Navigating Web sites
Found (via antenna) a fantastic resource on navigating Web sites. The site — done in a crisp, low-fi design — was created by Elizabeth Boling, who teaches graduate students in Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University.
One of the impressive things about this site, besides the content, is the way it is presented. The first page offers the reader an informative summary of the topic at hand. While the primer is enough to educate the casual reader, the curious can delve deeper into specific categories. The icing on the cake, however, are the references, which, by their very presence, encourage readers to learn about the subject firsthand.
The model is one I've long been arguing online journalists should adopt, and is, in fact, the core thesis of a series of articles I've been working on since 1997. Articles that — I promise — will some day see the light of day.