Professor Dino Baskovic of Lawrence Technological University on web design, communication and social media
On the next 106 & Park: will.i.am, Lil Wayne, Wu-Tang, web standards…
He calls himself m0serious, a.k.a. the Poetic Prophet, the SEO Rapper—though he rhymes about more than search. I honestly thought this would be a mildly amusing web spoof, but it’s actually quite good. I even showed this to my class earlier this evening, and they gave it their props.
If you’ve gotten this far and still aren’t sure whether to click play, then read on (thank you, Tasty Blog Snack):
This post is for my Spring 2008 “Web Site Design” students.
I couldn’t let a Wednesday pass without taking up your evening for a brief while. Tough love, I know. But it’s why you pay me the big bucks.
We’re halfway done, and finished with the code portion of our course. Well, not really finished—you have two projects to go, and I’m almost certain the last two exams will test your markup mettle.
Still, it’s not all tag soup. We’ll now begin to focus on the “rest” of web design: look and feel, usability, making servers your willing slaves. Before we launch into the second half, I leave you now with some coding tips to help you throughout the remainder of the semester and well into your careers…
Since Starbucks still finds it necessary to charge for wi-fi, I am posting this from home, hours after having left Kent. It’ll be a cold day in hell before I pay for a drop of wireless.
I now return to Lawrence Tech, where the wi-fi is deliciously free to use. Today’s YouToo Social Media Conference and Boot Camp at Kent State gave me a much needed boost as I aspire to offer a course in blogging this fall, if not next spring. Of course, I’m still waiting for this spring to arrive. My keyboard is practically frozen as I type.
Rounding out the rest of the day’s highlights:
I am told that video from throughout the conference will be available online, as will most of the presentations. Brief snippets of mine follow…
