I only worked a few hours today, but I'll make it up at the end of my term.

I found out that that "qw" I keep seeing in Catalyst and Perl is a way of specifying that whatever comes next (enclosed by delimiters) is a word list. I started looking for ways to validate input/form posts, but I didn't get too far yet. I finished making a date list (2nd option in yesterday's journal) to let the user select a date. I didn't make it functional, just wanted to see about the look and feel. I don't like it after all. It really messes with the layout, especially that 31-row list of days. Dr. Skubic and I got together to look at my progress, and I think I will try CalendarXP instead (1st option in yesterday's journal - be sure to check out their online demos).

Here's another interesting nugget of knowledge. The principles of Universal Design are:

1. Equitable use
2. Flexibility in use
3. Simple and intuitive
4. Perceptible information
5. Tolerance for error
6. Low physical effort
7. Size and space for approach and use

(source: wikipedia) Something to keep in mind as I'm trying to design a good interface for this web app.

Also, it turns out that all that searching I did on speaking avatars may be useful. I'm going to get with Chinonye and show her what I've found.