Lukas


 * Lukas**


 * 5 great/favourite websites**

1. Youtube.com - []
 * Easy to use, gives you access to millions of video's, tutorials, songs, dance and all sorts of fun!
 * Has messaging system, subscription system, overall great website
 * Allows you to post anything to show the world!

2. Stumbleupon.com - []
 * When you click the stumble button it brings you to a random website based upon your "interests"
 * When you first sign up for the website you are given a list of interests to choose from, the pages you are brought to are based on your interests alone
 * It is a website built for pure fun!

3. Facebook.com - []
 * Allows you to keep in touch with friends and to easily organize group events
 * Database for your life's photo's and events

4. Cuevana.tv - []
 * A spanish website based out of Argentina which allows me to watch any movie/show for free
 * There is very little buffering time and the video's are high quality pic/sound
 * It updates daily with new videos

5. Google.com - []
 * And finally the website which has helped me more than any throughout high school providing me with all sorts of resources to expand my knowledge and complete assignments


 * 5 not so good websites**

1. Hotmail.com - []


 * Always gives me spam/junk mail!
 * You can only send attachments which are very small

2. Myspace.com - []
 * Not easy to make a myspace page
 * Complicated boring process, seems like a worse version of Facebook & Twitter

3. University websites
 * Hard to find the information your looking for
 * Many have terribly designed layouts which complicate the process of applying

4. []
 * Too much information on main page
 * Hard to find what your looking for, so many different colours!

5. [|http://www.pinesol.com/#/explorer/]
 * Way too many tabs to click on
 * Too many pictures too look at
 * Difficult for user to navigate through the website

**2. New Work is on WIKI. Make sure you are up to date.** Today's work DUE at end of class: Research (lookup & find out about) the following concepts.... What does these terms refer to? Explain in your own words on your personal page. Include reference links/images to help illustrate : )
 * - website architecture design ** (we'll focus on simple designs suitable for personal/artist/small business website... not huge database designs)
 * - website navigation design **
 * - information hierarchy/hierarchies ** (ways to organize information graphically)


 * Website Architecture Design - ** []
 * Website architecture is the design, planning and creation process of a website. This involves the technical & aesthetic elements and functional criteria. Website architecture focuses on user requirements and focuses mainly on web content, a business plan, usability, interaction design, information architecture and web design.

**Website Navigation Design** - []
 * This refers to the navigational layout of a website. A website with good navigational design should be very easy to use, it should be as straightforward as possible for the user to find what he/she is looking for. Good navigational design is creative & aesthetically pleasing yet still easy to use, the user shouldn't struggle to find what they are looking for.


 * Information Hierarchy -** []
 * Refers to the "Knowledge pyramid" which is (data, information, knowledge, wisdom)