Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Assessment #2

Through these 13 weeks of labouring on my 3 sites, i've come to appreciate the internet and how it works a little more. Also the balance between form and content does play a big role of creating a good website.

For my blog I have tried to make it both interesting and functional. One thing i changed from the first assessment was the template and colours. Originally my blog had a black background with alot of fluro fonts sort of like neon lights at night but it did look a little all over the place. I then changed it to what it is now, using the main colours blue, green,grey and whitewhich i think is a bit more aesthetically pleasing. I also think my posts have got a bit more interesting and longer than my first posts which didnt really say or do much like this one .

For my del.icio.us account i tried to add weird, quirky sites that alot of people may not have heard of but may enjoy. I also did and popular well known sites as well to balance out all the random ones. To help distinguish between them i used tags and bundled all the randome sites in to one bundle and the others into catergories like entertainment and educational. Heres a link to a random site and a popular site .

For my flickr account i put both personal photos and photos that i think are funny or cool. This is so people looking at my account would get and idea about who i am and what i look like. I also chose the layout the way it is so you could seeas many of my photos as you can per page and my sets. So the form of my account helps accentuate how interesting it is by being able to show more in the space allocated. I also, for the description, tried to tell the stroy behind the picture so people might understand why i took the photo. Here is an example of a story behind a photo .

So for the interestingness of the three sites i've tried to cater for everyones interests, especially my own, by having a wide range of different thing within them.