Hour 3... Online Class

I’m having a bit of a spaghetti experience…
If we do the immigration experience we could include immigration gone bad stories.. I found these two very close to home for us…

Immigration gone bad…possible interviewees for the site
Close to us… at UW
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21897-2004Jul28.html

Ramzy Baroud, a graduate of the MCDM program - re an email from Dr. Lau on Dec 17th


I guess the goal I’d like to have with the website is that instead of looking at the website as an information outlet, it would be nice to look at the website as an art form. I don’t mean by using tons of flash, but to really tell a story have each page leading and expanding on a story.

Websites are used to present information but why not be on the cutting edge to use the website as a medium for artfully telling a story. I believe that everyone in the class holds interesting talents, either in video production, audio production, music production, photography and design.

The following websites were just great design ideas. The RGA.com one has amazing uses of storytelling for ecommerce, I guess for us it’s a matter to take those ideas of design and transfer them to our ideas…

Bad example but good integration of video and web: http://perks.com/video/index.asp

Cool movie for "I Remember" http://www.virv.com/movies/lookback.mov
www.RGA.com all the different websites that create a mood and feeling. Could be enhanced with moving images and music, audio

http://www.levistrauss.com/anniversary/main.html
This was a very nice usage of the web for storytelling purposes. As well as classy use of FLASH.

I could look at websites all day for inspiration. The good design companies seem to always have amazing sites. I guess a great site really emphasizes the mood and feeling and takes the audience in.

In conclusion, I think we shouldn’t choose subject matter that is too difficult because we are going to face a huge learning curve and be able to support the skills that everyone in the class want to learn .

In that light either the Immigrant site or the Greenlake.

All good ideas though.