Curation post 2

Search: i have been wrapping up my searching lately but am still bringing in some very good information that i might include. i have most of the hard information and at this point a lot of the cool stuff that i'm finding is either to help the design or is a video to accompany a description. i have gotten a better grasp on the artwork on the board and have been able to notice some common themes,but this the art section is still going to be the most difficult.

Evaluate: i have been going through a lot of the pictures and videos that i have saved and bookmarked and have been deleting or unsaved ones that were very similar to others, didn't fit the group, or didn't really have a place in the final site. i have also been breaking up the good stuff into their respective categories. not all of it is in the site yet but i have most of it separated at this point.

Organize: like i said before i have most of the information separated  i also made separate sections in the website for each of the different categories. categories are things like a beginners section, parts of the board, history of the sport, and external references. i may split up references into two categories as well, one for links that will provide information and one for things like really cool videos and pictures. it depends if there are enough references to warrant two separate categories.

Design: i have a few ideas for the design but it is not finalized at all. im thinking about making a custom logo and putting it in front of a banner of people riding in all the different style. the banner would have a distressed vintage look to it with some lense flair as well. the front is going to be pictures for each category that you can press to go to that category.

Narrate: the final curation is going to be a go to spot to answer any and all questions about longboarding easily. i want it to be all the little communities collective spot that will allow longboarders to come together and learn something new regardless of their current skill level.


the hardest thing is still going to be the artwork category. it is a very broad subject that has a lot to it. i know some of the different styles such as using different types of stained wood to make a graphic, printing the graphic, metal patterns, and people making their own custom design.


from here i need to

1. put all the information into its respective category in the curation site
2. make the logo and header
3. make the buttons for each of the categories.

Time management is definitely one of the hardest struggles for me just because i have a hard time starting to do the work. once i sit down and start doing it i'm fine but starting is still difficult for me.

curation report one

Search:  I have been finding several very good videos for the beginner section as well as a great video for the home page of the website to grab attention. I have also saved the links for a subreddit about longboarding which is a good external link with a lot of helpful information and a great community to ask questions. As far as history goes I have found the copy of the documentary "Dogtown and Z-Boys" about the zephyr skate team and the birth of skateboarding and longboarding. I have also been looking at and reading the history about longboarding on sites like Wikipedia and have read about a Longboarding pioneer Tom Sims. As far as the art of longboarding goes I have been looking at different decks for sale as well as images of custom boards that people have built and have been seeing similarities I the art styles but still need further definition. 

Organize/Evaluate: this is the challenge of the week, I have to take all the stuff I have found and start figuring out what is good and where it goes. I have some rough ideas for different sub sections but I have not yet done the actual step of putting in the content to a curation. I am planning on having the majority of the organization done on Friday and have definite sections so that when I come across new information it is easier for me to place it in its proper section. for evaluating most if not all of the stuff I have found is pretty good and the only reason I would leave something out was if it was a double or didn't add anything new, there isn't anything that is bad information.

Design: I have registered the Google website but I have not yet done much with it. I want to put in the majority of the information I have before I start the major design work. I have some rough ideas for how I want the design to look but they are pretty up in the air and are pending on how the information gets organized. 

Narration: in the end a user will be able to come to the site and look at and use the different categories on the side so they can get to the information that they want and find out what they want. Currently the aspect that needs the most work is the art and design on the bottom of boards. There is not much out there yet about this so the majority of the information has to be created not cited and taken from different sources.

The most interesting link that I have found so far was a video made that shows a rider bombing a hill and sliding on the turns.  I have linked it below.

Feedback: since I was absent on the day that we were in the lab I am a bit further behind then I would like to be. This is not a fault of the project but having more lab time to work would be appreciated. Apart from time I do not have any real complaints or criticisms yet. For the most part it is my own time table that has slowed it down and in the next week it will be opening up so that is a problem that is fixing itself. 

From here the three steps are 1. Organize and place the information found into their respective categories and subcategories 2. Learn more about the different kinds of designs on the bottom of a longboard 3. Type up a detailed description of the different types of art and designs and add it to the curation.