Nik Bornemeier NikBorn

CSS Layout Challenges 1-15

Challenge 1

I created a containing element to hold div2 and div3 and then I floated the container to the right.

Challenge 2

Look at your initial StrengthsFinder reflection that you completed in week 1 -- how have your perceptions of the top 5 themes changed?

I don't know that I would consider the top five that they gave me (Learner, Adaptability, Positivity, Achiever, Activator) to be my 'true top 5 strengths,' but I do beleive I hold all of those strengths somewhere inside of me. The two that absolutely fit me are Adaptablility and Posititvity.

How are you different today than when you first started at Turing? Where are you stronger now than on day 1.

I am much stronger today than when I first started at Turing. When I began, I had a vague idea about what it meant to be a developer. Now I fell as though I am much more confident and competent when it comes to some of the basic concepts of HTML, CSS and Javaspript, but I want to know more. I think this is what keeps driving me. I find myself thinking about non-developement things from a developers view, how can I break this down into smaller problems and solve those?

Al Scott

"The mentor (or alum) I contacted is Al Scott" Date of contact

"05/05/2017" Outcome (i.e., did you get a response? If not, what is your follow-up plan? Did you meet? When? What was the result?) I did get a response we met on 05/11/2017 and he agreed to be my mentor.

How do you feel like this relationship will benefit you in your longterm professional development?

	### Layout Challenge

	#### challenge 1
	[challenge 1](http://codepen.io/MileHighNik/pen/LxeQwj)

	#### challenge 2
	[challenge 2](http://codepen.io/MileHighNik/pen/BpJrmg)

	#### challenge 3
	[challenge 3](http://codepen.io/MileHighNik/pen/dNJmOm)

	On a website, what is the purpose of HTML code? It is the Structure
	What is the difference between an element and a tag? the tag can either be the starting or ending tag. The element is both tags
	and everything inbetweeen.
	Why do we use attributes in HTML elements? to provide additional information about them.
	Describe the purpose of the head, title, and body HTML elements. the head is inforamationa about the website, and also contains the title.
	The title is what appears in the tab of the web browser. The body is everything that is on the webpage.
	In your browser (Chrome), how do you view the source of a website? Command/Option/I
	List five different HTML elements and what they are used for. For example, <p></p> is a paragraph element, and it is used to represent a paragraph of text.
	<h1></h1> is the most important heading category.
	<aside></aside> is a portion of a website, usually on one side or the other.

	Directions: Copy this template into your own gist.

	Strengths Reflection & Coaching Request

	Read Through Your Theme Definitions

	What words or phrases stick out to you? How would you define each of your top 5 talents in your own words?

	Do these top 5 talent themes resonate with you? Why or why not?



	Project: Ideabox

	Group Member Names: Nik Bornemeier and James Sullivan

	Project Expectations: What does each group member hope to get out of this project? Nik would like to become more comfortable
	with JSON and Array prototype methods. ###James would like the same as well as some additional work with css, and simpler
	javascript.

	To recap my strenths are: Learner, Adaptability, Positivity, Achiever, Activator. I don't think I have changed considerabley since
	starting Turing but I do think I have been able to use my strengths in a positive manner. My Positivity has made it easier to
	stay in a growth mindset when things get tough, my Adaptability has made it easier to deal with unforseen problems or pairing
	sessions that pop up at the last minute. I feel like my strength as a Learner has kept me focused on soaking up as much
	information on a topic as possible.

	I always try to us my Positivity when pairing with others, no matter what the error/problem, we will get through this and find
	an appropriate solution.

	I feel like I do a good job of using my strengths and I don't necissarily feel that things get in the way of my strengths.

	Feedback III Reflection

	What are you doing well as a pair programmer and collaborator? Working incredibly hard and making sure we are able to deliver
	all aspects of the project. Keeping communication open and flowing.

	How do you use your strengths as a team member? I stay very positive, work hard, and try to keep things light when stress is
	mounting.

	How would you like to continue to develop your strengths? Continue to try to show others my strenghts through my words and
	actions.

	UI is visually how a product/website looks.
	UX is the experience the user has while interacting with the comany/product/service.

	In the past I have used the empathy phase of design thinking quite often to try to determine what the easiest route is for the
	user. I think the most difficult part of design thinking would be reframing. I think it would be hard to identify the 'problem
	behind the problem' all the time and not just treat the symptoms.

	I think there are quite a few advantages of agile design thinking, you are constanlty able to receive feedback to make sure you
	are not wasting resources going down a path that will be scrapped later, you are figuring out the needs of the user not necisarily
	the wants of the user, which can sometimes be much harder. I follow the basic design principles outlined. I feel that having a