Comments on: If the web didn’t exist

By: Drew

Drew — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 03:10:10 +0000

I sometimes wish the Internet had never existed for this reason; when I was a print designer, there was a set of skills to know about the process that hadn’t changed since the time of Gutenberg (apart from pushing buttons rather than paintbrushes). I learnt them, knew them and that was it.

In web development, the entire field changes every two years. As a designer and not a code monkey I take longer than everyone else to learn the new standards, and when I complete a website that has all the bells and whistles, some geek says to me ‘why don’t you do it using method x, nobody uses method y anymore’ and crushes me all over again.

If the Internet didn’t exist I’d at least know what I was doing again.

By: JJ

JJ — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 05:38:00 +0000

I work as a part time web developer. I reckon I would be a radio station DJ if I wasn’t doing this.

By: Teresa

Teresa — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 01:17:23 +0000

My father was really into keeping up with technology while I was growing up, so we always had the newest computer and got the internet fairly early in the game.I can sort of remember what it was like without it, but its become such a huge part of my life now that I can’t imagine being without it.

I’m not sure what I’d be doing if it wasn’t in web… print design perhaps, although if it weren’t for the internet I probably would never have thought of graphic design at all and would still be studying engineering now!

By: Simone

Simone — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 14:59:43 +0000

I find it fascinating reading about people having been on the web for so long! Because we didn’t get our first computer till 1995(I think it was a pentium something, and bought in Bunbury! We played Need for Speed 1), and we didn’t get internet until about 1997 or maybe 99. And then I didn’t discover blogs till last year!!(and was very upset it took me that long, I’ve been on forums for years!!)
Mmm, though I do remember around 1996 that neighbours of ours in Bridgetown had internet, and they had the computer on all day and night, my parents found that strange.

Anyway, I don’t work in the web industry(it’s just a hobby really at this stage), so I can’t answer your question! :D
Btw, glad to hear the Melbourne Port 80 meeting went well!