Josh Hepworth » project http://www.joshhepworth.com The personal portfolio of [mostly] everything Josh Hepworth Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:46:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Starting the Desk http://www.joshhepworth.com/starting-the-desk/ http://www.joshhepworth.com/starting-the-desk/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:11:04 +0000 Josh http://www.joshhepworth.com/?p=359 Well, it’s gotten to be that time of year where school is coming quick and as I move into a house this year I need more furniture. Besides my bed, the next most important piece I needed was a desk. I’ll be at this thing a lot over the next two years working, playing, and organizing. Which is why I needed to build it myself. Sure there are hundreds of options out there and I could have found something that I could mold to fit my needs, but I didn’t want to settle for anything less than what I needed.

I started with a list of things I will need this desk to accommodate:

  • Desktop PC
  • Two 23″ Monitors
  • Keyboard & Mouse
  • Laptop
  • External HDD
  • Xbox 360
  • PS3
  • Speakers
  • Tons of cables
  • Headset / Headphones
  • Lighting
  • Filing Drawer for various papers
  • Random Stuff Drawer
  • Storage Drawer

With those “requirements”, I came up with a model that I was pretty happy with and used those as I went to price out my adventure at the local Home Depot. At this point, I have modified my plans according to changed needs and finished basic construction of the desk. As I complete the staining and finishing of the wood I hope to revisit and detail the process of construction, with pictures, and explain what I’ll be doing differently next time.

Also, the handles are mad sexy:

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For my IST 220 class last semester I created a presentation about a company called First Mile Solutions. This company organizes the implementation of last mile Internet solutions in third world countries around the globe. Their work is extremely important to the continued expansion of the Internet, and while they may not be able to provide Internet like you or I experience, they give people the chance to interact with this important technology.

I love making presentations. However, I think so many people despise presentations and put them through unnecessary abuse. This hurts both them and their audience (and me). While I may not be the best at making presentations, I want to offer my work as a demonstration of what a good presentation should look like.

For the First Mile Solutions presentation I created clean, visual slides that drew from the information to be discussed while it was displayed. I kept the visual style similar throughout the entire presentation by using the same font (Helvetica Neue Light) and keeping the background to either a dark gradient or a high quality, royalty free photograph.

Don’t be fooled by the relatively sparse looking slides though. The presentation should be anything but sparse of information. A good presentation will still provide the audience with an abundance of information, but it shouldn’t overload them with information both visually and audibly.

For the entire presentation, please download the PDF (my favorite format for presentations) of the First Mile Solutions Presentation.

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