Striving to be better
February 11, 2008 · Filed under: Thoughts. Online.
If there is anything that irritates the hell out of me is webmasters that own websites for 2+ years, claim they “love webdesign,” and yet they have never taken the time to refine their skills, learn more, and really just get better. Their current layout looks no better than the first layout ever created, their content is stagnant, and there isn’t any improvement to be found anywhere on their website. With all the resources available nowadays and all the different upgrades and services available for personal websites, how can people not improve?! I really don’t understand it.
I take pride in my website. I take pride enough that I always try my best to improve it, make it better, and work on my webdesign skills overall. I read articles on HTML and CSS, I look at Photoshop tutorials to improve my skills, I try to implement “services” to better aid my visitors (RSS feeds, for example), etc. I’m always trying to stay up to date.
Lately I’ve been discovering websites where it seems the owners either learn as much as they need to know and keep rehashing the same stuff over and over, or they fall back in their skills instead of moving forward. Neither is acceptable for me. This is my personal website, and I care enough about it to make sure it stands at its best.
It’s a pity others don’t feel the same way.