the webthinking blog

This is so true! I’ve been on both sides and I must say, I did enjoy changing hats! I first embraced web design. But soon I realized a static product wouldn’t get you too far. You can spend as much time as you want designing the user interface, but what’s the point if the site doesn’t do anything for the user? So that’s how I started to dig into code and server side programming. JavaScript was already there. Snippets were very useful. Then Flash came in. Version 1 and 2 were again static. J Oh, they added ActionScript?! Nice! You can submit a Flash form and save the info into a database? Whoa, there’s some real progress we’re talking about. The site is ready. Version 7. But nobody knows about it! Oh, e-marketing? Search engine indexing and optimization, email newsletters, links, links, links, the RSS buzz, blogging, AdWords, AdSense, content, content, content. What’s next? The technology is there, the network is there, people are there, oh no, they are living a second life now. Really, what’s next? Mr. Marketer, what do you want to sell me today?!