A bit late after – but I think it’s still worth while to do since the last minisite is worth 50% of my final mark, and it’s good to know where I’m going and not just making things look pretty and clickable.
OK… I started writing this blog on FRIDAY (last week) and it’s almost TUESDAY…. So i decided that even if it’s gonna be shorter and less detailed than I planned – the reason why i was delaying it’s much anticipated release (not) … I don’t want it hanging around. And I’ll just blam DECP1005 – the current pain in my backside and brain.
So feedback from Minisite 2 – yea – a few comments about the artwork. Rob said it was a little “too” organised and lost something that Minisite 1 had. I would say that I have to agree with him… To fit in line with his remarks about my idea development… the original “Maltese Falcon” kind of got lost when I got all bright eyed and dreamy.
Things to do/ include for Minisite 3 + personal feedback for Minisite 2:
1. Don’t use “height” attributes for content unless it is “auto” – otherwise I will have to include 4-5 (i.e. too many) “contentcontainers” in my stylesheet.
2. include an FAQ page in Minisite 3
3. Challenge myself with flash (since i didn’t have the time to do this for Minsite 2 and I think a flash presentation would be helpful when i present my protoype of the “conversations”
4. Think of a title for my website and more importantly a name for my application. My favourite words so far are: Beat, Climate, Origami, conversations, Me, reflections, “Reflex-Ions” (ha,,, i just thought of that one)… anyway… keep thinking of what would ring true to the concept and be catchy too.,
5. Keep the iPhone section since Minisite 3 is supposed to be the “pitch” of the product. (Can i just say – I have seen a bit of Kristian (“i’m too cool for school” ’s Minisite 3 – and it looks really professional… Can one of my goals be “Try to look professional”??
6. I supposed that means research minsites for product launches… and techniques they have used to make the site look professional and slick. I realise that the inclusion of flash gimmicks isn’t necessary. Things to consider are font size, font family, size of page container, borders?, javascript to heighten interactiviy, layout.
7. Remain more “true” to my idea. Stick to themes of choas, interaction of sometimes opposing yet always interlaced elements, “emotivity”, conversing entities, unpredictability, engaging content/ images that provoke curiosity.
That’s all I can think of/ remember at the moment. This post was somewhat disjointed… I have this portfolio to finish so I can’t concentrate properly on my iPHone project – even though How i will express the visuals seems to be constantly niggling at my brain!!
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