New
29 JULY 2010: I replaced "Readings" on this homepage with "New".
- Advantages
- Often, I have only a short time but I can draft an idea or annotate a cite in "New" without worrying how it might fit earlier content.
- On other sites, "New!" graphics are often not updated and can direct me to items I've already viewed.
- No login is required, as would be needed to implement document management that tracks what a user ID has seen and highlights newer material.
- Longterm, if I develop useful content, friends and colleagues may check what "New" ideas I'm playing with.
- "Readings" did not describe cites for video/film, TV news, radio and other media.
- Process
- Draft in "index?????.html"; publish by copying to "index.html".
- Style for a "New" item
- Paragraph: date in caps (h5?); colon; title as citation or idea or action taken (without "project" name).
- List (of lists) describing ...
- Order newest to oldest.
- When space runs out on the Homepage, move to history file in "New" subdirectory.
- End "New" section with "EARLIER" text and "New" link to history subdir.
- When my ideas jell and I have a longer session, edit content from "New" into projects.
- Action items
- Would this be appropriate for "User Experience" and "Get Around Town" when they have more content?
- Study authorities' discussion of "New".
EARLIER "New"
Planning
My studies and projects will be presented in three subsites:
- On www.UserExperience.us, I shall analyze websites and other systems based on my readings about usability, "experience design" and related topics. I shall propose improvements and document my successes and failures.
- With www.GetAroundTown.org, I shall attempt to improve urban personal transportation.
- www.BobLaw.us will hold all other studies and projects.
My plan is to handcode about 10 webpages while
- testing my website design and my selected subset of XHTML+CSS,
- studying how to write and illustrate web content,
- documenting the plans, design, etc.
Before expanding much beyond 10 pages, I shall learn an authoring tool (e.g. Dreamweaver).
Longer term studies should include design for accessibility and tiny screens.
Verify
I taught myself to hand code a selected subset of XHTML + CSS.
You can validate my XHTML by clicking the icon at the bottom
of each webpage:
.
You can validate my Cascading Style Sheet
by copying
"http://boblaw.userexperience.us/home465.css"
(without the quotation marks)
into the "Address" field of
