Different with what I expected, I was thinking of my own name combination of “pic” into a new phrase, but unfortunately how the group can not be used successfully, I had to switch the domain name. However, I decided on another name that I really like.
Its comes from Hotel Transylvania 3:”But a Zing never lies”, I have been very confused what exactly “zing” means, and I was simply to understand it as destiny and love.
Then I saw other people’s explanation that I very like: zing is the sound of a heart attack, a cluster of sparks rubbing out in the mind when love at first sight. The heartbeat is like a “crush”. So finally I chose zingpic as my domain name, meaning the picture that people loves at first sight.

    But I don’t know if it’s a good choice to put too many pictures in a blog. After thinking about it, I think there is no mandatory requirement or standard for this blog, just do what I like and want to do. Although I have a general direction of what to do, but still not quite sure how I want to do it, I hope to clarify my ideas in the next few weeks.

Alright so boom. Mama I made it. I successfully created my first website!

From scratch that is. The best part about it is that the entire process was completely free. Who doesn’t like free stuff?

The assignment of registering our domain name was actually more straight forward than I thought. The first process involved using a reclaim hosting site that allows me to register any available domain. This part however, I found most challenging. This is because some of the original domains I had in mind were unavailable. It got to a point where I even googled some of the available domains to see if the sites actually exist. Turns out some of the unavailable domains don’t have a site attached to them. They’re owned by another domain selling site, waiting to be bought. One of the domains that I originally had in mind, which was “thecapitalist.com” had a domain price of $2,300 On one domain selling site.

After about 10 minutes of tryin out different domains I settled on “wokecapitalists.com” which was available. FINALLY!

The process from here on out was very straightforward and I was surprised at how much customization word press offers. I cant want to learn how to take advantage of all the website customization tools offered. As each week passes I will be modifying my website and including new content. Here is a quick preview of my website.

 

So now I have this website, but… I’m still not TOTALLY sure what I’m going to do with it.

GIF via GIPHY

I’m thinking I can use it as another site to post some of my published works from. However, I would like to use it for more creative means, but I’m not exactly sure what that would be. I’d honestly have to put more thought into it.

GIF via GIPHY

(My brain when trying to come up with ideas for my new blog)

Any advice, tips, or trending things I should follow?

It is 1943.

It is  WW2

We are in the middle of the war.

We must provide our army and allies with nutritious meat if we are going to win this war….

the only problem is………

We are short on meat.

We need to ship all the meat to our troops…..

but there is a problem… Our citizens are consuming too much meat that we need for the war….. 

How can we solve this problem ??

Hmmmmm……

what about …. mmmmmmmm what about ….. what about

meat organs ? 

I mean… we are already throwing it all away… all that food is going to waste…

What if we can we persuade our fellow Americans to start consuming more organs so we can ship the meat………..

Is that even possible ?  I mean, we are a nation that pride ourselves with the hamburger. 

Desperate times calls for desperate measures……..

Lets give it a try and see what happens……………………….

Shortly after, the US government launched a campaign to persuade the American people to start consuming more meat organs…

Their strategy focused on 2 things.

1. Telling people meat organs are healthy and actually taste good.
2. Telling people it’s patriotic to eat meat organs.

Tons of $$$$$$$$ was spent on these campaign …..

the head lines read something like this…

” Organ meats are healthier than regular meats”

” Support the troops and slurp these kidneys down”

” Patriots eat liver and heart”

” tasty, you wont even believe it”

 

 

So what happened ?

IT FAILED !!!!!!!!!!!!

IT DID WORK.

But why ????

Because the people running the campaign failed to understand what makes people tick, they failed to understand why and how people change their behavior…..

Now the story isn’t over………It about to take a drastic turn for the better….

We did find a way to persuade Americans to start eating more organ meat, which helped us win the war thanks to ……

 A psychologist named Kurt Lewin and

an anthropologist named Margaret Mead

This is truly , an inspirational about

THE POWER OF UNDERSTANDING  AND APPLYING WHAT MAKES HUMANS TICK !

