I find the analytical hypertext similar to the personal hypertext with just the content being different. Because this is the third project, designing it and working with Kompozer is much easier than before. However, I still don’t understand the concept of style sheets. I think that there should probably be a practicum on it, so we understand how to make them or incorporate them into our pages.  I also think that either the topic should have been narrowed down, like be an essay prompt that everyone has to address or separate essay prompts for each group. Or it either should have been broadened, like letting the group decide the topic and the issue they would like to discuss. Maybe less people would have chosen game addiction this way. For the essay part, it is also a bit unclear as to how much we have to incorporate the novel into it. It was hard trying to decide what three topics we would discuss in the essay. For this hypertext, the biggest challenge is definitely writing the essay. It is hard to make the essay flow if different people are writing it unless you sit down and write it together. But, not everyone has the time to sit down in a group and write 2,000 words. I also think its unfair to give it to one person to edit, because that person has to do more work. It’s not easy combining everyone’s work. For me, it makes more sense that hypertext projects are individual rather than group projects. A group project to me would be something like a presentation or a hypertext with not as many words involved.

Overall, the hypertext projects were interesting. They were more engaging then your average paper and I never had to write this informally before, so that made things a little easier. At first, it was really hard just understanding Kompozer, so I really couldn’t focus as much on content as I wanted to. Designing does take up a good amount of time and can sometimes lead your content to be weaker than you want it to be. I didn’t have any experience on web designing before this class. However, I just took a computer imaging class last quarter and that helped me organize a little better. I would like to try Dream weaver, but it’s probably expensive to work with unless you work in the computer labs, which isn’t always convenient. I don’t mind writing publicly unless I have to write about personal information. I would probably like to change and revise my first project, the personal hypertext, the most because I couldn’t spend a lot of time on the content. I spent way to much time just trying to understand Kompozer. I wish we had practiced using Kompozer in class more so that I could have spent my time efficiently. Take a look at my projects if you are interested!