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Research Personal Sites

  As I looked through a few of the individual website designs there are a couple things I noticed and liked. I noticed how the individuals personal brand fonts matched the style or what the individual does. The bold names along the top of the website as soon as you click it I think is attention grabbing to what the website will be about. On the websites I noticed when listing their previous jobs or who they worked for, instead of just typing the company name out, they would use the direct brand logo, which I think makes the websites visually appealing. One website had a transition effect when the viewer clicks on each tab. It keeps the site engaging and the large font makes it clear what each tab is about. Overall the websites look professional and organized and each have their own little touch that makes them specific to the persons brand. For my own website, I would want to include bold fonts and transitions from each tab. I want a full detailed about me page because there's a lo

Skype

 Skype is a piece of software that allows people around the world to talk to each other for free. Their overall mission is to allow everyone around the world to make clear and nice video calls. The Skype guide focuses on the idea of “giving users a voice”. They give the reader all the advantages of using the software. Adding the speech bubbles and the type of font used on the guide gave it a more relaxed & fun vibe to the guide as a whole. Even the logo itself gives off that this software isn’t necessarily a serious one. They just want to connect people worldwide and they make the mission clear by also giving out statistics on who downloads Skype and how many users use it.

Exploring Viral Videos

  David after the Dentist and Antoine Dobson were both two viral videos from 10 years ago. Both of these videos went viral on the YouTube platform.     David’s viral video all started from the youngboy going to the dentist to get his tooth pulled and his father caught his reaction to the anesthesia once the procedure was complete. The video was released January 30, 2009 and as of now the video has been viewed 141 million times on YouTube. David is now attending the University of Florida and has since had interviews about becoming a viral sensation. David After Dentist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txqiwrbYGrs       The next viral video I chose was Antoine Dobson. At the time he was a resident in Huntsville, Alabama, he gave a local interview to the news about a home invasion and attempted rape of his sister. The interview went viral in 2010. The video was made popular because he began declaring “Hide your kids , Hide your wife”. This caused him to become one of the biggest memes and