Interface

I feel that the interface of the blog works very well for what it is intended for. There is a lot of space for content on the left, with various navigation sidebars on the right that the user can easily use. When the user clicks on a certain category, all of the posts within that category will show up, excluding any irrelevant posts. This is a very good way for people to find relevant information without having to look through other content. There are various features in the sidebar such as the most recent posts part which gives a brief overview of the most recent posts, links to friends and even a del.icio.us plugin that pulls an RSS feed from my profile to show the most recent sites I have bookmarked (which are usually relevant to the course). I’ve also integrated a Flickr plugin that pulls the photos from my album into the site like you can see here.

Branding and Identity

I haven’t focused much on branding because I change it a lot. Although at the moment I am using the ‘n’ logo to represent ‘neka’, but I feel this will only be temporary until I make something better. I’ve used a portal type page for the root of the site which has various links to other related stuff of mine such as my photography portfolio and web design service I run with a friend. One day in the near future I’ll put them all together as part of my site.

Documentation
At first, for some reason I was documenting every lecture I went to but I later realised this was impractical and not as helpful as I though it would be. I then just documented important lectures, coursework briefs, coursework requirements, trips and any other relevant information. One thing that strengthens this documentation is the photos I took when the moment was appropriate such as the Kinetica Museum visit. It’s good to be able to look back over this and refresh my mind on some of the text I’ve written down.