Network Culture 2050

Network Cultures in 2050 Ways of Communication (mockup)

Good and Bad Websites

When surfing the internet one will discover that no website is the same as another. A designer must make sure that when they are designing a website it must be pleasing to the eye as well as organized so that it is easy for the viewer to navigate within it.

In my opinion, to make a successful website , you must make sure your content is organized as well ass aesthetically pleasing to the viewer. The simpler the better. You don’t want to make it too crowded but you don’t want to make it to bland or plain. It should also be easy to use.

My example of a good website is : http://www.husseinchalayan.com/#/home/

This website is simple, organized and professional. I like that it doesn’t go to different pages when you click on a sub category, everything is on the first page, the pictures move smoothly and give the website a bit of flare. The background is white and the words are in black and in a simple font, nothing too distracting.

My example of a badly designed website is : http://www.havenworks.com/

This website is a horribly designed website. It is chaotic and crowded with too much text and way too many images. The flashing emoticons are distracting and you cannot find anything on the site. The colour scheme is off and the site too long, you can scroll forever and feel like you haven’t gotten anywhere because everything looks the same. Overall not a pleasant experience.

 

Mpm17.Assignment 1. Web 2.0 Digital Identity

1.What does your current digital footprint say about you?1.What does your current digital footprint say about you?

My digital footprint isn’t very impressive. I googled my name “Solanje Ghany” and the first thing that came up was my dysfunctional website that I created for previous Ryerson classes. Other wordpress blogs that i’m part of came up as well showing some of my work that I did in photoshop. One link that I found interesting was a link to peopleAZ.org, the name of the article was ‘People with the last name Ghany’ I scrolled through the list and found my name, spelt with a ‘g’ instead of a ‘j’. Curious I clicked the link and found out that my name spelt with a ‘g’ is the 2,893rd most common name. My last name Ghany is the 133,114th most common surname. Other than these few links, I don’t appear to exist on the internet.

2.Would you want an employer or teacher to see that? What do you want it to show and say?

I would not like a teacher or employer to see these results. I want them to be impressed with what they see whether it is my sketches, paintings, photos or programs. I want to be able to have a website or positive results that would encourage someone to employ me. It would also come in handy when I want to show my parents or friends what I do in school and how i’m progressing.