First Blogger Post

             This was such an interesting class and definitely was something different than what I thought it was going to be. I felt that since I wasn't as tech savvy as some of my fellow classmates, there was definitely going to be a learning curve, but I felt that it was going to be a fun opportunity to learn more. I enjoyed how each blogpost or smack down was a way to not only use and research the application or tool that is being used, but any research lead down a rabbit hole of other competitive applications or so many other tools which all have pros and cons to them. I appreciated how, though it was an asynchronous classroom, we all had to be engaged with one another's topics, as well as learning a topic that you might have not thought of, to see a whole different perspective on platforms that could possibly be used.       One of my favorite topics, the good bad website smackdown, was one of the most insightful ways to understand how a website should function, look, flow

            Though Jeffree Star is a Mogul in the cosmetic realm he has made some serious blunders with not only with ignoring Covid safety parameters with housing a large group of people in his private mansion to have staff work with him Throughout Covid, but he has also opened up a new cosmetic line inappropriately named 'Cremated' during one of the high cotangent points of Covid deaths in May. He has apologized for the inappropriateness but still continued on with the line. Jefree Star has also started many feuds with stars varying from the Jenner's, Hailey Bieber, and Kat Von D.  Even now there is a lot of drama and controversy around him, but how in this case with the new 'Cremated' Line, he has acted definitely something to take note when learning about social media etiquette 

My brother sinking a sunfish boat(that was held together with fiberglass and ducktape): Me winning my second MMA fight: When a nice lady let me borrow her bike in SF: Adventures in San Francisco(Canva):  Training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu(Canva/Adobe Express):

     Zara and Asos, both mid-range clothing companies, one from Spain, and the other from England, have grown into substantial businesses, both estimated in the billions it is interesting to see how their websites flow and operate. Zara had to be the lead in this for the bad example in this smackdown discussion due to how difficult it is to navigate their website. Zara's home page looks more like an art curators page rather than a clothing page due to how you move throughout the site and scrolling just moves the images rather than giving direction to the viewer of what clothing they are looking for. Though the site looks beautiful it is the primary discussion for web designers on how "not to build a website" and even in the blog by Moichiumi Gogoi, she commented that, " Zara has adopted a clever marketing tactic with their quirky way to display products to gain attention online. However, the truth is this bizarre campaign imagery has sent many shoppers into a state o