About this site
... the story and the history of it :)How the Current Version Came to Be
Starting a new AWD course always inspires me to improve my website. For 2024-2025, I felt an urge to simplify everything, strip it to bare bones, and rebuild from the ground up while carefully curating and presenting relevant information. I chose the simplest navigation and sought feedback from the students enrolled in AWD. Out of 81 students, 52 shared their thoughts. The feedback revealed that while the navigation was too basic and the landing page had too much information, the content itself was highly appreciated. This current version combines the best elements of the previous two to address these concerns.
I’d love to hear your thoughts!
Note: The rephrasing and suggestions throughout this website, including this text, have been supported by ChatGPT to ensure clarity and refinement.
Versions
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2025
- built in response to feedback from 52 of the 81 students enrolled in AWD in 2024-2025, it combines a well-structured navigation inspired by the 2021-2024 version with the content-focused approach of the 2024 version
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2024
- basic navigation & carefully curated, relevant content
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2013-2021
- insights from the WDO optional course were applied, along with direct feedback from colleagues and students
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2010-2013
- usability testing candidate used for a WDO seminar
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2010
- broke out of the previous layout to experiment with a dashboard-style design
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2004-2009
- slight improvements to the previous layout: repositioning & realigning elements and experimenting with gradients
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2003-2004
- significant life changes led to a new design as I return to UBB as an assistant professor
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2000-2003
- PhD student website at DCU
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1999-2000
- my very first personal website as a student at UBB
