"Improved" might be a bit of an exaggeration
It's a bit slow for blogging here in the Brookeosphere. Not that I'm not writing, but most of it is targeted for other things at the moment.
One thing that I did do this weekend was to re-think my "homepage," which is less home nowadays than the blog itself. Some time ago, Spencer ruminated on the need for course websites, and I tend to wonder the same about homepages nowadays. Other than serving as a series of pointers to other content, there's not much that I have to say that a homepage can say for me.
Back in the day, I used to redesign it once a year and during the year, I'd be pretty faithful about upkeep on it. Now, though, I find myself more attuned to the slow and steady accumulation of the weblog, and I resist the all-at-once-ness that a homepage seems to require. Maybe over the next year or so, I'll (a) just install a bump and send people here, and (b) add some navigation for papers, my all-star posts, courses, etc. Because even the minimal upgrade work I did on my "homepage" seems like time better spent elsewhere.
That's all.
Comments
Yes, I do need to go ahead and add text links to it, still. And my faculty page on the SU site is in desperate need of updating. Baby steps, folks.
Posted by: collin | October 30, 2006 5:55 PM
Fill in the alt attributes on your image maps. Sounds odd, but it's the best way to do it; that way they are tied directly to the links.
Posted by: cbd | November 1, 2006 12:16 AM
Wow -- I love the new homepage! I loved the "old" one, too, of course, making me wonder: did you consider leaving a link to the old site up?
I've been redesigning my homepage once or twice a year for a while, as you describe having done, and it struck me the other day that providing a link to each old design might be fun for users (read: my Mom) to see.
I think my first page was the Pong of websites. :)
Posted by: spencer | November 4, 2006 7:11 AM