In part three, I continue my discussion of McCain and his ineffective use of the web. This is part three of six. Excluding 50% of Americans John McCain’s website does not have a ‘Students for McCain’ webpage. In fact, last Spring he had only three people group webpages: Lawyers, Women and Veterans for McCain. But still […]
Bad design by design, Branding, Design Concept/Ideas, Politics, Redesign, The Design Process, Website Design
Politics & Effectively Using the Web (part two)
In part two, I continue my discussion of McCain and his ineffective use of the web. This is part two of six. As I said in part one, I spent last Spring studying the presidential candidates and how I could create some ‘advertising’ to help one of the candidates. This was when the democrats were narrowed […]
Bad design by design, Branding, Design Concept/Ideas, Logo Design, Politics, Usability, Website Design
Politics & Effectively using the Web (part one)
In part one, I introduce the dilemma McCain has in effectively reaching young people on the web. This is part one of six. As a designer I’ve constantly looked at the candidate websites and tried to imagine how people of different age groups would react and interact with them. These next six blog posts will be […]
Misconceptions of Designing for the Web
Websites should look pretty and that’s all that matters. They should be well designed, but from a usability standpoint. It’s not a magazine ad, where the audience just looks at and reads it. Think about how the user will navigate through the site, their Internet speed, browser support, search engine optimization. I don’t know HTML […]
The Photo-Manipulation Debate
As journalists we believe the guiding principle of our profession is accuracy; therefore, we believe it is wrong to alter the content of a photograph in any way that deceives the public. As photojournalists, we have the responsibility to document society and to preserve its images as a matter of historical record. It is clear […]
Poynter’s Eye-Tracking Problems
I found this article by Andy Rutledge to be very interesting. He believes Poynter is doing the public a disservice by putting out studies on the eye movement of people who read things on the web or in print (the study is here). Now, I’ve always found information about the typical eye movement of people […]
Blast from the Past I don’t know why I’m posting m…
Blast from the PastI don’t know why I’m posting my design work from high school. If only to prove a point that Truman State University is teaching me something about design. I was a senior in high school when my then band director requested I design his website for his political campaign. This was my […]
What I’ve learned in regards to graphic design.
What I’ve learned in regards to graphic design. 1. You should stab yourself in the hand if you feel the urge to use a drop shadow, stroke or gradiant. A direct quote from my Professor. I believe that drop shadow can be used, but very faintly and only to achieve better readability 2. Large blocks […]