100 Learning Pros

#1 of 100 done: Zaid Alsagoff

Why are web sites so confusing?

A good question.

Information overload: Present it better

The problem and a solution:
Information overload is a persistent problem but here's a simple (partial) solution.

In particular people use masses of text on a web page without any introductory paragraph, bullet points or structure.

We could digest the relevance of a page if it did the following:

• Introduction
• Structure
• Bullet points

National Science and Engineering Week

Science and Engineering - let's inspire, and teach this well. 

National Science and Engineering Week

Our economy depends on it.

Flash: AS3: 3D: Don't Dare Do it

3D in Flash AS3 (CS4) is darn hard work.  It's not full 3D and it presents a lot of headaches.  My recommendation would be to avoid doing 3D in it, unless it's something that doesn't require proper 3D behaviour.

Though there is a promising alternative: Papervision3D.  Perhaps I should use that instead...