For the assignment, I have found five sites that I like. I don't particulary like the content of each, but they were mainly chosen for design elements.
www.marilynmanson.com – This site has very good graphics and mouse over effects. When moving your cursor across the page, the picture (although some are disturbing) flip and move as well. The focus object of the page shifts back and forth through the background, following the mouse. There seem to be few links on the page, but after clicking on various things, you can be directed to "hidden" pages.
www.frightfurnace.com – This site has some simplistic flash features that are fun to look at. It is a sight mainly for a haunted house during Halloween, so the simple graphics make the story behind them not seem too creepy. I like the subtle aspects as well. The steel bolted borders of the pages and font really make you think of Halloween.
www.customglamgirl.com – This site uses a minimal color scheme and several different fonts. All of the fonts go together well. Because there aren't many colors, the fonts don't look disorganized or like a little kid was playing with the features.
www.dexigner.com – The best thing about this site is the fish-shaped eye balls. You have to go look. They're actually cute. I like that the topics are put in thin vertical columns so that it is easy to see all of them at once. The blocks of color are just enough to not be too bright. With only a small amount of multiple colors, they don't become overwhelming or look like the designer was trying to hard.
www.mtv.com – I really like the background of this page. It's very edgy and abstract. I also like that they use blue for the titles. The pictures of all the starts are also very interesting.
From looking at these, the main thing I have noticed is that it's better to use large amounts of one thing, or small amounts of many things. This keeps the viewer from being overwhelmed or the site looking cluttered.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Sunday, October 14, 2007
http://postsecret.blogspot.com/
The first post on Sunday, October 14th, said, "When my fiance left me I volunteered to go to Iraq hoping I wouldn't come back. I got the purple heart instead."
This site shows photos that people send in that have statements added to them of personal secrets. Some are serious, some are funny, some are too personal to understand the meaning. All of these opinions are put on the same webpage, separated only by what day they are posted. The site shows so much into what other people think is important and how strangely our brains works. Some of the posts made me want to laugh, some cry, and some were obviously just stupid. However, every one showed something about the poster. The site is updated daily and is annonymous.
From more searching I found that the site also has sound bites and videos of people revealing secrets. The site has this invitation posted under 'How do I mail in my secrets?'
"You are invited to anonymously contribute your secrets to PostSecret. Each secret can be a
hope, regret, funny experience, unseen kindness, fantasy, belief, fear, betrayal, erotic desire,
confession, or childhood humiliation. Reveal anything - as long as it is true and you have
never shared it with anyone before. "
As you can see, this is a place where one can go and let out everything. There are multiple mediums to express multiple feelings. I believe this is a good site for all types of people. It lets me see that I'm not the only one with little problems or who thinks things out of the norm. But could this be normal? The people posting on this site say they are doctors, fire fighters, soldiers, businessmen and women, elderly men and women, and others from all walks of life and all types of backgrounds.
What is your secret today?
This site shows photos that people send in that have statements added to them of personal secrets. Some are serious, some are funny, some are too personal to understand the meaning. All of these opinions are put on the same webpage, separated only by what day they are posted. The site shows so much into what other people think is important and how strangely our brains works. Some of the posts made me want to laugh, some cry, and some were obviously just stupid. However, every one showed something about the poster. The site is updated daily and is annonymous.
From more searching I found that the site also has sound bites and videos of people revealing secrets. The site has this invitation posted under 'How do I mail in my secrets?'
"You are invited to anonymously contribute your secrets to PostSecret. Each secret can be a
hope, regret, funny experience, unseen kindness, fantasy, belief, fear, betrayal, erotic desire,
confession, or childhood humiliation. Reveal anything - as long as it is true and you have
never shared it with anyone before. "
As you can see, this is a place where one can go and let out everything. There are multiple mediums to express multiple feelings. I believe this is a good site for all types of people. It lets me see that I'm not the only one with little problems or who thinks things out of the norm. But could this be normal? The people posting on this site say they are doctors, fire fighters, soldiers, businessmen and women, elderly men and women, and others from all walks of life and all types of backgrounds.
What is your secret today?
The Reason for the Title
The reason for the title: seams self explanitory in my mind, but maybe I should explain it for you. How many of you really care about the ins and outs of a random persons life? Do you care that their cat peed on the floor yesterday or that they think their life sucks? Probably not. I know I'm not a caring enough person to want to know every little event and happening or (for example) "smoochiefluff_bob78". Maybe it's because I'm not a regular blogger. Maybe I don't have the time to find a blog that interests me. The point is, blogs shouldn't be because people don't want to know about those mundane things in your life that you write about. I don't mean to be mean, but I do mean to be honest. Have a nice day and Peace out.
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