{"id":101,"date":"2022-04-04T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/olatunem\/?p=101"},"modified":"2022-04-04T15:45:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T19:45:00","slug":"the-tech-blog-banner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/olatunem\/2022\/04\/04\/the-tech-blog-banner\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tech Blog Banner"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Creative Process<\/h1>\n<p>When creating my blog, I wanted a banner that reflects the theme of technology and all that the future holds in store of us in that regard. I speculated featuring popular powerful electronic devices like the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MacBook\">MacBook<\/a>, but concluded that it was too limiting. Technology as far as we know it is fueled by the human mind, and this innovative mind has made significant steps to creating systems that mimics the human brain. This is simply <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Artificial_intelligence\">Artificial Intelligence(AI)<\/a>. For this reason, I envisioned an image that depicts raw data funneled into a super-computer(AI) and that processed data fed to our human networks (the internet). The raw data is portrayed as the 1&#8217;s and 0&#8217;s that enters the computer&#8217;s brain, and the networks are the interconnecting threads that flow out from the brain.<\/p>\n<p>With this imagery, I searched for artificial intelligence<span style=\"text-align: justify;font-size: 1.0625rem\">\u00a0images on <\/span><a style=\"text-align: justify;font-size: 1.0625rem\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\">google.com<\/a>. Filtered my search for &#8216;Creative Commons License&#8217; and for &#8216;Large&#8217; images so it is larger than my Blog Header (1920 \u00d7 480 pixels). Fascinatingly, I found the perfect image &#8211; so I r<span style=\"text-align: justify;font-size: 1.0625rem\">eviewed the image license and ensured it permitted file sharing and modification for non-commercial use. To modify the image, I u<\/span><span style=\"text-align: justify;font-size: 1.0625rem\">ploaded it to <\/span><a style=\"text-align: justify;font-size: 1.0625rem\" href=\"https:\/\/pixlr.com\">Pixlr.com<\/a><span style=\"text-align: justify;font-size: 1.0625rem\"> which is a great free online tool for image edits. The following were my modifications:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Cropped image<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Reduced image tint<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Increased image temperature<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Increased image saturation<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Increased image hue<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Increased image vibrance<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Decreased exposure<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Increased contrast<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Increased smooth and blur details<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Increased vignette &amp; bloom<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Added text to image<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Image Credits<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Here is the original Creative Commons Image before modification:<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_110\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-110\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/olatunem\/files\/2022\/04\/artificial-intelligence-g90a38e573_1920-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"Artificial Intelligence\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/olatunem\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1544\/files\/2022\/04\/artificial-intelligence-g90a38e573_1920-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/olatunem\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1544\/files\/2022\/04\/artificial-intelligence-g90a38e573_1920-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/olatunem\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1544\/files\/2022\/04\/artificial-intelligence-g90a38e573_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/olatunem\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1544\/files\/2022\/04\/artificial-intelligence-g90a38e573_1920-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/olatunem\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1544\/files\/2022\/04\/artificial-intelligence-g90a38e573_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;Artificial Intelligence&#8217; by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/geralt-9301\/\">geralt<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/service\/license\/\">Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Here is the Creative Commons Image after modification:<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_108\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-108\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/olatunem\/files\/2022\/04\/cropped-banner-1-550x138.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Artificial Intelligence with text 'The Tech Blog' over image\" width=\"550\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/olatunem\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1544\/files\/2022\/04\/cropped-banner-1-550x138.jpg 550w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/olatunem\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1544\/files\/2022\/04\/cropped-banner-1-1200x300.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/olatunem\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1544\/files\/2022\/04\/cropped-banner-1-768x192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/olatunem\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1544\/files\/2022\/04\/cropped-banner-1-1536x384.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/olatunem\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1544\/files\/2022\/04\/cropped-banner-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This work, &#8220;Image of Artificial Intelligence with text &#8216;The Tech Blog&#8217; over image&#8221;, is a derivative of &#8220;Artificial Intelligence&#8221; by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/geralt-9301\/\">geralt<\/a>, used under <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/service\/license\/\">Pixabay<\/a>. &#8220;Image of Artificial Intelligence with text &#8216;The Tech Blog&#8217; over image&#8221; is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/deed.en\">CC BY SA-4.0<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:The_Tech_Blog.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\">Emmanuel<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left\">Thoughts on the Creative Process<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I really enjoyed the creative process as it allowed me to explore my pseudo-artistic strengths with full autonomy of design. It was fun modifying the image on <a href=\"https:\/\/pixlr.com\">pixlr.com<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:The_Tech_Blog.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\">creating a copyright license<\/a> for the image on the <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/\">Wikimedia Commons Site<\/a>. The purpose of this blogging site is to discuss interesting technology related content. I believe artificial intelligence is the future of technology, hence the banner displays an image of artificial intelligence concepts behind the blog-name to portray the theme of the blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creative Process When creating my blog, I wanted a banner that reflects the theme of technology and all that the future holds in store of us in that regard. I speculated featuring popular powerful electronic devices like the MacBook, but concluded that it was too limiting. 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