10/21/2019

Getting Started by Cohen and Rosenzweig:

         The short chapter, as I believe it is, discusses the matter of where you should start when designing a website. Cohen and Rosenzweig say that you should think of yourself as an architect, and not try to design the plumbing before the foundation when building a house. While critical elements are still important, getting bogged down in the details can hurt more than help. In the case of building a website, you should be more concerned with the basics of what system (email, word documents, etc) works best before jumping into more complex technology (i.e. the details). Cohen and Rosenzweig also encourage readers to think about what kind of website they're trying to create, whether it is one with a "zoomable" map that can be interacted with, or just a series of essays with complimentary pictures to assist the thesis.

Building An Audience by Cohen and Rosenzweig:

          As the title suggests, this chapter was about advertising a website. The methods recommended by Cohen and Rosenzweig are everything from word of mouth to mailing lists. These all cost various sums, a few being quite expensive, and so Cohen and Rosenzweig recommend that those interested in advertising a website look for simple means of doing so. Email, getting a passage in a relevant publication, and approaching colleagues who may be able to spread the word themselves are all good ways of advertising a website to start building your audience.

Comments:

         In these two chapters, Cohen and Rosenzweig talk about how to build your website and then how to build an audience for it. The relationship this has to our current assignment is fairly obvious, as is their relationship to one another, seeing as they are both chapters in the same publication/website. Still, I certainly see the importance of the information. When bringing our information to whatever website we end up using, we don't want to get bogged down in things that will only be relevant several weeks down the line. When constructing a website, you shouldn't think, "What font should I write the title in," if you don't even have the content prepared for that section of the website.

Question:

The websites we're working on certainly lean towards the informative side of things. What would be some other good websites to look at to study how to best orient our information?

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