Am I the only one that left the class last night feeling like my brain just about explode? This PHP thing is really challenging. Even after watching the video tutorial before the class, I still left feeling that I'm more confused than before. I really need to catch up and learn more about this.
I think I know why I'm not a developer =)... I'm more a visual kind of person. I need to visualise what the code is actually doing and what results I would expected to see. I might give the practical another go and try to understand what the code is actually trying to do.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
Draft of Technology Macro and Micro Analysis
Here it is... my draft of the Technology Macro and Micro Analysis. I think it still needs a lot more work on the Micro analysis parts. All feedback would be much appreciated.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Preparing User Questions
I have decided that I'm going to apply the User Centered Design (UCD) process in designing my website project. One of the steps of the UCD process is to gather user requirements. To do that, I'll be creating a short user survey, which I hope will give me some valuable information about my potential users to the website.
I've started drafting the user survey questions tonight. I'll review them again tomorrow before I distribute them to the potential users. This exercise will teach me valuable knowledge in applying the UCD process in website development.
I've started drafting the user survey questions tonight. I'll review them again tomorrow before I distribute them to the potential users. This exercise will teach me valuable knowledge in applying the UCD process in website development.
Writing My Technology Macro and Micro Analysis
I spent my day today to write my draft version of the Technology Macro and Micro Analysis assignment. I gather some books and online resources to get the definition of all the technologies I'll be using on my project. I found it's not easy to get a simple, easy to understand definition of each of the technologies. I'll try my best of describing each of them in the macro analysis.
As for the Micro analysis. There are a few things I'm still unsure about. I have to work on it further tomorrow so I can get them ready for review on Tuesday.
As for the Micro analysis. There are a few things I'm still unsure about. I have to work on it further tomorrow so I can get them ready for review on Tuesday.
Week 6 - CSS Layout
More CSS lecture was on last Tuesday. This time it was about CSS layout: How to position elements on the page and all the different options available to get the elements laid out the way you want them to. I found it takes a while for the whole concept to sink in. Until I played around with it and experiment with all the different options available, it's hard to imagine what it looks like.
The practical challenge is quite challenging. It took me a while to get them right. I think the key points of this is really experimenting with it and see what you get out of it. Although it was challenging, it was really fun for me. I really enjoy CSS. I think I can go on all night playing with them. I can't wait to start designing my website pages.
The practical challenge is quite challenging. It took me a while to get them right. I think the key points of this is really experimenting with it and see what you get out of it. Although it was challenging, it was really fun for me. I really enjoy CSS. I think I can go on all night playing with them. I can't wait to start designing my website pages.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Big, Bold and Beautiful Website Navigation Menus
As I'm doing my research for my design, I came across this post - "30+ Examples of Big, Bold and Beautiful Website Navigation Menus" by Freelance Folder. The team from Freelance folder complied a list of examples of navigation menu designs.
The navigation menu is an important element in any website design. It can be the one thing that will determine the success and failure of your website. If it's badly designed, your users would not know where to go and eventually leave your website without even thinking about coming back. On the other hand, when it's well designed and creates a nice user experience, your users would most likely keep coming back to your site. Furthermore, they may recommend it to their friends and eventually your site would serve its purpose whatever that may be.
This post is a reminder for me to carefully think about how the navigation menu in my website should be. In my opinion, a good navigation doesn't have to be fancy and flashy. I like it to be simple and easy to use and supported by its aesthetics design.
The navigation menu is an important element in any website design. It can be the one thing that will determine the success and failure of your website. If it's badly designed, your users would not know where to go and eventually leave your website without even thinking about coming back. On the other hand, when it's well designed and creates a nice user experience, your users would most likely keep coming back to your site. Furthermore, they may recommend it to their friends and eventually your site would serve its purpose whatever that may be.
This post is a reminder for me to carefully think about how the navigation menu in my website should be. In my opinion, a good navigation doesn't have to be fancy and flashy. I like it to be simple and easy to use and supported by its aesthetics design.
Inspiration for non-profits website design
A friend forwarded me this blog post about 22 Non-profits Looking Good, Doing Good by Mubashar Igbal from most inspired website. I found this inspiring. It proves that even a non-profit organisation using their website as an important marketing tool. Being non-profit doesn't mean cheap. It's a great service to the organisation and its contributors when the website is well-designed.
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