Because Robots: website to inspire youth about technology.

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Nice job, love the videos ;>

[Sean Raia]

Great idea, I hope to see this grow into something truly awesome.
I like the changing text under the title.
Constructive criticism: the text on the website feels rather short, i havent seen the videos (im on an iphone), but if you didnt make them i would consider expanding your descriptions.
Im no graphics designer... but to me the "style" looks very childish and uninspired.

Good luck with future development!

[Eugene Fang]

Originally Posted by Sean Raia

Im no graphics designer... but to me the "style" looks very childish and uninspired.

Actually, I like the artsy "casual" look. Just my opinion =)

Nice site, Chinmay & the rest of 846. You guys rock.

[Sean Raia]

Originally Posted by EugeneF

Actually, I like the artsy "casual" look. Just my opinion =)

Nice site, Chinmay & the rest of 846. You guys rock.

Whoops, looks like the website wasnt fully loaded. Curse my lack of 3g...
Its not terrible, it does have direction but i dont think it looks "legit" for lack of a better word.
Oh well, cant please everyone

[Chinmay]

Originally Posted by Sean Raia

Constructive criticism: the text on the website feels rather short, i havent seen the videos (im on an iphone), but if you didnt make them i would consider expanding your descriptions.
Im no graphics designer... but to me the "style" looks very childish and uninspired.

Good luck with future development!

Thanks for the advice Sean. I think the "childish" and simple is what we were actually going for, but I'll make sure to bring it up and we will try and make it look more original and inspired. One idea was to have a "doodle" that adds to the current banner that changes every day. We have a student who hand drew the graphics on a tablet, and I really want to highlight her talents there. That may solve the problem

We want the site to appeal to a wide range of age groups especially 10-15 year olds, so we kept the text very minimal and non-technical for the most part. I'd love to add a larger description, but that comes at the expense of losing the "blog" feel of the site. I've also kept the videos short, usually 3 minutes or so, to encourage someone to just go down the list of posts and read/watch 5 of them.

Thanks for the input so far, and please keep the suggestions coming!