Christinaaaa

Tis moi.

I am 21 years of age.

I spent most of my childhood living in North Branch, MN and then migrated to Forest Lake, MN and resided there during my freshman and sophomore years of college. I just recently moved to Uptown in Minneapolis and will remain there for a questionable amount of time longer.

I have always loved art.

I took a photoshop class in high school and knew digital art was what I wanted to do with the rest of my life – careerwise.

I toured MCAD and CVA and knew right away that CVA was the right choice for me.

Things that I enjoy doing online are :

researching government conspiracies, finding evidence of the existence of aliens, and discovering new, awesome muzack.

Things I thoroughly enjoy doing offline are :

making music, going to sick dubstep shows, and reading.

Our Very First Class.

Our first Principles of Usability class started with introductions. First we were introduced to the Syllabus. Don’t forget about the quiz every Thursday! Then some of us were reminded that we weren’t quite done paying for the semester we still had to purchase some books, a 1” three ring binder, post its, and some pens.

If you haven’t had a chance to get your books I found some quite cheap on Amazon…

After leaning about the class and each other we had to tell the WORLD! We created our first blog post. We had a little trouble with the blogging website, maybe it could have been a little more user friendly. And that brings me to our first discussion. Since the title of the class is Principles of Usability we talked a little about what the meaning of usability is. This brought up the user and how one may interact with designs. It should be easy for the user to navigate through a website or to follow directions. It is what creates good design. For example, I was wandering around Target between classes for a few grocery’s and it was not till I left that I noticed how easily I found everything. Maybe I didn’t notice because I was on the phone the whole time and trying to remember what coupons I had. So I guess that’s what its designed for, you can be careless and shop with ease.

We then chose a few items that we felt could be designed better- such as remote controls and gas pumps. The group that chose the gas pump said it was hard to handle, sometimes confusing, and could be made more convenient for the customer.

Kyle Zimmerman

Name: Kyle Dennis Zimmerman

Age: 21 soon to be 22

Bio: I hail from a small town in central MN called Royalton. I spent my entire childhood and adolescence there and graduated from Royalton High School in 2007. I then went to The U of M in Morris MN. I spent one year there and decided that it was not for me. I then attended Central Lakes College in Brainard MN. Another year passed and I decided to take on the finical burden myself and applied to CVA. Got accepted and started in the Fall of 2009. I live in on the West side of Saint Paul. I work at Journeys in the Rosedale Mall as of this year. In my free time I watch movies and play video games. Yep, thats about it.

Three online things I use: Email, Facebook, and Netflix

Three offline things I use: iPod, phone, and bed

Three things I interacted with today: Toilet, Car, and Doors