Sexy Web Design
Elliot Jay Stocks
SitePoint, 172 pp.
ISBN-13: 978-0980455236
Reviewed by Brandon Ching
I do not have a single creative bone in my body! OK, that’s probably an exaggeration but when it comes to designing an innovative, attractive, and useable web site, I definitely could use a helping hand. As a web developer, I am generally responsible for the data in our sites rather than the look & feel; that’s the UI team’s domain!
However, not all developers have access to professional UI resources and, depending on the situation, many of us often wear a number of different hats. As such, Sexy Web Design by Elliot Jay Stocks is a book that seems made for folks like me who know a little something about the basics of web design, but are nowhere near creative experts. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: basics, Book Review, Developer, ENT, experience, fact, fundamentals, help, IT, research, review, sexy web design, technique, UI
The e-government movement concerns the use of information technology to exchange information and provide services from government organizations to citizens, businesses, and other branches of government. While initially used as a means of information dissemination, many government organizations at all levels are capitalizing on the use of technology to make interaction with government easier. The aim of e-government is to increase government efficiency, effectiveness, transparency, and to improve citizen-government interactions. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: campaigning, citizen, democracy, e-government, efficiency, governance, Internet, IT, legitimacy, participation, protection, technology, voting
What follows is the concluding chapter of my Master’s thesis.
E-government is revolutionizing the business of government. It has the potential to single handedly bring citizens closer to their governments in a time when government mistrust and mismanagement has run rampant. By allowing citizens the opportunity to gather information, conduct online transactions, and more easily interact with their government, the e-government phenomena has begun to cement itself into the fabric of American culture. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: efficiency, free software, Internet, IT, linux, open-source