 

I will tell you how they pulled it off before the end of the blog I PROMISE…..

 

This inspirational story is one of the stories why I am creating my new website….

HHTOOLBOX.COM

The how ,what and why of my website.

 

I really wanted my domain name  to be

mindtoolbox.com

or

Psytoolbox.com

Sadly, these domains were not available so I had to pick a new one on the fly. 

HH TOOLBOX .COM

I want people to think of my website as a toolbox they can go back to whenever they might need it. A good toolbox adds value and serves a purpose for years to come.

What are the 2 H’s ?

The human mind is dual in nature. 

the 2 modes of cognition 

Intuition	rationality
divergent	convergent
Fast thinking	slow thinking
Automatic	Deliberate
Imagination	Logic
Messiness	structure
Random	Order
❤️ Heart	Head 🧠

( these 2 modes are separate yet are not Independent from one another , they work together or against each other at times. Understating the relationship between these 2 modes is one of the keys to understating what makes humans tick  )

 

 Kurt Lewin and Margaret Mead understood human nature very well…. and thats why they did what they did……

My goal for this website is to help YOU utilize your…..

🧠 🧰+ 🤍 ⚒️ so you can =

 

• Better yourself through learning “self knowledge”
• influence others and add value to society.

 

Here are some of the topics I want to cover in my blog. 

• • Well being 
  • Persuasion/ influence science . 
  • marketing
  • Motivation.
  • Creativity 
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy 
  • Happiness. 
  • Productivity 
  • Book recommendations 
  • How to write better 
  • Sales. 
  • Emotional intelligence 
  • Self help. 
  • And more 

The secret sauce : How to get a nation to start eating meat organs…..

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What Is My Website About?

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My website is mainly just a safe space for people from all over the world to come and feel inspired and ambitious about life. It will be a mixture of things, ranging from an advice column to inspirational quotes and graphics.

Everyday I’m on all of my social media platforms posting new and exciting content that I hope will inspire people to post great content of their own. I always do my best to keep up with the latest trends  and I am always looking for new talent. People just being themselves and creating an online connection with hundreds to millions of people.

The Dream Lair is a place for people who, like me, have dreams that they want to come true. And it’s hard to get motivated sometimes, but with the right sources and the right attitude, any dream can be achieved. And that is the main purpose of this website, to give people from all walks of life a different angle, to look at things from the brighter side for a change.

 

So, registering my own domain name…I watched Professor Seslow’s video and followed his instructions step by step.  I was pretty excited, but still not settled on a domain name.

I looked at the list of domain names I had chosen for my blog and thought, meh! 😕  I guess I wasn’t dedicated to those domain names I chose because I still didn’t know what I really wanted to use my new website for. 😫

But first things first, I decided to see if the domain names I had chosen were even available.  So, one by one I gave them a go…and none of them were available. 😯

For some reason, I wasn’t worried because there was a domain name I had in mind that I was sure would be available…”SankofaTalk”.  So, I typed it in to see if it was available, and voila, it was! 😃

Before committing to it, I thought of a few more domain names that I thought sounded catchy, but all of them were taken, so I decide to continue on with “SankofaTalk”.  Hey, at least this step is complete…making progress…baby steps! 😃

After securing my domain name, I continued following Prof. Seslow’s steps in the video to set up my web hosting account.  This process was pretty simple, but when I typed in my domain name, it wouldn’t load.  I tried and tried again…it just wouldn’t work…it was Sunday after midnight, I was sleepy but determined to get it working…but no luck! 😩

Frustrated, I felt defeated and emailed Prof. Seslow for help.  When I woke up later that day, Prof. Seslow said it was likely a typo.  I typed it in, and it worked, my domain name with my website loaded…success, thanks to Prof. Seslow! I played around with my new website that I still don’t know what I’m going to use it for, but I felt accomplished. 😃

After playing with my website a little I like it a lot and will start posting on it this might be my last post on the ct101 site who knows but I’m just going to continue to work on my site and how creative I can get with it I didn’t change too much just a few tweaks to it but here’s the link if you want to check it out.http://amchad.com/

How am I doing in CT101? What grade do I believe I am maintaining? 

