In just a few short years, websites have become elemental pillars in our business and personal lives. The dot com boom, and subsequent crash, showed that not every crazy idea would pan out in cyberspace. But as a society, we have emerged from that misadventure with a new fundamental technology.
In just a few short years, websites have become elemental pillars in our business and personal lives. The dot com boom, and subsequent crash, showed that not every crazy idea would pan out in cyberspace. But as a society, we have emerged from that misadventure with a new fundamental technology.
As a business, you must have a web presence even if you do all your sales from a brick and mortar location. Otherwise, people will assume you’re not reputable. What kind of fly-by-night operation doesn’t even have a decent website these days? So while we rely more and more on websites, we still don’t have a good understanding of them.
As a business, you must have a web presence even if you do all your sales from a brick and mortar location. Otherwise, people will assume you’re not reputable. What kind of fly-by-night operation doesn’t even have a decent website these days? So while we rely more and more on websites, we still don’t have a good understanding of them.
And why not? Because only a highly skilled class of specialists could actually use it. The printing press revolutionized the world. People became literate and they became dependent on printers for their books, their information, and their connection to the rest of the world. Despite the reliance on printed matter, however, the common person could not print anything themselves until invention of the typewriter, nearly 300 years later.
And why not? Because only a highly skilled class of specialists could actually use it. The printing press revolutionized the world. People became literate and they became dependent on printers for their books, their information, and their connection to the rest of the world. Despite the reliance on printed matter, however, the common person could not print anything themselves until invention of the typewriter, nearly 300 years later.
It wasn’t until the 1980s that we figured out how to use computers or word processors. Nowadays, most people in America have easy access to desktop publishing. It took over five centuries, but the printing world has finally been democratized enough that it can truly be called intuitive, advanced and elegant.
It wasn’t until the 1980s that we figured out how to use computers or word processors. Nowadays, most people in America have easy access to desktop publishing. It took over five centuries, but the printing world has finally been democratized enough that it can truly be called intuitive, advanced and elegant.
Websites are a different matter.
Websites are a different matter.
The learning curve is faster, that’s for sure. Since the World Wide Web emerged in the 1990s, we have gone from electronic billboards to enthralling, interactive displays with streaming video and sound. Still, we have yet to see the democratization of the website as we have experienced with printing.
The learning curve is faster, that’s for sure. Since the World Wide Web emerged in the 1990s, we have gone from electronic billboards to enthralling, interactive displays with streaming video and sound. Still, we have yet to see the democratization of the website as we have experienced with printing.
It makes me think of Ben Franklin. He was a typesetter, one of the specialized class that knew how to use and manipulate a movable type printing press. If Ben Franklin were around today, he would be a web programmer. On the side, he would have his own website, the Farmers Almanac.com.
It makes me think of Ben Franklin. He was a typesetter, one of the specialized class that knew how to use and manipulate a movable type printing press. If Ben Franklin were around today, he would be a web programmer. On the side, he would have his own website, the Farmers Almanac.com.
So what needs to happen to take web development to the next level? At Advent, we’re trying to move things along a little bit with the democratization of the web. Check out what we’re doing at adventcreative.com. If you’re still not convinced that websites are old fashioned, then read part two.
So what needs to happen to take web development to the next level? At Advent, we’re trying to move things along a little bit with the democratization of the web. Check out what we’re doing at adventcreative.com. If you’re still not convinced that websites are old fashioned, then read part two.