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Brainstorming Session 2 : Blog Critiques

Posted on 23. Dec, 2008 by Derrick.

Woah!  still buzzing, ok, not quite, but still quite awake, after waking up close to 5am for this mornings brainstorming session that went for a marathon 7 hours!!!!    I think Alex got thought about 40 of students, answering questions and giving us comments about how our blogs are looking. .Lots of great ideas were gleaned from the session - I’ll review these later, once I’ve got all the ideas organised into an easy to read format

Once again I’ve been told to change my header!!! Arghh!. . nothing personal, just a sigh of frustration :). - Appreciate all the honest feedback and comments I received via the call - afterall without them the last time, It woudn’t have evolved to how it is now - which personally I’m very happy with.

I’ve already spent quite some time the header, so rather than spend another 3-4 hours working on a header right now, I’m just going to leave it for the moment, and see what other ideas come to me .  Would love to hear your comments and your thoughts about it and if you think i should change it - For those of you who were on the call I have modified it slightly as I know it was mentioned it looked a bit busy, so I’ve opted for a colour gradient - below is how it looked before:

Thanks in advance for your comments!

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Week 3 : Day 17 - Session 4 - Brainstorming!

Posted on 12. Dec, 2008 by Derrick.

Session 1.0 Brainstorming.

Been working overtime on this blog, and missed a bit of sleep. . so .. it wasn’t surprising that I woke up late and missed the first hour and a bit of todays Coaching Session with Alex Jeffreys.  All good though. . also in the middle of migrating to a new computer so my files are everywhere. . big file clean up coming up this week!. . The best part of today’s session was getting some feedback on my current site, as well as everyday seeing people making progress and hearing the small successes everyone is having with building their sites. All very inspiring!

Anyway, the big takeaway for me today, was that the site looked a little too ‘Corporate’ and not personal enough.  -  I am a little bit hesitant to drop this theme right now, (as I have spent considerable time learning and customising it) however if people feel that it does not serve the purpose of being a blog, and most importantly ease of use, then I will change :). . I have subsequently spent the last 2 or so hours trying to find a theme I like, but haven’t come across something yet, so will just leave it as it is until I do find something. In the meantime,  I thought why not try something new for me and put a POLL on this site, and get a gauge on what you all think of the current look and feel - so please give me some feedback and vote in the box to the right All feedback appreciated!

Now, as I have been working (and doing a lot of interstate travel with my work), I haven’t had much time to dedicate to this project, but that all changes come next week, when I am off on an extended holiday.  So be expecting to see at least one post a day as I document what I’m doing to make this blog as best as it can be. . any suggestions or comments are most welcome.

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