J295 Websites

In order to better understand web design and what makes a good website, Kodi provided students with a list of sites students should look at.
The first site I looked at was How do you get started, really? It is a web site by Mindy McAdams and it is a "resource for web workers" She talks about the 7 components of Deign, which she referenced from Alex W. White's book The Elements of Graphic Design. She talks about how: Dominance, Hierarchy, Balance, Space, Color, Unity, and Gestalt; all contribute to clear and effective communication.
Kodi also provided 3 web sites with content from Jakob Nielsen. Now although the content was from 1999, 2000, and 2005 they did provides some useful information on whether navigaions are useful and how to organize content on your page. The page from 2005 was about the top 10 web design mistakes of 2005.
The Design tutorials that kodi provided were interesting however for me they provided little to no help me. I have some design skills and I found the tutorials somewhat basic.