Jenny Reeder

Thanks, Jenny, for acknowledging my advice and for your kind words about my abilities in your comments on my site. I should say that the color blender was indeed a tip that I got from Jeremy not too long ago. I want to see his Clio 2 Type Assignment!

I think you’re doing a really good job, too. Your site certainly has great info and coming up with a great way to present it will no doubt make it into a very useful resource for people. Unlike some in our class who said that they will stick it out and read something that’s valuable or interesting or useful no matter what the visual style, I will click away rather quickly when a site is poorly designed. I think there is a reason for this: one, these classmates are scholars looking for and in need of particular information and, I assume, will need to read it and absorb it no matter whether they like the way it looks or not. I, on the other hand, am generally looking for an easily accessible resource from which to glean a specific piece of information —say a javascript code for how to accomplish x or something— and will click around to find a site where I can do that quickly. Time is of the essence, and I’d rather spend more time tweaking, debugging, and otherwise working on my own design than sorting out someone else’s.

Jenny, your site is looking great! I love the color scheme in particular, which is quite lovely. What was your inspiration for this combination of colors and that great background pattern? I think your basic font looks quite readable, and fits in well with your theme and topic.