If you have ever tried making a website, you would more or less remember the times when you first looked at your new site (which you have toiled on for at least an hour) and then realized that it didn’t exactly look appealing. In today’s Web 2.0 age, the look and design of an application in the net is very important in social computing and attracting people to your application. In Ellyssa Kroski’s article “Information Design for a New Web”, she details different different strategies on how to design a good Web 2.0 application and still be able to eat you cake at the same time. The article is indeed very good and relevant to studies regarding social computing, since social computing deals in our relationships with others through the World Wide Web. The article gives specific tips on improving on your application and an explanation regarding each. Overall, this article is worth reading. It’s found at:
http://www.masternewmedia.org/information_design/information-design-principles/
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