All the titles I ever gave myself have passed away to where they belong. They were always a fiction anyway, designed to grasp the moment. Am I a web designer? I sure as heck don’t know anymore, having been swept away by the avalanche of the latest web-cool.
That avalanche has been, like most other stuff, created by the culture into which we are born and in which we try to find our identity. Emblazoned above this ever-filling pit of web design advice and help is the advisory: “The more complex it is the better it is”.
And the more complex it is the more one needs a ‘specialist’ in the driver’s seat. It appears that I, who built my fist website and grew up in the humble, generous humanity of Zeldman, have reached my use-by date.
Strangely, the thing that gives me courage and the desire to question everything, is the phrase “This to shall pass”. All that is not in service of simplicity and information will wither and fall.
John S
All the titles I ever gave myself have passed away to where they belong. They were always a fiction anyway, designed to grasp the moment. Am I a web designer? I sure as heck don’t know anymore, having been swept away by the avalanche of the latest web-cool.
That avalanche has been, like most other stuff, created by the culture into which we are born and in which we try to find our identity. Emblazoned above this ever-filling pit of web design advice and help is the advisory: “The more complex it is the better it is”.
And the more complex it is the more one needs a ‘specialist’ in the driver’s seat. It appears that I, who built my fist website and grew up in the humble, generous humanity of Zeldman, have reached my use-by date.
Strangely, the thing that gives me courage and the desire to question everything, is the phrase “This to shall pass”. All that is not in service of simplicity and information will wither and fall.
All the best Jeffrey!