Kaleidoscopic Planning

This past Thursday, Don Gosney and the members of the UChicago ILC program met at Kaleidoscope Coffee to discuss the nuances of creating a visually appealing blog. While the timing was not optimal, as there were several distractions throughout the night, we managed to create a website that we hope will serve as a more than suitable place to share our experiences.

The first, and most difficult challenge was finding a combination of layout and background that would be both informative and make the site easy to navigate. After much discussion, several snacks, and even more drinks, we settled on symmetrical sidebars and a background that clearly displays our destination without distracting one's eyes from the text.

Don then showed us how to properly manufacture photographs to  be fit for the header of a blog (Hint: Photoshop experience helps). We finished up the night by learning how to use the online service MediaFire to share such pictures with others, be it for profile pictures or visual assistance to our descriptions.

I am very satisfied with what we managed to achieve in one short evening, and I hope that we can continue to maintain this level of productivity in the future.