Wednesday, September 12, 2007

HTML

I taught myself HTML in 1995 for one of my first freelance pieces. I learned enough of the basics to sound like I knew what I was talking about but then never really progressed beyond that. Flash forward a dozen years. Has it really been a dozen years? Services like MySpace, Facebook, Blogspot.com et al, make creating Web pages so easy you don't need to know anything about HTML. You almost don't need to read the instructions. My daughter created a blog about her life as a college freshman so she doesn't have to write home, or even call, and she manages to keep it going with only a few minutes' effort a day. I'm going back to work after a hiatus of 18 months but it feels more like years based on what's come out for keeping track of what you want to keep track of. The hardest part of putting a Web page together these days is deciding which service to use. Is a blog the best way to show the world my resume? Is one Web-based bookmark service better than another? Just like in 1995, I'm back at the bottom of the learning curve.

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