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I took the "Name the Elements" Quiz and named 90 HTML Elements in 5 minutes!
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
Web Design thoughts
The first thing that stands out the most, from what I have learned, is that usability is crucial. It's all about the organization and the users experience. If I can remember my primary goals and audience and map throughout the design process than I can keep it consistent. I can maintain why I started designing the site in the first place. Also it's better to keep the website simple and easier to use than make it complicated or busy. I liked the day in class where Mr. Stein gave us a task on a website to follow. We had classmates monitor how many times we had to use the back arrow, clicks, if we got frustrated, and if we were able to complete the task. My task was to go to Targets website and find a certain brand blender using a $50 gift card and be able to check out. It was easy to find the blender under $50. But when I went to check out I had to register and give Target a bunch of personal information that I really didn't want to give them. That is were I got frustrated with the site.
I need to remember those specific times when I get frustrated looking at others websites. I don't want to make the same mistakes. I don't want my users to get frustrated with my site. I need to sympathize with them. I need to remember that they came to my site with a specific reason and my job is to make that a nice experience as I can so that they will want to come back to my site later.
I need to remember those specific times when I get frustrated looking at others websites. I don't want to make the same mistakes. I don't want my users to get frustrated with my site. I need to sympathize with them. I need to remember that they came to my site with a specific reason and my job is to make that a nice experience as I can so that they will want to come back to my site later.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Thoughts on "The Expert Mind"
I read The Expert Mind article this weekend and found the chess analogy interesting! What I mean is some of the experts felt that there were people that were pre-destined to be great in one certain area while, another would have to work very hard to come even close to being as good. Teachers even felt or believed that there were some students who had natural talent and that they would know it when they saw it. But others felt that there really was no way that from one game or one recital that they would be able to see if their performance stemmed from pre-destined talent or ability. With hard work and lots of practice a few felt that with family and parents encouragement the childs abilities could grow and become very developed and talented just like children with natural abilities. As long as they didn't stop their learning or growth by becoming complacent, they could become grandmasters with lots of effort and practice!
I started learning the flute when I was 10 yrs old. Some thought that was to young and figured my mom to be foolish to have me taking lessons at such an early age. I soon became so good that anyone who heard me told me that I had mastered my instrument. I stopped practicing so much because I felt I had learned all that I could. However, it wasn't till I came upon someone greater at the flute than I was, that I had become complacent. I had stopped my growth. I swallowed my pride and continued with my lessons so that I could once again be great! I think many people do this when they feel they have accomplished the goal that they had set out to do! It's important to have these learning moments in life to help us grow! One more thing that the article talked about was that every year children are learning things at an earlier age all the time! Much sooner than you or I did and they are becoming greater at it sooner than we did too! I don't feel like a person is ever to young or to old to learn a skill!
I started learning the flute when I was 10 yrs old. Some thought that was to young and figured my mom to be foolish to have me taking lessons at such an early age. I soon became so good that anyone who heard me told me that I had mastered my instrument. I stopped practicing so much because I felt I had learned all that I could. However, it wasn't till I came upon someone greater at the flute than I was, that I had become complacent. I had stopped my growth. I swallowed my pride and continued with my lessons so that I could once again be great! I think many people do this when they feel they have accomplished the goal that they had set out to do! It's important to have these learning moments in life to help us grow! One more thing that the article talked about was that every year children are learning things at an earlier age all the time! Much sooner than you or I did and they are becoming greater at it sooner than we did too! I don't feel like a person is ever to young or to old to learn a skill!
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