Sunday, October 5, 2014
Thursday, October 2, 2014
#1 Most Viral Image
Our infographic was the number 1 most viral image on the internet (according to imgur) last night (I believe we hit this status at about 2AM EST).
And it was amazing to see the climb - every refresh of the page was adding thousands of views, people were commenting, upvoting, sharing - exactly what we needed for our project.
But also it nice to see that the most viral images on the internet don't necessarily need to be pictures of cute dogs or cute babies. It can be an actual informative artifact, and if it's about something that people care about, people will view and share it.
And it was amazing to see the climb - every refresh of the page was adding thousands of views, people were commenting, upvoting, sharing - exactly what we needed for our project.
But also it nice to see that the most viral images on the internet don't necessarily need to be pictures of cute dogs or cute babies. It can be an actual informative artifact, and if it's about something that people care about, people will view and share it.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
We made the front page of imgur!
This is so exciting, view counts are increasing exponentially!
Can you find us?
Can you find us?
Good news!
I went to the Doctor to ask about the lead in foot situation - it's not infected and I'm cleared to dance!
That being said, he said it would take about 2 weeks to heal completely which means for 2 weeks I'll be awkwardly limping. Oh well. You win some and you lose some.
That being said, he said it would take about 2 weeks to heal completely which means for 2 weeks I'll be awkwardly limping. Oh well. You win some and you lose some.
Pinterest is something that has always confused me. I don't understand how people spend hours on it - to me it seems just like a newsfeed for pictures, and people can hang on to the pictures that they like by "pinning them".
What is the appeal of it?
I decided to spend a few minutes scrolling through Pinterest today, looking at everything that was filed with the tag "infographic", and while I appreciated looking at all the amazing infographics that were there, after a while, I just got bored. I wanted to create these infographics rather than just look at them and pin them, but I've been getting the vibe that that's not the main purpose of Pinterest (I could also be totally wrong about this).
What's appealing about using Pinterest?
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
f.lux
I highly recommend everyone try https://justgetflux.com/.
It's a desktop app that basically changes the color of your screen at night so you're not blinded by the bright white light of your computer. As it gets darker, your screen becomes more orange, which is supposed to be better for your eyes.
It definitely takes some time to get used to the orange tint on your screen, but I can definitely notice the difference in how my eyes feel at night when looking at the screen. I used to squint at the screen when I got tired, but it's much more manageable now. Try it out!
Also, please please please click: imgur.com/Mhx7qJs!
It's a desktop app that basically changes the color of your screen at night so you're not blinded by the bright white light of your computer. As it gets darker, your screen becomes more orange, which is supposed to be better for your eyes.
It definitely takes some time to get used to the orange tint on your screen, but I can definitely notice the difference in how my eyes feel at night when looking at the screen. I used to squint at the screen when I got tired, but it's much more manageable now. Try it out!
Also, please please please click: imgur.com/Mhx7qJs!
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