Starting out

As part of my education at the Art Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah. I have been challenged to begin a blog to start showcasing the skills that I am gaining. I hope to be able to have fun sharing what I do. I am working towards a Bachelors degree in Web Design and Interactive Media. I chose to go back to school a couple years ago, because I felt like I needed that elusive degree, but also because I enjoy learning new and interesting things. I also wanted to help my kids understand the importance of knowledge, and how it will benefit them.

I hope that my education will help me be able to contribute to the Web Design community. Through my education I have also gained an interest in Photography, Video, and have had fun learning Photoshop, Illustrator, SoundBooth, Premiere, Flash, and at the moment I am learning about After Effects. Some very powerful tools, that I am just barely scratching the surface of, but I hope to become proficient at each of them while continuing to learn about new tools that will help me as I venture more into actually creating Web content.

My philosophy on the Web is that it contains so much information both good and bad. I hope that through my designs I will contribute to the good that can be found on the web. I think we have such a powerful tool at our fingertips, and the knowledge that is available to us is almost infinite, we just need to find the knowledge that is relevant, and beneficial to us. I think the bing commercials on Search Overload show how I feel sometimes, there is so much out there on the web, how do you find the relevant information? Plus they are funny, and who couldn't use a laugh every once in a while.