1 Trick Pony

I look at websites completely differently now.

It's not that I just starting admiring or noticing websites and paying attention to the ones that impress me with their functional designs. I've always done that.

No, it's that when I see one of those websites, now I think "I want to learn how to do that!" The more I master css, the more I think that I might be able to teach myself some other languages and technologies. I don't want to be a one-trick-xhtml-and-css-pony. I've made myself a list of what's next:

1. dhtml
2. javascript
3. php
4. python
5. asp
6. ajax

And that's not even mentioning the database management class next semester that will give me a better understanding of Access and at least an introduction to SQL. And Flash is starting to interest me a bit -- when it's done well (which is rare.) And I also really want to figure out how to use the Bridge in CS3 so that I can have full integration between Photoshop and Dreamweaver. There's a video tutorial about that on lynda.com but it costs money...

Web Design Tip of the Week

What do you do when you've made a nice sketch of what you want your website to look like, but you don't have enough time to build it because you're too busy being a kick-ass design firm?

You animate your sketch and throw it up on the web.