this is my personal page should i change something that i feel is representative of myself certainly if this were a business s page an effort should be made to maximize the viewing potential but does the purpose of this particular webpage change that somewhat if i do keep the background color have i at least chosen text colors that provide enough contrast for those who are unable to see green this constant reminder of access and use has also been brought up in conversations we have had in ls 500 organization of information that touch on how most users take for granted that the organization they are encountered with when navigating spaces like libraries is a natural occurrence in fact these are heavily constructed spaces centuries of organizational theory and practice have culminated in the system that we use today but all that work goes largely unnoticed and taken for granted i think this happens frequently on digital platforms as well a lot of work goes into website design but i personally don t often spend a lot of time thinking wow this website is so easy to use i love how they chose to word these navigational buttons etc however it is often so noticeable to me the user when the design is bad a slightly off topic example i have been in the process of transferring medical records and therefore have had to fill out several forms it has been taking me forever not because i want to drag out the process but because the forms themselves are not self explanatory and it is not always clear to me what they are asking for i am sure that for whoever designed the forms they make perfect sense but i am still left with a lot of questions that apparently aren t easily answered over the phone this is an important lesson for developers of any kind is what seems clear to you clear to your users it may take a little creative thinking to get yourself out of your own head and into someone else s an introduction to ls 560 on august 30 2017 august 30 2017 by jennisaninja in lis ls 560 leave a comment greetings ls 560 class and welcome to my blog it s hardly a thing of beauty and it has fallen into disuse more than once but you might notice some posts scattered over the last seven years again my name is jennifer fain and i am in my second year of mlis program here at the university of alabama i am originally from the seattle area but have been in alabama since 2009 i received both my bachelor s and master s degree in history from ua and apparently could not get enough school because i came back for the mlis here as well i am yet another student here at slis who is on the archival track hoping to combine my general interest in old things with archival work i would not call myself particularly fluent in it while i am someone born in the digital age and do not have many problems in terms of operating different types of technology i have extremely limited knowledge in how these tools actually work whether that be software or hardware my phone surface even my car might as well be powered by the magic of tiny wizards inside for all i know about them whenever someone mentions the words computer science or computer programming i tend to try to find a way of extricating myself from the conversation as quickly as possible that being said i have used html on several occasions and found that i have enjoyed it very much starting with a web design class in high school and ending this most recent spring semester with the creation of libguide on bigfoot i have found html to be both a challenging and satisfying puzzle i am very much looking forward to using html again and despite my leeriness over it in general am tentatively looking forward to the other topics of this course pic of the day on april 14 2013 by jennisaninja in pic of the day leave a comment sooooo i know that i was supposed to post a piece about my drive across the country a couple of weeks ago complete with pictures but things have been crazy every since i got back i managed to get another job and have therefore been working constantly also writing about my trip turned into a more personal post than i was expecting and i want to do it justice hang in there people the king of the jungle relaxes in the fading light as the sun sets over the wellington zoo pic of the day on february 20 2013 february 20 2013 by jennisaninja in pic of the day leave a comment so completely unforseen by me it appears that i will actually be driving across the country next week unfortunately i don t have enough time to make a real american road trip out of it but needless to say i will be taking some pictures and hopefully keep you guys updated through the four or so days that i will be driving starting point will be a few miles north of the beautiful seattle wa and we ll finish up in northport al roughly this will be a drive of about 2 600 miles depending on which route we take yet another view from the seattle space needle pic of the day on february 6 2013 february 6 2013 by jennisaninja in pic of the day 2 comments this isn t for the squeamish a view of the gum wall in seattle s famous pike place market pic of the day on december 26 2012 december 26 2012 by jennisaninja in pic of the day leave a comment here s another picture i took in new zealand this was taken in a national park the name is completely escaping me on the drive to milford sound from queenstown the place was so remote and in such pristine condition our guide told us that we were breathing some of the purest air on earth unfortunately at the time i was suffering from a cold and because of a completely plugged up nose i can t really tell you how great the air was freyja on december 19 2012 september 27 2019 by jennisaninja in poetry writing leave a comment the violin song is lost in the storm fragile strings of coiled metal sing at the touch of rain but the wood is dissolving disintegrating leaving desolate the shining bits gleaming like coins in a dead man s eyes thrown into the sea because land was too far leaving his widow sorrowful alone before the close she grieves but quietly listlessly like a flame in the wake of a longing whose spirit has died thus it was for me the day i realized you had gone home on december 17 2012 september 27 2019 by jennisaninja in poetry writing 1 comment hey everyone so i just graduated a couple of days ago and it hasn t quite hit me yet that i am supposed to be an adult now very weird anyway i took a poetry class this past semester and i actually liked some of the stuff i wrote for it so i figured i would share this poem is a series of haiku named home fog clings to rocky mountainsides finding refuge among snow laden firs a gull hangs in the mist his cry mingles with the swish of waves inside the house it s as lonely and cold as the sea and the mountains pic of the day on november 25 2012 by jennisaninja in pic of the day 1 comment hi everyone i know that i have been mia for the past few weeks and i just wanted to let you all know that this is going to continue as i get ready to graduate from college in just under three weeks this followed by the holiday season and settling into my new life away from home and outside of school means that you probably won t hear from me until after the new year until then have a happy holiday season and i will leave you with this adorable picture of my dogs shasta right and thor left posts navigation older posts search for search subscribe email address sign me up follow x instagram archives archives select month october 2017 september 2017 august 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