Design?
Yeah.
That’s right. I dished out money to buy books. I think it’s time I actually start doing something about web-designing, because I’ve been treating it like my least favourite child. It just turns out that having any background in web design is coming handy for a lot of situations, namely pursuing my career.
It’s somewhat strange to think that I would need any knowledge in HTML, CSS and PHP in the pharmacy world – I was thinking I’d be playing around with syringes, pills, mortars and pestles for the rest of my life, but I’ve found myself writing the <head> tag countless times.
I guess it goes to show how the least relevant experience isn’t always useless. I was always told having the ability to design (somewhat) and know HTML like it’s my mother’s tongue would never come in handy in anything but the computer science world. Take a look at CAPSI, for example. I would never have thought I’d get a position as a “webmaster” (I hate using that term; it just blankets all web development and design into one role as some minute detail), seeing how I would have assumed computer knowledge was fairly ubiquitous.
I wonder if that will ever change. Is web designing really that rare in a Web 2.0 society? Should we not be so in-tune with the intricacies of the internet and its darkest corners if we’re becoming that attached to information technology?
It becomes frightening to think that, despite so many people using computers, only a fraction know anything about how they work; that’s not to say I expect everyone who uses a computer to be a developer of some sort, but rather the majority don’t seem to know what they’re actually using. Does that not put the ignorant at hazard for manipulation or, more specifically, prone to harm on their intellectuality or privacy?
The philosophy of technology could get interesting. But what it really boils down to is – are we controlling information, or is information controlling us?
Hah, what bull. For now.
Whatever. All I really wanted to say was that I want to do something different for Voukah this time. And Aquanica. The designs I have up are pretty patchwork and effortless. I want to actually try this time.
Indeed, this is the blog of Franky Liu. Voukah is simply a compilation of random thoughts and useless rambling as he goes through an interestingly mundane life. With that, he is quite emotional and many times annoying; sometimes he wonders if he is narcissistic as well. He also may cause upset stomach. He also enjoys speaking in third person.