Ct101 has been everything that I imagined it to be but even better because of the instructor and course curriculum. The first few weeks were relatively simple:

• learning how to make gifs
• learning the history of gifs and memes
• implementing them into our Blogs

Then I noticed the class progress, especially during the DS106 assignment where we looked at different Communications technology mediums. For that assignment, I made a sports poster and researched making a day vlog video. I spent week six searching domain names, and now I am learning how to make a website. 

Although I cannot attend every class live- I have a genuine passion for communications technology and love the fact that Professor Seslow is so organized. His course curriculum has allowed busy people to allocate time properly while still keeping up to date with the assignments and education. I have been making a constant effort to try much more complex strategies with my blog posts because I cannot attend the class and have dialogue, so I try to show my understanding through the work I produce and the lectures I watch. 

As far as grading goes, I have been able to catch up on all assignments to date, try new things within blog posts using Adobe Creative Cloud, which I learned myself. I also think about text placement, images, and spacing in my blogs. From my first post to my more recent post, I feel that I have way more confidence in some of the practical skills we learned initially, like using blog tools before upload, media upload, and gifs move. In conclusion, I would give myself an 87 for a maintained grade right now. 

What have I learned the most? What is my greatest learned asset in this class so far?

My greatest learned asset was the Ds106 project, where I got to go on adobe creative cloud and mess with applications like Illustrator and photoshop to create a Sports Project. Although I feel more confident in producing gifs and memes because of repetition- I like the challenge of working with new mediums, and Ds106 pushed me out of my comfort zone to learn applications that have always been intimidating. I look forward to working with Adobe Creative Cloud in my free time and using it more in my blogs and website. 

What skills have I developed, cultivated, and regularly displayed in my posts?

Through Ct101 and professor Seslow’s lectures, I have understood the dynamic ways to get across a message outside of just using texts. I make it a point of emphasis to get across a message visually if possible because it allows me to hone in and practice these skills I learn. I have also grown comfortable using blog tools like hyperlinks, spacing, text size, and text boldness. I have developed and regularly displayed these skills in my post to show my understanding, thought process, and growth since the first week.

How do I assess my performance through self-reflection in this class?

When I consider my performance in this class, I like to refer back to my first posts, my mind going into that post, and how I feel after six weeks of blogging. I’ve noticed that I can find commands quicker six weeks into the class. In my last couple of posts, I have also seen that I am more mindful of layout and stylistic elements to bolster the story in my blogs, whereas in the beginning, my only concern was getting through the blog because I was so lost. These skills I have developed over time will be beneficial when I make my website because I want to be very particular in laying it out. 

What do I know now that I did not know before taking this class?

Before taking CT101, I was always interested in communications technology but had no starting point. With this class, I have been able to dive in slowly at my own pace and learn the fundamentals Professor Seslow teaches to create a website ultimately. The biggest lessons I have taken away from this class so far are how to structure blogs, create memes, create posters, and create gifs.

Do I see my weekly blogging work expanding creatively? If so, please explain – or am I stuck in a loop where my posts seem to look the same most of the time? How will I change that?

For every post I write, I use a couple of elements I have learned from Professor Seslow to create a whole blog. I have noticed that I am getting better at the layout for my blogs every week and getting more creative with my blogs’ flow to see where pictures, gifs, hyperlinks are appropriate. On the other hand, I would like to challenge myself to create more digital work for my blogs and start implementing one every week to flex my creative muscles. 

 

Hope you guys are well! Today we are going to be looking potential domain names for my website and why I chose them. They are listed below and are in no particular order:

Tashido.us  

I chose this domain because I want something that people will recognize easily, and what other way to show ownership than with my name. Secondly, my last name is Dorjee; my life motto is to “either be a doer or a don’ters.” Therefore I thought it would be fun to take the common letters out from my last name and make it almost sound like Tashi do….

