Geoguessr is an online geographically-based game where a player (or multiple players) is placed in a random place on Google Streetview, and they have to figure out where they are and pinpoint it on a map. So say, for instance, you are placed a somewhere with a western landscape. You might recognize that you’re in…
2: YouTube’s Homepage
YouTube is the main way most people view online video. Given that, the design of the homepage does not do a good job of reflecting that. The biggest thing on the page is an advertisement for a channel on the site. It is centered at the top so it is the first thing a viewer…
1: Unseen Complexity
When we consider digital media, it’s easy to overlook the cultural and social contexts, and how much time publishers devote to framing the individual elements of the text. For example, I think of the attention to the color red on a stop sign, which catches the driver’s attention and signals the message’s urgency. On its…