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The Art and Science of Web Design

這本書從1965年開始將網頁的發展、功能、界面、架構..等,作一完整的描述,我遲遲無法看完這本書,一方面是英文實在很弱,一方面也是質疑2001出版的書,對於我到底能不能有幫助,一些現在理所當然的事在這本書上還是很先進的技術與理論,在看這本書時,常有這樣奇異的感受。 以下是第八章 摘要翻譯: 
The Art and Science of Web Design, Jeffrey Veen,2001 Object-Oriented Publishing 
物件導向出版 The distinction between ‘design’ and ‘programming’—or the even more disturbing nomenclature of ‘technical’ and ‘creative’—is artificial. 
 “設計”和”電腦編序”兩者之間的區別,或更令人不安的術語”技術”和”創造性的”,是人為的。 They are as intertwined as the art and science of Web design itself. 
它們作為網站設計相互交織的藝術和科學本身。 There was a time when all Web pages were simply text files on a Web server, for- matted in HTML, and updated by hand. 
曾經有一段時間時,所有網頁都只是文本文件在網站伺服器上,用HTML編制,並用手更新。 Building effective and manageable Web sites today requires dynamic, page-generating tools. 現今,建立有效的和可管理的網站需要動態,頁面生成工具。
 From simple include files to massive database-driven template systems, we’ll look at how the basic process of design and development is changing. 從簡單的文件到大規模資料庫驅動的模組系統,我們將會看到設計和開發的基本過程正在如何改變。 No longer can d...

《Luxury fashion branding》-CH 6 Digital luxury

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Luxury Fashion Branding: Trends, Tactics, Techniques 作者:Okonkwo, Uche 出版社:Palgrave Macmillan 出版日期:2007年07月10日 語言:英文 ISBN:0230521673 在此試圖將《Luxury fashion branding》的第六章慢慢翻譯完畢,挑戰一下~ CH 6 Digital luxury P178 Luxury brands have been slower than most to unlock the potential of e-retail.they have struggle to overcome the challenge of making their digital environments as alluring as their stores. Mark Tungate , writer and branding specialist and author of Fashion Brands: Branding Style from Armani to Zara 奢華品牌開啟電子商務的潛能比大多數慢的多。他們必須設法讓他們網站如實體店面一樣迷人。 Mark Tungate ,作家、品牌專家和流行品牌的創始者: from Armani to Zara The case for e-retail Technology has definitely changed the landscape of consumer behaviour and the way business is conducted,including luxury fashion management. 科技必然已經改變消費者行為模式及生意處理方式,包括奢華流行管理。 The impact of digital revolution on consumers in the last ten years is over-whelming. 在最後十數年的數位革命對消費者的衝擊是壓倒性的。 The Internet has empowered consumers more than ever...

Hotel California

記得是在綜藝節目康熙來了 看到藝人唱這首歌 這首Hotel California歌詞被主持人蔡康永說成是鬼故事 我覺得很有趣 所以找來聽聽 是什麼地方充滿快樂喧鬧 可是你想要離開卻十分困難呢? On a dark desert highway cool wind in my hair Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air Up ahead in the distance I saw a shimmering light My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim I had to stop for the night There she stood in the doorway I heard the mission bell And I was thinking to myself 'This could be Heaven or this could be Hell' Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way There were voices down the corridor, I thought I heard them say... Welcome to the Hotel California Such a lovely place Such a lovely face Plenty of room at the Hotel California Any time of year, you can find it here Her mind is Tiffany-twisted she got the Mercedes Benz She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends How they dance in the courtyard sweet summer sweat. Some dance to remember some dance to forget So I called up the Captain 'Please bring me my wine' He said,'...

Right Here Waiting

Richard Marx Artist 忘了是什麼時候聽過這首歌 大概是電影主題曲吧? 即使當時英文很破 還是能聽出是一首非常深情的情歌~ Oceans apart day after day And I slowly go insane I hear your voice on the line But it doesn't stop the pain If I see you next to never How can we say forever Wherever you go Whatever you do I will be right here waiting for you Whatever it takes Or how my heart breaks I will be right here waiting for you I took for granted, all the times That I thought would last somehow I hear that laughter, I taste the tears But I can't get near you now Oh, can't you see it baby You've got me goin' crazy Whatever you do I will be right here waiting for you Whatever it takes Or how my heart breaks I will be right here waiting for you I wonder how we can survive This romance But in the end if I'm with you I'll take the chance Oh, can't you see it baby You've got me goin' crazy Wherever you go Whatever you do I will be right here waiting for you Whatever it takes Or how my heart breaks I will be...

HCI 2.0? usability meets Web 2.0-探討易用性與web2.0(一)

這是我試圖認真閱讀的第二篇英文小論 附上摘要部份笨拙的英文翻譯: The web has already dramatically changed society, but the web itself is changing. 網路已經戲劇性地改變了社會,而網路自身也正在改變。 Web2.0 sites mean that users have become the producers of content and the designers of each others' viewing experience. Web2.0網站意味著使用者已經成為了彼此所感知的網頁編輯者及設計師。 Technologies such as AJAX combined with public Javascript libraries have allowed applications to be deployed that once would have required extensive programming. 像是AJAX這樣結合了Javascript資料庫的技術已經被准許應用在需要廣泛程序設計部署上。 Open APIs and mashups make it difficult to tellthe difference between a service, and application or a web page. APIs 和 mashups的技術開放使得分辨伺服器、運用及網頁變得困難。 So what are the challenges for HCI when every user is designer, and every menu a different behaviour, when experience outranks efficiency, and connectivity replaces consistency? 因此當每個使用者成為設計者、每份選單不盡相同,當經驗高於效率、連接性替換一致性的時候,人機互動的挑戰會是什麼呢? 此篇英文單字: HCI:Human–computer interaction 人機互動 dramatically戲劇性地;引人注目地 AJAX -> Asynchronous JavaScript an...

