The site development process and what my role is in it.

Boring title I know, but it's not mine, it's the one I was given to use, so there ya go. So the web design process is an interesting and, it can be, varied one. It goes through several different channels, and in my opinion, should have at least a few different people involved in the process. From the art director, the information architect, and the content specialist there are many, many jobs available in the process of making a web site. For me however, I think I would like to be more involved in either the graphic part of it, designing / doing the layout of what people see, or doing the coding, and the background work that is what makes the site work. I have an interest in the designing aspect of it because, well, I'm in graphic design, so it falls along those lines for me. I like the coding because I think there's definitely more of a future in jobs for me if I have more skills in that area. Either or, I think I'll be involved in a web design process at some point in my career, regardless of what fancy title I'm given.

Aw the interwebs....yes...the interwebs.

So this second post for my Web design class is over the history of the interwebs...or internet as I'm told it's supposed to be called. The internet as we know it has had many many face lifts, but at its core it is the same as it was back in the 60s. The idea of the internet was first conceived by the government, and also probably several geeks in many different basements. The first internet incarnation was for the military to get communication back and forth quickly, and without using the phone...directly. The internet has since gone from a military communication service to a service provided my many different companies to many different people for many different reasons. For some, the internet is for work, for others it's for play. Through many transformations we as a people are able to share information faster than ever before. The internet browser is usually the means in which we do this. The internet browsers has undergone as many face lifts as some may think. The basic idea has been around since the 70s/80s, but now there are several different ones one can use. The most popular being Internet explorer (I don't like that one) and Mozilla Firefox (I like this one) along with other less popular ones like Safari, and Opera. AOL used to have one, but lets be honest, how many of us where happy to see that go...amirite? These browsers allow us to see the internet by doing a lot of asking around. The Wed address we type in, like Facebook.com or Twitter.com gets put into question form, and sent out as a request by the browser, after adding some fancy http:// stuff to it, and ask for the information from a remote server. This remote server then sends the requested information back to us, and we see the pretty pictures and text of the website on our desktops and laptops. So to conclude, the internet in it's current form really isn't such a new idea, nor was it actually made by Al Gore. The browser helps us see all that there is to be seen on the internet by asking special permission from those far away servers, and bringing it into our homes. Aw the interwebs..yes, the interwebs!

So, the offical "first post..."....thing, for the Web Design class!

So I'll need a few goals for the class, as many people do for most things in life. Goals seem to be one of those things you set when you wanna succeed... so there ya go. Seeing as I am currently a Graphic Design major, my first goal, and thus first focus, will be on the visual aspects of a web page. That being said, I do still have the desire to focus else where when it comes to Web Design. Cleaning up a page, putting in pretty pictures and the like are all fine, and I intend to do that, but I also want to be able to do the other parts that go into making a web page. Especially since the industry as a whole, and the world at large it seems, is taking a giant leap towards a web based world. Even e-mail, in some cases, is starting to go the way of snail main in that we have so many other mediums in which we can get information these days. But going back to goals here, I have always had a knack for doing a decent layout, so having the information flow, and the interface easy to use, should be another aspect I'll find enjoyable. As far as something to work on, I'll have to really focus in on the HTML and coding type stuff, as I have never done that before. So there are some goals and ideas I currently have about the class. Until the next assignment, or I just feel squirrely and wanna post...