All the little pieces...

So, I've spent some time today reading everyone's blogs and it seems like we're all finally in a very similar place--things are coming together. I'm very proud of the achievements that I've made so far in this class. I'm sure I've said this before, but I never thought I'd be able to create a website, publish it online, and be able to edit and improve it with ease before this semester. The concept of the internet, though very appealing from a user-perspective, always seemed to be this obtuse, intangible thing. All of a sudden though, I understand (at least basically) how things work and I'm confident that I can contribute to my profession with the skills that I've attained through this course.

That said, as I'm working on my final project, I'm still a little bit overwhelmed by what I'm doing. I've (happily) created, adjusted, and attached my very own--with some help from two little boxes--css style sheet that I feel works for my site. I've written a design document, drawn a flow chart and worked with my storyboard. I've researched design information and content information (I had totally forgot that I'd need to research the content for the site until just recently...it adds a whole new dimension of work to the project) and I feel that overall, I've made some strong progress. That said, I still have a TON of work to do. I know that Jim's said that our final site doesn't need to be a FINAL final site. As with most sites, it's a work in progress. But with the things that we've discussed, I feel like I need to incorporate so many interactive ideas into the work that I don't actually see an end in sight. For instance, right now I have 8 wikis attached to the site that function as my message boards. The good news is they're attached. The bad news is they're not pretty. So now, not only do I want to make sure I include good design and informative content on my site, I feel I need to improve the appearance of the external components as well. It's a situation where I'm not sure when good enough is good enough--and for a girl that's graduating in not so many days, I've got to figure it out sooner than later.

Anyway, I just needed to get that out. Hopefully after class today I'll have a better sense of what NEEDS to be done and what I can continue to tweak long after the semester comes to a close...