讀英文小論

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最近在讀一篇謝寶泰老師要求我們閱讀的小論 Transforming Taiwan Aboriginal Cultural Features into Modern Product Design:A Case Study of a Cross-cultural Product Design Model 簡單的來說是一篇關於原住民文物特徵如何帶入現代產品設計的研究。 讀英文對我來說,並不算太難,畢竟現在有那麼多方便的字典工具。 但是英文畢竟不是我的母語,閱讀時好像隔了一層霧,比起一些更深入引用理論的論文 ,它英文寫的簡單,我看了卻模糊。 沒辦法直接看出它論文的優缺點確實惱人。 全文最重要大概就這個"three layers and levels of cutural objects and design features" 是它設計概念的基礎。 以下附上:此論文單字:(某些讀過或常聽的單字竟然不認得了...) Aboriginal土著的;原始的Cross十字形; 十字形裝飾物primitive原始的;遠古的;早期的 craft工藝,手藝 potential可能性;潛力,潛能 enhance提高,增加(價值,品質,吸引力等) recognize 認出,識別;認識[(+as)] 正式承認;認可,認定[(+as)] global全世界的 evidence證據;證詞;證人;物證 跡象 prospect前景 crucial決定性的,重要的element元素 application應用, explore探究 extract採掘;提取,提煉attempt 試圖;企圖advantage優點,優勢contemporary當代的 consumer消費者 排灣族的連杯,族人稱為「linnak」literally照字面地 appearance外貌,外觀;外表 operational操作上的reference參考,參照;參考文獻;出處 herein此中,於此interwoven interweave的過去分詞 使交織 使混雜 relevance關聯;適宜;中肯 proposed被提議的;所推薦的 blend使混和,使混雜;使交融 significant有意義的;意義(或意味)深長的 influence影響,作用 Dutch荷蘭 distinct與其他不同的,有區...

River of no return-大江東去

River of no return 無意間聽到這首歌 非常抒情感性的嗓音 沒想到竟是性感女神-瑪莉蓮夢露 所唱 跟大家分享一下 If you listen you can hear it call Wailaree Wailaree There is a river Called the River of no return Sometimes it's peaceful And sometimes wild and free Love is a traveler On the River of no return Sweptg on forever To be lost in the stormy sea Wailaree I can hear the river call No return no return Where the roaring waters fall Wailaree I can hear my lover call come to me No return no return I lost my love on the river And forever my heart will yearn Gone gone forever Down the River of no return Wailaree Wailaree He'll never return to me No return no return 這首歌講的是愛情消逝就不再回來 但我聽這首歌 想到的卻是-逝者如斯 不捨晝夜 時間一直度過 不再回頭 在即將邁入30的年紀感受更深

Persons定義

A summary representation of the system's intended users, often described as a real people. Any project can have one or more personas, each representing a different kind of audience for the system. Also know as : user profiles, user role definitions, audience profles.

《dust in the wind》

Kansas I close my eyes Only for a moment and the moment's gone All my dreams Pass before my eyes in curiosity Dust in the wind All they are is dust in the wind Same old song Just a drop of water in an endless sea All we do crumbles to the ground Though we refuse to see Dust in the wind All we are dust in the wind Don't hang on Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky It slips away All your money won't another minute buy Dust in the wind All we are is dust in the wind Dust in the wind Everything is dust in the wind 很符合自己目前的心境 所以把這首歌放上來 希望自己不要太過執著 能向前邁進

《Yesterday once more 》

Carpenters 點選這裡聽《Yesterday once more 》片段 When I was young I'd listen to the radio Waiting for my favorite songs When they played I'd sing along It made me smile Those were such happy times And not so long ago How I wondered where they'd gone But they're back again Just like a long lost friend All the songs I loved so well Every sha-la-la-la Sha-la-la-laEvery wo-o-wo-o Wo-o-wo-oStill shines Every shing-a-ling-a-ling shing-a-ling-a-lingThat they're starting to sing So fine When they get to the part where he's breaking her heart It can really make me cry Just like before It's yesterday once more Looking back on how it was in years gone by And the good times that I had Makes today seem rather sad So much has changed It was songs of love that I would sing to then And I'd memorize each word Those old melodies Still sound so good to me As they melt the years away All my best memories Come back clearly to me Some can even make me cry Just like beforeIt's yes...

《The sound of silence 》 

Simon & Garfunkel 點選這裡聽《The sound of silence 》演唱片段 Hello, darkness my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left it's seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains within the sound of silence In restless dream I walked alone the narrow street of cobble stone Beneath the halo of a street lamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light That split the night and touched the sound of silence And in the naked light I saw ten thousand people may be more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never share And no one dare disturb the sound of silence "Fools" said I "you do not know" "Silence like a cancer grows Hear my words that I might teach you Take my arms that I might reach you" But my words like silent raindrops fell And echoed in the wells of silence And the peo...

The goal of graduate education at Art Center

The goal of graduate education at Art Center is to develop students who question the boundaries and consequences of their disciplines in addition to preparing for their professional careers. This results in a greater emphasis on critical thinking, theory and research as well as a deep awareness of the place and function of art and design in the world today. The combination of discipline-based professionalism and critical investigation produces entrepreneurial and creative leaders who will redefine the landscape of art and design in the 21st century. Art Center 研究所的目標除為未來職業做準備之外,並啟發對學科的界限及未來表示懷疑的學生。因此我們著重關鍵性思考、理論和深入體認研究當今藝術及設計的地位和功能。綜合基本專業學科及關鍵性研究培養出能為21世紀藝術及設計遠景下定義的創意及企業化的領導者。