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She's a better web designer than I was at 6!

Did she design it as a website? It's interesting that she went with drawings/a piece of paper as the default presentation. (Assuming that was her decision).




She's a better web designer than I am at age 37 ;-)


She's 6. Of course she didn't. She drew it on paper and then he made a website that looks like something a 6 year old drew on paper.


Sure. I mean, she's 6. The point is that she contributed to it, the point is she collaborated with dad to make a website, just like my 4 year old daughter contributes in the kitchen, 'helping'. Its 'helping' because its helping in spirit. It would be more productive if she didn't help, but then she wouldn't learn from it. Which is the point of this: learning by doing (and its good for the dad-daughter connection). I love the concept (before result), I also love the end result. Well done, daughter & dad. Inspiring (not that I'm into web design, so perhaps rather: encouraging) <3

To draw a parallel: I got skates for my birthday. I got nothing with skating, I will probably dislike it. I haven't used them yet. But I will. And then my daughter will see how I learn it, and guess what? We already bought her skates as well. If she's anything like me (and she is, given she was late walker and finds playground scary), she's gonna find it difficult. But if she overcomes it, she's gonna love it (like I had with running, hiking, swimming). We'll also go to the swimming pool together. We already got 3 bicycles for different stages in her life, also for her brother (she used the walking one already). Its just that she's occupied with a different goal right now (just turned 4, getting out of diapers, going to school, plus we had the Covid pandemic), so I was & am procrastinating.


It could be that the kids artwork is cuter than her dads artwork.


I had a website that was up when I was 6 that an adult had never touched. It was shit, but it existed, and I understood the difference between 'designing' for paper (I also liked drawing) and a website.

I thought it was interesting because when I was 6, it was 1994 and the Web was very different from analogue information, presentation wise, and so I never really tried combining my artistic skills and my Web skills, but now the Web is full of images + videos and everybody knows that using neon text/backgrounds aren't a great idea just because we're not using ink.

So a kid's conception of what can go on a website now is completely different and I thought that was neat. Makes me wonder what a 6 year old designing a website will look like in 2052.




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