My biggest technical exploration since my last post has been… HTML and CSS… (shiver)
I’ve always enjoyed being on the end-user side of technology, and now, after my first glimpse of the other side, I can say that I am extremely grateful to those who have developed the coding and programming that keeps this world running. I promise to no longer take websites, programs, and applications for granted. I promise to complain less about poorly designed websites, programs that don’t quite meet my needs, and having to wait for ages for the next update. (Oh, that almost sounds like I’m complaining again… I’ll work on it… I promise).
My recent introduction to web development has been exciting; don’t get me wrong. I am just a bit overwhelmed by the sheer enormity of what goes on behind the scenes when I check my email or buy something from Amazon. My measly little personal webpage that I am creating even seems overwhelming at times.
Although I am sure that the majority of my technological endeavors will continue to stay on this side of the fence, I know that this exposure to HTML will enable me to tweak and manipulate different tools to help them better suit my needs. This type of control is very exciting to me.
I wonder if some day, everyone will need to have the ability to create a webpage or understand basic coding language. Up to this point, I’ve felt that being able to create a webpage was a very esteemed, valued, and enviable ability- similar to speaking a foreign language. Now that I’m joining the ranks, I’m wondering what will come next. What’s after XHTML? Will I be left in the dark again? Of course, as long as there is Amazon.com, there will always be “Learn [insert new technology] the Quick and Easy Way!” just a few clicks away.
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Sounds like you're having fun with technology. I've coded HTML web pages from scratch before (with just a notepad editor)... but I think it's a lot easier to use web 2.0 tools like blogs and wikis to get content up on the net. Even if you don't keep up with the HTML, I think it's useful to have in your toolbox. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of programming languages as "foreign" languages, yes, I think there will come a time when these are instructed right along with French and Latin in high schools. Before that happens, the Open Source movement would need to gain a little more steam, perhaps with the help of the federal government. However, I would imagine that the folks at Microsoft would prevent that from happening any time soon.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean. It is easy to take technology for granted especially since we depend on it so much. I like using electronics and have no problem hooking up a dvd player or a wii and enjoy doing it. However, I am out of my comfort zone when it come to computers and what makes them run. I am comfortable with the Internet but have no idea about the inner workings of computer hardware. I am glad there is a brave person out there learning along with me.
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I can imagine in the not too distant future that we will just tell our computers to create webpages and give them verbal instructions for improving it.
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