Doing the wrong thing coursework issues sigh

Coursework sometimes can be a funny thing, I love it especially compared to exams, because I love analysing and I believe it allows you to be more creative. However when you've been doing the wrong thing for at least 2 weeks, it's a pain.

With my Integrated Design module it says only use HTML, and using a Mac which uses TextEdit to write HTML there was a problem. TextEdit uses HTML 5 which is CSS, something I thought we were not allowed to use. So I was using HTML 4 codes which the majority do not work on TextEdit. So I stayed till 3 am in the morning during Easter holiday doing this.

Then it came to me one day where I said to myself this is not working I can't use this ! I told my one of my team members who said yeah you can use CSS.


So I spent the last 3 days, till my group met up, changing the codes for everything. The good thing is that CSS makes is easier and even though I wasted a lot of time at least I know now. 

Looking back on this incident, I realised communication with other people in my course is key because you can actually learn new ways of design or simply finding an easier of doing something. So next year I would try and do that more; it not like I haven't done that this year, I normally ask the people on my table war idea is the best. But this experience has made me want to ask different questions like how could I change .... to be better ? or what would you have done ? This process can help see how others interpret your work and how you can improve from a perspective you were unaware of.

Blessing in disguise.

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