What is the difference between structured content and semantic HTML? Structured content is how content on a page is organized with a focus on creating clear relationships between different content chunks. Online recipes, profiles, and articles are an example of how structured content is used. Semantic html is the information in code that dictates what the relationships are between document elements. Examples of semantic html include heading and list tags. The main difference between the two is semantic html is used to help algorithms guide people to the information they want to see, while structured content is used to guide the eyes of regular people to the information they want to see.
How do they work together? Semantic html and structured content work to organize information and create a satisfying visual presentation. Semantic html’s tags provide structural information to algorithms, while structured content gives effective visual guidance to real life people. Structured content on its own can help out algorithms but sometimes semantic html needs to be used to give the algorithm hints. Html structure also assists with visual presentation as people know what headers and lists mean. Overall, in order to create a satisfying and convenient experience for users web designers need to use semantic html and structured content.
Why is it important to have structured content and semantic HTML in your web pages? It’s important to have semantic html, and structured content so that your site can be easily found through multiple means. Semantic HTML and structured content allow people to understand the information on a site, while making it easier for algorithms to find the information that people are searching for. A site with a strong visual presentation may struggle to be found due to its lackluster semantic html. On the other hand information that’s well organized for an algorithm may not be well organized for a real person.
Denise Jacobs argues that we all have a troll-like inner critic. Of the methods she identifies to banish this troll, which would be most successful for you? Why? The method Denise Jacobs points out that would be the most successful for me is seeking the truth. When my inner critic is giving me problems I often think about how realistic the things he’s saying are and 90% of the time they make no sense. I think people often fall into the trap of thinking that negative thoughts are more valid than positive thoughts, but that is just not the case. Thinking that everything you do is terrible is just as ridiculous as thinking that everything you do is amazing, but one thought feels more valid than the other because it’s negative.
In David McRaney's article, what is "hyperbolic discounting"? List one method McRaney identifies to counteract hyperbolic discounting. Which would work best for you? Hyperbolic discounting is the idea that people prefer the more immediate reward and not the better award that will come later. One method that McRaney points out in his article that resonated with me was the idea of not trusting your future self. I think this idea works for me because I think about a piece of advice I heard a while ago that goes, “if you can do it today then do it today”. If I’m thinking about putting something off I think about how I’m just making things harder on my future self, and all of the unseen circumstances that could come up in a week from now.
Critical Web Design addresses four types of power in networks. As you learn web publishing fundamentals, what network- making power do you (or don't you) have as the creator and publisher of your work? One of the four types of power in networks that I do have control over as I learn web publishing fundamentals is what is included and who is included. I can control what is included in my work and no one else can change my work without my permission. I can control who sees my work to an extent. If I were to send a link to my work to someone they could theoretically send it to whoever they want and there wouldn’t be anything I could do about it. All in all I have very strong control over what is included and who is included as I publish my work.