Virtual Light

Our web projects are almost done and it’s been quite an experience… in a way the project made me like my paper a bit more than I did initially- I liked watching it take on a new form. I also really enjoyed working with the layout, my design is very me, and it’s the kind of thing I’ve done before, but I think it worked pretty well with my paper. I enjoyed watching people build their sites- seeing new bits pop each day, watching people make changes and play with the features. I still have work to do on mine, still need to think of a snappy title for it… my current one isn’t quite doing it. I’m a bit proud of my site as a whole, but still fairly unsure of its content. It’s the kind of thing I’m sure I’ll look back on over the years… hopefully QC’s server will hold. I also think that the project is a nice way to end our class- it combines the academic and artistic/creative elements that seem to define what we’ve been doing in class- a website fits better than a final paper or presentation or even (alas!) an exam. Like nearly everything that I’ve produced this past year, mostly I just wish it was much better- but for what it is… I guess it’s pretty good. I’ll also use this space to comment on making the blogs public… while I never thought we would publicize them, it sort feels appropriate that we (probably) are. I like knowing that someone’s going to read something of mine that was never intended for them to read- all my entries were for a very specific, limited audience… it doesn’t make them less true but it makes them the most “personal” thing that I’ve every produced for viewing (that might be a bit pathetic… oh well).