2013-10-23

lea_hazel: The Little Mermaid (Health: Sleep)
2013-10-23 08:24 am

Tired

I feel this stupid tiredness where it's like there's a lead weight tied by string to my body and it's pulling me down, and my entire body just wants to flop as far down as possible and not try to get up. But I have a bunch of chores and one of them absolutely has to get done this morning, first thing. A very annoying one that was dropped on me out of nowhere courtesy of my amazingly thoughtful and organized family.

Meanwhile I dreamed that I got a call from that first interview and I was happy because I felt like finally I had options and was employable and then I woke up. ;_;
lea_hazel: Neuron cell (Science: Brains)
2013-10-23 03:37 pm
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HTML 5

So I'm watching the introductory HTML 5 videos on Code School (they helpfully sent me a "hall pass" to watch paid videos for free for a limited time). And I can't escape the feeling that what's being taught here is definitely something other than coding, but I can't put my finger on what. Is it design? Not exactly.

The elements covered are things like subtitles and pull quotes, in addition to web design elements like logos and menus. I feel like it's almost a crash intro to composition. Deciding which content elements to group together is, after all, not dissimilar from deciding where to break passage in a well-written essay. And titling is basically a SAT problem.

It's kind of strange