Web sites are being redrawn. For mobile applications, Blackberry and iPhone users can now enjoy content in a new type of web site that best utilizes the screen and design of their device. However, what does the desktop user get?
A web optimized for the smallest screen possible.
I realize the web isn't quite ready to go widescreen yet. It wasn't until this spring that I upgraded from my old CRT to a flat panel display, at 1440x900. While my desktop wallpaper looks amazing in widescreen, and I can watch HD shows that fill up my monitor nicely, the rest of the internet is not a particularly incredible experience. I can get used to viewing content on the left hand side of my monitor just fine. In fact, most times, I don't think twice about that.
That doesn't mean it should be fine.
If we can optimize the web experience for a tiny phone, web developers, how about the "regular" internet? I know technologies exist that'll add or subtract widgets based on the detected monitor resolution. Why isn't this become more commonplace? I have all this real estate available on my screen. Shoot, this text editor I'm using to write this blog post only covers about half the width of my screen.
This is my hope for the future of web: That web sites will become smart enough that they will have a fixed site size (for the smallest of small monitors, the ones that they cater to today), but then, based on browser and window size, widgets (added content) will be added (or subtracted). I have this nice widescreen monitor. I'd like the internet to be able to do something with it.
EDIT: Yes, I understand the irony, considering how small my blog's width is.
Showing posts with label Career Thoughts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Career Thoughts. Show all posts
Just some more random thoughts
- I saw the new Indiana Jones movie. I enjoyed most of the movie, but not the movie as a whole, if that makes sense to you. The ending really was stupid. It was a great ride, right up until they entered the room. And even though they were only in for about twenty seconds, this movie has single-handedly killed the monkey. The monkey will no longer be popular for at least a year, guaranteed. Also, drop out of school IT WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE SPOILER WARNING.
- I am considering adding more computer classes to my expensive college education. I'm also thinking that there might be more for me, creatively, as a producer, rather than just a "normal" journalist. But it's the beginning of the week. Talk to me about my career plans on Saturday.
-M.J. moved on Friday. I was scheduled to work 11-8 that day. But I decided it would be a nice surprise for me to take night off and then come and help finish moving him into the apartment. Except when I got home, he was already moved in. So I spent that night tearing up his old carpet. True story.
- Maybe I need to empty my cache or something, but YouTube has been acting really slow for me lately. All other online video players (the less popular ones) work absolutely fine.
- I will get my own room in just a couple of days.
- Let's talk school again. You know how many students you talk to go through a phase in their life where they go, I hate school I just want to get out into the workforce and become, like, a member of society, like, you know? I'm kind of in that phase right now. I've applied to more jobs than I could ever remember. Jobs I'm not exactly qualified for, either. But it feels good to apply. Really good. It's a sense of accomplishment all on it's own. I wish I could get a job where I just applied for jobs, for me, every day. And I would rarely get hired. I would just apply for any job posted onto the internet. I would love that.
- I've hit a snag with one of my fiction projects. (You know, the ones I just plan, but never write?) I want to encompass lots of my church experiences into a single story. And at first I thought about a group of friends who would visit three or four churches, and then just talk about them over dinner. Nice, simple, understated. But then I began to worry that the characters I had might be too compelling that they take away from all the church stuff. So then I cut it down to one man, but now it's really lonely. And I'm not comfortable with just two or three people, at least, not any characters I've created yet.
- Did I mention some of the jobs I've applied to are out of state? I have no clue financially what I'd do if I got offered a job, but I'd be grateful for the opportunity. Especially if I got a job in the Village in NYC, or in Ojai, CA. The Ohio job would be closer to home, though, so I could visit on holidays.
- I've been playing tennis and bowling every week this year. I'm not very good at either - tennis especially, but it is a lot of fun.
- I am considering adding more computer classes to my expensive college education. I'm also thinking that there might be more for me, creatively, as a producer, rather than just a "normal" journalist. But it's the beginning of the week. Talk to me about my career plans on Saturday.
-M.J. moved on Friday. I was scheduled to work 11-8 that day. But I decided it would be a nice surprise for me to take night off and then come and help finish moving him into the apartment. Except when I got home, he was already moved in. So I spent that night tearing up his old carpet. True story.
- Maybe I need to empty my cache or something, but YouTube has been acting really slow for me lately. All other online video players (the less popular ones) work absolutely fine.
- I will get my own room in just a couple of days.
- Let's talk school again. You know how many students you talk to go through a phase in their life where they go, I hate school I just want to get out into the workforce and become, like, a member of society, like, you know? I'm kind of in that phase right now. I've applied to more jobs than I could ever remember. Jobs I'm not exactly qualified for, either. But it feels good to apply. Really good. It's a sense of accomplishment all on it's own. I wish I could get a job where I just applied for jobs, for me, every day. And I would rarely get hired. I would just apply for any job posted onto the internet. I would love that.
- I've hit a snag with one of my fiction projects. (You know, the ones I just plan, but never write?) I want to encompass lots of my church experiences into a single story. And at first I thought about a group of friends who would visit three or four churches, and then just talk about them over dinner. Nice, simple, understated. But then I began to worry that the characters I had might be too compelling that they take away from all the church stuff. So then I cut it down to one man, but now it's really lonely. And I'm not comfortable with just two or three people, at least, not any characters I've created yet.
- Did I mention some of the jobs I've applied to are out of state? I have no clue financially what I'd do if I got offered a job, but I'd be grateful for the opportunity. Especially if I got a job in the Village in NYC, or in Ojai, CA. The Ohio job would be closer to home, though, so I could visit on holidays.
- I've been playing tennis and bowling every week this year. I'm not very good at either - tennis especially, but it is a lot of fun.
I'm not opposed to social networking, but...
LinkedIn is kind of cold and confusing. You have to make "connections" (like making "friends" on Facebook), and then the idea is that you make more connections with strangers, like you make "friends" with your friend's "mutual friends." Except this isn't so you can spy on their wall-to-wall, this is so you have another "connection," making you look more powerful and important, ergo, more employable. To me, it's like going up to a stranger at a party and saying "can you be a reference for my resume?" I don't KNOW these people. But no, this is kind of the idea behind LinkedIn. Is that you become "linked in" with all kinds of different networks.
And the interface! It's not "Facebook for professionals," it's more like "MySpace for professionals." It's not clean, it's not intuitive. But it is becoming extremely popular with businesses and human resource directors. So why not just forget about the site? With me thinking about dabbing into more New Media studies, I should have and maintain a LinkedIn account. It's a possible investment into a career. (And it's free, too.) But that doesn't mean I exactly like every second of it.
And the interface! It's not "Facebook for professionals," it's more like "MySpace for professionals." It's not clean, it's not intuitive. But it is becoming extremely popular with businesses and human resource directors. So why not just forget about the site? With me thinking about dabbing into more New Media studies, I should have and maintain a LinkedIn account. It's a possible investment into a career. (And it's free, too.) But that doesn't mean I exactly like every second of it.
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