Hey everybody. Like the last entry said, I am working on a redesign for my site. I apologize for any confusion it’s caused to any of you. It seems like I haven’t designed a website in forever – part of it is due to a fear of rejection and things of the sort. I have been learning, though, that my failures are not failures of person, and that they are moreover resultant of a few things:
- I have not been improving my web design skills and studying to keep up with the current technologies. My colleagues have been teaching me a lot about this and the importance of not only being good at something, but continuing to improve yourself and your skills. You can be good and average, but in a field like technology where things are always updating, you have to update yourself, too.
- I have been resistant to include ideas outside of my own. I have had a petri dish that is Tearyne and nothing else, and I thought it was good enough. People being amazed by my work was enough, so why did I have to get better? When I have been exposed to other ideas and compared to other service providers, inevitably, those who have shown a willingness to learn and grow have beaten me out. That is the nature of this, and if I want to stay viable, I have to be willing to compete.
This all said, I am finally getting around to learning and incorporating W3C design standards into my work. I feel like since I haven’t really designed or coded anything much in the last year, I’ve gotten rusty, but I’m betting that it’s a lot like riding a bike again after a long time; I just have to get back into the swing of things.
I’m hoping to have the new site up by the beginning of August.