Analytics are an aspect of website design that I see mentioned quite often, with videos and articles discussing how to best utilize the information you can get from built-in metrics and website additions such as Google Analytics. In the artist world, you would only need to focus on analytics if...
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In a survey conducted by the PEW Institute, Facebook was shown to be the leading social media site for adults in the US to obtain news, with 31% of participants regularly getting their information from the site. This figure is not much of a surprise, since Facebook has a certain...
I’d like to spend this post talking about the world of intellectual property, and the growing dialogue over how to include Indigenous works in copyright law. This is a current topic which includes many people who know much more than I do, but I wanted to use this platform, however...
I’ve been on the internet for a long time. I’ve seen first-hand how news and entertainment has shifted and changed over the years, for better or worse. I’d like to talk specifically about YouTube’s major role in the lives of children, adolescents, and teens from its humble beginnings to the...
One website that comes to mind when I think about good graphic design is Brilliant. When I first visited the site, I was greeted with a sleek layout and cohesive design that definitely effected my choice to create an account. Brilliant is a website built around educating people through visual...
I promised not to include any text on my last mini assignment, but I still wanted to share the inspiration behind the numbers gif. I binge-watched the tv show Severance this past week and I can say it’s right up my alley in terms of genre, as a psychological thriller,...
I haven’t thought too deeply about the kind of audience I’m writing to with these posts (and everything else I put on the internet, for that matter). I suppose I imagine my readers to be much like an old friend or a pen pal, someone who I can feel comfortable...
Writing new posts for this blog has been especially hectic this week… I’ve been editing my CSS, fixing errors, adding experimental features, and even shifting how I create art for my blog. I was getting overwhelmed by the workload and wanted a more cohesive theme for each drawing, so I...
I came into this publishing class with next to no knowledge on the intricacies of setting up and managing a website. I spent a lot of time deciding on my URL, since I was stubborn about not just using my name. After a lot of dead ends with brainstorming, I...
I’ll be upfront and say that I don’t often seek out conversations with strangers. The idea of needing to start, continue, and figure out when to end an interaction is discouraging enough to convince myself it’s not worth the effort. Being autistic with ADHD means I also have to put...