Tashidostu.com

This domain name piggybacks off the first one. However, I wanted this website to be more of a catalog for my creative work. In a way, it is like my online studio but writing that word out entirely seemed too long, so I tried to keep it short and straightforward, especially since my name isn’t too common.

Ev-en.us

This domain comes from an initial business idea for a creative studio outsourcing college students to small businesses for creative work and tapping the companies into the digital world with revamped business models and initiatives. The word “even” is crucial to me because it means balance. Balance is good in everything you do in life. It’s also a good balance for the two people involved in this business idea. Lastly, I wanted to show that this website meant creativity, so I played with the words’ sizing and kept it simple because that’s my aesthetic.

Evenstudios.net

Like Domain Idea 2, I wanted to add the “studio” because I have seen many creatives do it. Using the word also helps indicate the line of work, usually because of the connotations that come with “studio.” Ideally, there would be period after “even” is to help split up the domain as two words which is how I want people to read it.

Whathestudio.us

My last domain idea is one that took me 5 seconds to come up with. I enjoy doing this blog, so it is easy for me to think hard and long about names. However, sometimes the best ideas come when you take a step back and simplify. This domain shows my thought process in coming up with something fast, intuitively, and it’s the one that I enjoyed doing most because it doesn’t cause me stress in thinking about whether the domain is good enough or not.

 

Website Roots 

I have always wanted to start a website but never knew where to start or what I would be posting. With great interest in digital communications and the support of Professor Seslow, I would love to create a portfolio-like website where I would highlight some of my most creative and proud projects. Mediums would include but are not limited to Photography, videography, Adobe Cloud work, marketing Case comps, and Ct101 projects.

The Purpose of this Website is to allow people to see my creative strengths through different mediums all in one place and create business opportunities through my work. I am beyond excited to dive in, find a domain that works, and finally, be the owner of a website! I am also looking forward to all the education that comes with taking on this size project.

 

Two of my favorite websites are heliotemil.com and www.artechouse.com for their layouts,  UX features, and detail.These processes will be a crucial point in developing my website as well as using them for inspiration.

 

Confession. I didn’t set up my domain Thursday after class like I thought but I did do it Saturday at 2am like the true Nuyorican hipster that I am. The process was simple and Professor Seslow could not have done a better job with making the class recording be a live tutorial. This is for you Professor…

 

 

Looking back to when I was thinking of my Domain name. I was surprised to see no iteration of Anj_Da_StranJ was available but for some straaaaaange reason my name was. And just like that. I went with it. Especially since when you google Angel DeJesus all you get is a host of Americas finest Hispanic convicts. As soon as I hit that confirm button, took a deep breath and realized the magnitude of what I just did. I felt…

 

 

 

It was so empowering. At this point in my life knowing everything I want to do and will ever want to do and/or create can ALL be under my complete control.

 

 

 

I look forward to the next few weeks and beyond as it looks like I’ll have something to keep me busy this summer with no classes going on for me. Given my experience with political correctness and “cancellation”. One of if not the biggest thing I eventually want to do is speak on the (cultural) issues and challenge the online punks of cancel culture.

 

So I finally made a website… from SCRATCH! It was honestly quite seamless, taking just minutes to do.

I ended up using the name “justtypeit.net” as a domain name because it is the most neutral name out of the ones I had ideas for. Just in case I ended up changing the theme/purpose of the site.

On an unrelated note, upon setting up the website you get a lot of automatic emails related to verification and confirmation among other things I didn’t check for cause there were so many. I almost thought I was getting hacked!

Starting The Journey On Making A Website

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This weeks assignment to start making our own websites was really fun. It was not a difficult process, especially since Professor Seslow broke it down step by step during class. I watched the video again, all the way through and it was smooth sailing from there.

I had been looking forward to this assignment, even before spring break. Finally completing it, I feel very much accomplished and relieved. It turns out that making a website is easy, just as long as you follow every step correctly.

Having a website is a good source of connection between you and the rest of the world. Especially during the pandemic where everything is handled remotely. My website is still under construction at the moment, but I will be posting more content soon. Until then, if you want to check it out, you can find the link here.