I was happy that we are picking up steam in class, but the most exciting thing last week was the automatic BIO GENERATOR.
HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS AWESOME THING. There are so many sites that say “write something about yourself” and I have no idea (or no desire) to share a bit, NOW I HAVE A TOOL TO HELP. This is great!
Additional item was the miasma that that is font choice. Yet another piece of your choice that can make or break the look and feel of your website. Yet another small tidbit that people over-choose when making (or not making) choices in their site.
Yet I am not surprised that such choices are made. In some places there are no choice because the font choices and sizes are already made in advance by a company “style guide” which tell you the format that is acceptable. This can be limiting as it is comforting as you are not flooded by well meaning employees telling you to change this or that. Those rails can help you finish your projects quickly as well as protect the overall look and feel of the site.
The other sites I have seen are made by a committee of managers, with a lot of political wrangling behind closed doors for each and every centimeter of the page. No wonder those sites look like a Jackson Pollock.
