Writing Online

Jason Beaird at Sitepoint reviews the first chapter of the book “The Principles of Beautiful Web Design.”

Garr Reynolds (Presentation Zen), reviewing the book A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink, applies the six attitudes of the book (Design, Story, Symphony, Empathy, Play, and Meaning) to making a presentation. It seems to me that they can be applied to designing a website or maintaining a blog, too.

For those who prefer videos on how to create web pages, Tubetorial has a good series of 8 videos online ranging from creating simple web pages to using div and span tags.

In designing a website, one important consideration is whitespace, “the space between elements in a composition.” Mark Boulter (A List Apart) writes about how whitespace affects website design, how using it can affect legibility, how it can better position one’s brand, and how it takes both active and passive forms. Boulter sums it up well:

Once you know how to design and manipulate the space outside, inside, and around your content, you’ll be able to give your readers a head start, position products more precisely, and perhaps even begin to see your own content in a new light.