Reflections on my own writing

• How has your writing changed (hopefully for the better) since the beginning of the course?

My writing has changed in that I've begun writing shorter paragraphs. I still need to write more concisely, though. I need to utilize my journalistic writing style when writing for the web. I get carried away with the sense of freedom - no page limitations! I also need to practice more what I preach. I felt I learned a lot about what makes a website good, but did not always put that into practice. Some of that was due to technology (or skill) limitations, but some of it could have been remedied. I could have used more bulleted lists and headers.

I still don't know how to show only one paragraph and link to the rest of a post. Nor do I know how to underline or bold words (my style bar doesn't show up on Safari, for some reason.) I did, however, learn to link, which was very exciting.

• What have you learned in the course that you think will prove most useful?

I think the elements of good web design have proved most useful. Even though we did not learn HTML or Dreamweaver or the like, we did learn what strategies work best, and the rest is cake.