I would have to concur with Cindy and MikMik on sentiments expressed in respect to the Internet. The Internet as far as I'm concerned, is the most mystical happening we will ever experience in our lifetimes. When one thinks of the complexity involved and the mechanical avenues trangressed in E-Communication, it is simply mind boggling. We each sit at our computers, in homes or offices all over the world typing on a page thousands of miles away, and seconds after hitting the Submit button, others half way around the world can view that message. The processes that take place between my sitting here plucking away at a wireless keyboard, to this message popping up on a monitor in Western Australia are endless, yet they all transpire in milliseconds and make the message happen without really thinking about it.
As far as Web Design, I don't see it as an industry, I likely never will. Web Design is much more than that to me, it always will be, even if I do realize my goal of making a living at it someday. I was intrigued by Web Design initially from a programming aspect. I found it difficult to comprehend typing a black and white page of text to try and generate a subsequent page of beauty. Because I found it an easily accessible medium, I also saw it as an opportunity to finally publish a bit of my own literary humor for review by the world. In realizing that goal however I likewise found it an opportunity to express myself artistically to some degree, in the concept of "Design." And, then I found the avenues of marketing the site, and the issues of Search Engine Optimization to offer even more intrigue.
It is an eternal learning process, the curve therein being as sharp as you wish to make it. I see the same desire for knowledge in all that surround me here at Web Pro World, from the meekest beginners seeking a bit of wisdom in basic layout, to the professionals here that share technical information in search of answers to the never ending questions we all have, and even in jest while searching for answers to the ageless questions of Jell-O EEGs, and Ghosts. (For those of you having not partaken of that thread, believe it or not, we even found a few!) I too have come to feel a part of a family here, there is a spirit shared amongst us all, from wherever we hail. I have been truly impressed at the wisdom possessed by many of the members here, and at the same time, have been in awe of the humility, and the humanity expressed by many of those same individuals.
Were I to summarize my feelings toward the Internet experience as a whole, and the Web Pro World forum in particular, it would best be offered in the words of todays youth... "This $#!+ is totally awesome!
Rocky
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