Reflections

Why did I even stop blogging?

Content
Working on this blog has been quite fulfilling. It opened up a world of sites that I normally wouldn't bother to search for. Blogs are just one out of the many existing genres. Even then, the enormity of the blog phenomenon isn't easy to fully comprehend. Thus, I've tried to incorporate theories from readings I've done without sounding too mechanical. Issues of copyright prevented me from solely giving my opinions without references. After all, the University's reputation is at stake if I am deemed to have plagiarised.

Language
Finding a balance between blog wit and assignment essay credibility was difficult. I believe blog language should be witty and just because this is an assignment, it shouldn't be a direct translation from the usual essay documents.

Design
Besides Nielsen, Parker also gave tips on how to design the layout of online documents. I took note of

proportion
to have enough white space and ensure sizes of document elements are based on relative importance and the surroundings; and

consistency
to avoid certain conflicting colours, type fonts so as to prevent viewers from getting eye fatigue.

I tried to crop my posts and have a link which says 'more' so that viewers can choose to read on or not. This will help viewers against scrolling on and on till the next post. But xhtml is a nightmare and I promptly gave up. This is definitely one design issue I wish I had a solution for.