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(I'm in a similar situation) I've learned bits of PHP and Java in the past, but I wouldn't call it being a programmer.

Thanks to HN, I've decided to properly learn to program.

I'm buying a book on Python (http://amzn.to/bUMPCP), and I'm taking C++ in the upcoming semester.

This is going to get worse.

Walk into a high school classroom, write a sentence on the board, and ask the students to label the parts of speech.

Don't be too surprised when only two or three students even bother to raise their hands.

[dead] 16 years ago

"It is not known if Kim Jong-il is a fan of Justin Bieber's music"

Homepage has quite a bit that should be reworked, but I think pedalpete covered anything I would've mentioned. Some Nielson might also be helpful: http://www.useit.com/homepageusability/guidelines.html

Random thoughts:

-You didn't close the anchor tag on the "Reputely's Whitepaper" link in the footer

-Contact, Feedback, and Partnership in footer all link to contact, which is redundant.

-FAQ and Documentation in footer don't actually link to anything

-"Take the tour" page could benefit from having a video, or some more screenshots.

-Footer is much bigger than it needs to be

-Tabbed navigation on left of Take The Tour page really doesn't seem to have a purpose.

-Sign up page could be the same style as the contact page.

-Pricing in navigation could be called Plans & Pricing, like the button on the homepage.

-Links to homepage and blog on contact page are unnecessary, that's what main navigation is for.

Hope that helps.

[dead] 16 years ago

Then what would have been the purpose of offering North Korea as an option anyway?

[dead] 16 years ago

Why not just return the phone?

That's what people normally do when a device doesn't properly perform its primary function.

My least favorite is the client that goes: "Great! I think I'll ask around the office and see what people think" and comes back the next day with a list of design-by-committee horror.

I don't think I saw any part that indicated some sort of death, death of a site usually being when nobody uses it anymore or the site shuts down.

If the excess of penis is its "death", then I'm pretty sure that isn't something recent.

Most people think it's just for blogging because Wordpress is mainly geared towards blogs (look at wordpress.org).

It's an amazing blogging platform and client-friendly CMS, but it's really not the best CMS for most other situations.

Also, I fail to see how an entire section on popularity proves its worth as a CMS.

Without reading the article (and ignoring the captions), you'd think the left side was better.

Ordered and color-coded, as opposed to flying around.