Visual Design Journal by Dayanna Arias

All around the world, there are not only adults bur kids too, with their noses buried up in their screens. There has always been the issue about kids spending way too much time in front of their screens.  According to a research study that examined nearly 900 children between the ages of six months and two years, children who use handheld screens before they begin to talk may be at a higher risk for speech del ays.  For every 30-minute increase in handheld screen time, research shows that children face a 49 percent increased risk of expressive speech delay. But this is far from the only impact. According to  other independent studies , excessive exposure to technology also presents an increased risk of the following: Obesity. More screen time means more sedentary activity. This leads to increased weight gain and a greater risk of becoming overweight or obese.  Sleep problems. The blue light emitted from screens negatively impacts the brain’s sleep ...

A new development in technology is VR. Although VR has been around since the 1950s, until recently the technology wasn’t able to deliver the fully immersive digital experience users have been desiring. That’s about to change with recent improvements to both hardware and programming, and the effects are going to be felt across almost every industry from retail to education.    Virtual reality has been a popular component of video games for several years and this trend is continuing to expand. In addition to video games, VR is likely to affect companies across the board as they adopt the technology to help them engage customers more effectively and optimize their sales and marketing efforts. It’s also a potentially useful tool for learning and is increasingly being adopted by educational organizations. Source:  https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/11/16458806/oculus-rift-htc-vive-vr-hype-game-developers

Languages like English are used to communicate between two humans. In the same way a programming language is used to communicate between a human and computer. Since computers can only understand 1's and 0's  and humans can understand only English language, we need a language that can be understood by both. To make it simpler to communicate with the computer. Another function that you use code for is to be able to simplify things. To be able to give then a structure to help you build more complex things, by giving you simpler tools to build them with. 

 The one thing that caught my eye when I went to the MET, was the big Christmas tree. The tree was adorned with cherubs and about some fifty angels suspended in the tree.  At the base of the tree, the scenery of the Neapolitan Christmas crib is being represented by the different figures. There are three different elements that are being presented at the base: the Nativity with the adoring shepherds and their flocks, the processions of the three Magi who dressed retinue echoes the merchants and travelers one may have encountered in bustling Naples at the time of the crèche's creation and, most distinctive, colorful peasants and townspeople engaged in their quotidian tasks. The theatrical scene is enhanced by a charming assortment of animals such as sheep, goats, horses, a camel, and an elephant. In the background, several pieces serve as the dramatic setting for the Nativity, including the ruins of a Roman temple, several quaint houses, and a typical Italian fountain with a l...

"Machines that learn language more like kids do Computer model could improve human-machine interaction, provide insight into how children learn language." They way that children learn is by exploring their environment. The touch everything and ask questions about every single thing they encounter. The way adults respond to these question, is what helps children develop their vocabulary as they grow up. In computing, learning language is the task of syntactic and semantic parsers. These systems are trained on sentences annotated by humans that describe the structure and meaning behind words.  The parser could also help researchers better understand how young children learn language. “A child has access to redundant, complementary information from different modalities, including hearing parents and siblings talk about the world, as well as tactile information and visual information, [which help him or her] to understand the world,” says co-author Boris Katz, a pri...

What exactly is a favicon? How are favicons created? What a favicon is a small and iconic image that represents you. They are mostly found in the address bar of your web browser. Although nowadays, modern browser do recognize PNG, GIF or JPG formats as favicons, Internet Explorer does not . There are many ways to create a favicon. The easiest way is by using an online tool. There is a tool that provides an easy way to   convert any GIF, PNG or JPEG to ICO which is supported by all modern web browsers. It also enables you to create favicons from scratch via a handy online editor. A website that helps you create favicons is called  Favicon & App Icon Generator. Sources:  https://www.abeautifulsite.net/what-are-favicons https://www.favicon-generator.org/

In class today we learned about waterfalls in HTTP. What water falls are is a chart is any diagram that represents data that is generated cumulatively and sequentially across a process.  There are different waterfalls. One of those is called a  "performance-specific waterfall chart lets you see the series of actions that occur between a user and your server in order for that user to view a specific individual page of your site." You should be check your waterfall if you care about the way the webpage you are in loads. So you have a better understanding of why a page may take longer to load than others. source: https://blog.radware.com/applicationdelivery/wpo/2014/03/waterfalls-101-how-to-use-a-waterfall-chart-to-diagnose-performance-pains/