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Eliot Wilder is not a web designer. He’s far too busy to devote the time and patience required to build a good looking and effective site. So he got someone else in to do it, and the results are very good.



The masthead (animated, no less) is subtle in its use of colour and motion, and helps set the tone for the content.



And not having to worry about html has paid dividends, with some truly creative blog writing. It’s certainly worth coming here to read Eliot’s posts, and you can even download his novel.



The site is well balanced between ease of navigation and ease of reading, and the author’s viewpoint adds true character. A worthwhile visit. Eliotwilder.com

This is the ultimate in minimalist expression. Either that, or a totally lacklustre attempt at a website.



There are practically no blogs. The most recent simply states that the author is too busy to post – this is not relevant information and so should be omitted.



Each post is on a separate page (there are only about 10) and are usually brief. The content is okay, if a little glum and depressed, and the situation is helped by the design.



There is no actual design, no real navigation, not even a colour scheme. There are no links to follow, no page to explain the author’s background or opinion.



There’s very little here to recommend a visit when there are so many sites out there worthy of your attention.*logged life, v2

Though hardly a massive site, there are some good points to Richard Felix Jr’s blog. For a start, there are some reasonably interesting transition effects, for example where one page dissolves subtly into the next. However, how long before this wears thin is not something I’ll ever find out for myself.



The posts are okay, if a little unremarkable, and it is a little annoying to find that none of the offsite links mentioned are actually clickable.



On the whole, the site feels a little too much like it was stitched together in a rush. The blogs lack formatting or direction, and the navigation system quickly disappears as you enter the archive.



I think that if the author had more time to devote to the site, it would probably be a little better. If the posts concentrated more on college life and were ordered better, it might prove a more interesting read (the author’s experiences of college life easily being the most interesting), but as it stands, there isn’t any great reason to visit.had a life, got a modem…

There are a few bad points here that I picked up on straight away. The navigation doesn’t hold through the site, and is a little fiddly anyway, because you have to wait for a mouse-over event to see where each link goes. This can be annoying when you want to scan the front page for links elsewhere on the site.



The design is hardly revolutionary, and a little bland. It’s spruced up by some interesting photographs, but otherwise it is not very well co-ordinated.



Don’t let the lacklustre design and navigation fool you though; there is some very good and very interesting content here just waiting to be read.



The links to offsite locations are on the whole commendable (there were enough sites listed that I found enjoyable to distract me briefly from writing this review), and the other off-topic sections are worth a browse.



The main beauty of this site comes in the power of expression, and the posts here can at times be captivating.



So all in all, content very good, design maybe not so great.iwilldare.com

Though this claims to be a professional website, it certainly appears more like a mild attempt at a personal homepage, and definitely feels like one.



I have to admit that the instant the page loaded I began to dislike the writer. I guess it’s just a clash of personalities or something, but when I saw this page I didn’t know whether to laugh and write the review, or just press the Back button.



I personally dislike people with some silly “DJ” monicker. It has been my experience that anyone can call themselves a DJ, and that for added effect they usually append some ridiculous tag. DJ Shock Wave is no different.



The reason I mentioned at the start that this was a professional site is because the grand master of Shock (or Wave?) has decided to launch an ecommerce venture. I think it has something to do with fashion, I’m not sure, but as a model he has used himself, often scantily clad looking a bit silly and pretentious. It’s worth coming here just to see the pictures. Oh my…



Anyway, the design is awful, truly reminiscent of the bad old days when everyone thought they could make a webpage, and the content is just as bad. The DJ is very protective of his opinions, using the old “This is my personal page, and I can say what I want” line to defend what others have probably had to say about him.



Visit it for a laugh. If you’re a DJ, you might even like it. I won’t be buying the T-shirt though.TekRebel Designs