This is also a really cool site that I found... also with free flash, like Hannah's post. I looked through some of the templates and they're pretty useful for personal portfolios. 

http://www.flashvillage.com/

-Melissa

portfolio websites

I know a lot of people are doing personal portfolio websites so here is a good site that gives steps to making it perfect.

perfect portfolio

-Shannon Leahy

Photo Galleries

When looking for a flash application to display my page like a virtual magaine, I came across a Smashing Magazine article with many different gallery views for photos. Some of them are really neat looking plus they are all free. Check out the article here.

By Hannah Schulman

Overheard At Temple - Bianca DiMaio

Last week I stumbled upon a facebook group called "Overheard At Temple". It's a place on facebook where Temple Students can post random, funny quotes heard around campus. When I joined last week there were only around 200 members in the group. Now, there are already over 1,000 members! So, far I think this group along with some the other Temple based facebook groups, has been a good way to unite the Temple community and create more common ground between all of us. As such a diverse campus I thought this was a great and entertaining idea for facebook. It reminds me a lot of Post Secret and fmylife.com. I think the one flaw with this "Overheard At Temple" group is that the posts to the page arn't anonymous. Typically, people don't give names of who the overheard quote came from, but you can see who it is who overheard the quote and posted it. This might leave room for controversy. Either way, this has already become a viral group that has caught onto a significant number of people in a very short amount of time.

Bianca DiMaio

top web design trends- melissa randall post

Hoping to get inspired for our Locomotive Media project, I read this article about some of the most up and coming trends in web design. My favorites were embossing letterpress, PNG transparency, 

I didn't care much for the magazine look, or the look of the introduction blocks. See for yourself and get inspired!

Melissa 

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/01/14/web-design-trends-for-2009/