Rememberthemilk.com
To start my planning i used remember The Milk, which is a online to do list. This simple form of planning has helped me to set weekly achievable goals and gives me some structure of how i will go about completing this module. The way i broke it down was setting weekly targets that i can possibly achieve if i stay on task. i tried to break it down as simple as possible, with all areas covered such as logo design, gathering footage etc. all of this has helped me to list all the jobs i must carry out. this basic planning platform was simple yet effective to use and was great how you can set dates of completion, or make a task more important than one other. The simpleness to this page was also its downfall as i felt after listing my tasks I needed to talk and discuss about them a bit more to really give me some aim.
Springpad.com
After going from my to do list I Needed to categorise my to do list with more detail and actually research into some of my goals. This was when i decided to use Springpad, after watching a brief tutorial and a few reviews, I decided to take my finding into Sproingpad. Springpad's a great online notebook to use and store all your findings, its simple to use and looks alot like word but in a neat little note book, The way to use it is to basically just store all your notes and finding in a structured and efficiently way. It was easy to include links and pictures and was actually quite a good way to style my own work. It seem to almost be like using a blog but can scroll through page after page, I can keep up to date with my to do list and go into more detail on this site. Using this has come to make me realise what type of typo i want, aswell as start to focus down on which website builder i was going to use, which colours could work well together and so on. Overall both have had a benefit to starting my planning, however i need to put this into action rather than constantly planning.
After using a lot of planning apps and having every task i need to complete this module, I could then start using Springpad and my personal notes to now start using them into my real portfolio and start to think and piece together the exact look and feel on my site. Since a lot of planning has gone into this product, plus I like my products to look exactly how I see it. This means deciding on my portfolio site and after reviewing a few a couple weeks ago, I then decided to look at website builders as a whole. I felt as if the crucial part to this module was choosing a site builder that can achieve everything i have in my notes and can show off my portfolio to the highest standard. One piece of information I found rather helpful was almost a chart for all website builders and said everything they had to offer with simple yes and no answers. As you can see from the chart that most sites vary with each other. However i had narrowed it down to two website builders. One was Wix.com which for my look and feel as well as use comes out at a high level, and the other site being Squarespace.com a very intelligent looking builder with high level of good reviews. Once looking into the two the one I'm more drawn to is Squarespace.com this was down to templates and the feel it had to the website, also after a few video reviews I have seen it just seems the right match to what my notes and Mockflow look like. Squarespace seemed like a sleek and sophisticated website builder with lots of room for customization. With reviews calling it the best for blogs, portfolios sites and designers it just seemed the right website for what I need to achieve. Although theres a cost I'm willing to spend the few dollars to have a respectful portfolio.
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