Dalia Moreno

Lately I’ve been really irritated with myself over how much I use my phone. It seems like even when I don’t notice it, I’m reaching for it or refreshing my Facebook page even when I just checked me feed. I think social media and phones are a great tool and they each have their place but I really don’t think that it should be used to just pass time. It can be addictive and it makes me feel like we’re losing touch with humanity since almost everyone is usually on their phone.

I haven’t really decided what angle to take with this but I found a couple of interesting articles that inspired me to pursue this aside from my own annoying relationship with my phone. The first is an article from the Huffington Post that says texting is affecting our social skills. The second article is from the New Zealand Herald and it’s about a new app called Binder that helps you break up with your significant other via text. I hope it doesn’t catch on because not only is that horrible but also pretty cowardly and ridiculous.

My favorite website is Centraltrack.com because I like that they are focused on the music and art scene in Dallas. They always know what’s going on around town and it’s just a cool site to find something to do. I love the design of the website because it is simple and not overcrowded. The site has large visuals and simple fonts that catch your eye and make it easy to communicate their message. The images are also distinctive and the white space isn’t unattractive. I also like the distinctive colors in the navigation bar and I think it’s also worth mentioning that the ads, are small and not unattractive. I hate ads but I’m surprisingly not annoyed by the ads on CentralTrack.

I really love the sideways scroll but I think other users may have trouble figuring that out because we’re so used to scrolling up and down rather than sideways. My laptop is touchscreen so I like it and I think tablet and maybe mobile users would appreciate that as well but I remember being a little confused when I first pulled up the website on my PC a while back. However, I still like it because it’s different and I like the big pictures that link back to different posts.

Dalia Moreno