Writing for New Media, homework

School - The webiste for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is one of many sites designed to facilitate the needs of past, present and future students to the school. Unlike some others though, the site itself is quite well put together, easily navigable and using plain english. Other websites like to use larger words, in an attempt to make themselves look smarter, but only wind up looking pompus and like douchebags, with their site beingt harder to navigate as a result.

Overall, the site is well thought out and plain, the language used being at just the right level of intelligence to not seem too intimidating for first time users and yet still command the same amount of respect.

http://www.wisc.edu/

News - A combination of two seperate newspapers, the website for the Capital Times and Wisconsins State Journal offers an amazing site, seperated clearly into widely acknowledged catagories for newspapers, easily navigable and well thought out design schemes. Furthermore, the fact that it is mobile, and offers a wide array of multicultural articles and subjects, makes this site an amazing one.

http://host.madison.com/

Business - As a whole, the overture center has been a place for many controversies over the last few years, from debt problems to production difficulties. However, their website is not one that has any need for improvement, with a soft background that allows for people to enjoy the page without too hard of a look, with interesting art galleries flashing through the front homepage and clearly defined tabs for different neccessities for any user. Furthermore, the page allows for easy "business," as the page clearly shows shows, times and availability for purchases, causing it to be a decent source of income for the site.

http://www.overturecenter.com/

Non-profit - The non-profit, Madison Children's Museum, has a website that seems to be primarily focused on children, as the color scheme and design has been made to appear that it was designed by one of them. Despite the asethtic outline, however, the website is easy to navigate and find what you're looking for.

http://www.madisonchildrensmuseum.org/