tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494742534428178003.post7221169573879036526..comments2023-10-06T02:09:21.948-07:00Comments on brettoppegaard.com: Where my homepage is headed (hopefully)Brett Oppegaardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15224791260490249428noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494742534428178003.post-34490675055391173522009-02-02T11:06:00.000-08:002009-02-02T11:06:00.000-08:00Wow, Brett, you found some really great sites to s...Wow, Brett, you found some really great sites to share as examples. I especially liked use of movement and icon in the White Stripes site navigation. And I was absolutely blown away by the Checkland Kindleyside site. Everything about that site--from its muted color scheme to its use of motion--is elegant and effective. Wow. You have such interesting ideas for your homepage redesign -- can't wait to see it!Shawna Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03913405627121020355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494742534428178003.post-53472097639157592292009-02-01T07:21:00.000-08:002009-02-01T07:21:00.000-08:00Some great sites, Brett. I think that your "artif...Some great sites, Brett. I think that your "artifice of third person" will be no great loss. It's a bit formal for someone who visits with aliens, plays vintage baseball, and 'rassles steers. :)<BR/><BR/>The band sites you've chosen are some great examples of the genre--I've always liked SOAD's site (I almost pushed the URL in class the other night) because you move through content without feeling like you have to navigate multiple levels of the site. Every time I'm forced to use the back button in my browser, it kills the narrative force (or immediacy, as described in <I>Remediation: Understanding New Media</I>) of the website I'm viewing, I think. You don't have to do that with SOAD's site; they open new tabs or windows to link to the store, to fan-sites, and other places that would otherwise break their narrative.<BR/><BR/>I <I>really</I> like your portrait collage idea. You'd have to very carefully choose/design an image that works to support your site structure, which is something that I'm struggling with in my own design. <BR/><BR/>Are you going to be keeping the same macro-structure to your site, or are you going to be adding new sections, deleting or combining old ones, etcetera? That is, what in your portfolio and student hub do you want to emphasize? How will you organize it? How might you represent that through imagery? These are all questions that I'm only just beginning to be able to answer myself for my own site...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13126342551688811883noreply@blogger.com