I chose to write a post analyzing the landing page for Ugly Duckling Presse. Ugly Duckling Presse is a small press, a “nonprofit publisher for poetry, translation, experimental nonfiction, performance texts, and books by artists. “ I was not exactly sure what to make of the landing page when I first arrived. It is very…
2: Blog about a ‘blog’ – Reddit
For the second blog post, I chose to analyze the blog-esque website, Reddit. Reddit functions as a platform for communication between users on ‘subreddits’ which are themed blogs that have a singular theme or focus. They range from being extremely vague, Gaming, to being focused around specific subjects. The excellent thing about Reddit, there is…
2. Learning for all Ages
In the reading my interest was peaked when it was mentioned “that video games help promote literacy because they offer complicated, interactive narratives that game players have learn how to navigate” (77) . However, just like many of my classmates have mentioned, I want to talk about something that applies to various demographics and is…
2: Diversity and Rhetoric
Like many others in the class, I have some artsy literary leanings, and would like to focus my study on a lit mag website. I feel like this is an interesting way to go about examining rhetoric and design because each lit mag is so individual and unique to itself, and thus so are many…
2: Bauce Magazine’s Website Design
For my second blog post, I decided to examine the website design for one of my favorite online magazines. Bauce Magazine is a lifestyle site for “self-made women”, and they pride themselves on creating content that relates to young women with ambitious who come from multicultural backgrounds. They want to inspire women and make the…
2: Poets & Writers Magazine – Design for Creative Writers
Poets & Writers is “the nation’s largest nonprofit organization serving creative writers” (Poets & Writers). I chose to look at their website because I have subscribed to their bimonthly magazine for the past two years. The magazine offers a wide variety of content such as articles on current literary trends, debut authors, and writing advice,…
2: Fork Knife Teeth: Food Blog with a Purpose
I spent a lot of time this summer helping with the food photography for Fork Knife Teeth, my sister’s food blog. I’m partial to it because the recipes are good, because of my time holding up large pieces of white paper to reflect sunlight for a better shot, and because I think it looks nice,…
2: Give Thanks for [PANK]
As far as online magazines go, I absolutely adore the design for PANK—stylized [PANK]—Magazine. In fact, I used it a lot for reference when I was creating a simple Weebly website for one of Susquehanna University’s literary magazines. Some of the other online literary magazines I came across were chaotic or cluttered, so I really…
2. Pew Research Center Website Analyses
Last semester I spent a lot of time on Pew Research Center’s website for my semester project for statistics. Pew Research Center, is a non profit organization that “…provides information on social issues, public opinion, and demographic trends shaping the United States and the world” (Wikipedia). On the Pew Research Center homepage, pewresearch.org, the website…
2: The Designs Behind ITX
The first thing a visitor sees when they navigate to ITX’s website is “you”. This is a popular marketing ploy, because, of course, addressing the target audience directly by pasting a giant YOU to a homepage is sure to get their attention. ITX is an Information Technology company, so their marketing goal is to be…