I was at the EdUi conference at UVa this week and really enjoyed it. I got a few nuggets of wisdom out of it, too. Three tips that I’ll take with me are really part of the same thing. First, after designing a web site, stand up and look at it from 10 feet away. Second, squint so that it mostly blurs together. Third, look at the site for 5 seconds and see what you take away from it. All three of those things refer to first impressions. It is easy to know your topic and website too well, and you forget that anyone else who sees it will not understand it the first moment they see it.