Website Creation

You would think that having a masters in information systems and a minor in E-commerce, would afford me the ability to crank out a mega website right? Well, academia gives you insights but it doesnt give you time. Granted, i could take the time to refresh myself in website creation (html, css, ajax, spry, etc) but i’ve learned this in my day2day life’s travels.

Time is money.

The time that i spend enjoying the learning curve is time wasted from my chosen career; business & website analysis. With that in mind, i opted use the aggregating powers of web 2.0 to get a site up-n-going without selling my 5 acres and the mule.

I found a website that sells flash templates called flashden where i was able to find a snazzy enough website for $20. Here take a

All the pictures were there. It was just a matter of changing the wordage (which is not the harde

Image via Wikipedia

st thing to do in Dreamweaver CS3) and then upload to my ISP (Internet Service Provider).  Of course it took more than a few nanoseconds but there’s a takeaway here.

Of course, everything has caveats. One problem is that the site is all flash, you lose a certain percentage of your search engine indexing capability. For me, that just means that i have to supplement it with more blogging, article marketing and social networking.

That’s okay. I have time to do it; I’ll just take the time away from website creation

Sometimes it cheaper and more efficient to outsource your needs. Whenever you are challenged with adding a new process; assess how much time it will cost you in terms of learning, making mistakes, correction & frustration. All of this adds up to time taken away from making money

Just my thoughts.

Using web 2.0 to install a garage door

Very recently, i had to do what most homeowners have to do from time to time; replace the garage door. Rather than following the usual path;

• Go to Home Depot or Lowes
• Pay for the garage door ($500+)
• Pay to have it installed (another $400)

I decided to use some of my learned abilities and resources surrounding web 2.0.

1. Create a web page. I done this using my yahoo geocities account. The price was $0.00 and rampup time was less than 30 minutes.

2. I took a picture of my existing garage door using the camera on my blackberry curve

3. Created a youtube account. The price was $0.00 and rampup time was less than 15 minutes.

4. Created a short video explaining what i needed done using my flip video recorder. Even with retakes, it took less than 5 minutes

5. Uploaded the picture to my newly created webpage; along with my email address for contact

6. Uploaded my video to you tube along with my email address for contact

7. Advertised my request for door installation using Craiglist. I stated that the price was negotiable

Sat back and waited. Within an hour, i checked youtube and found out that 20 people had already looked at the video. I began to receive quotes ranging from $100 – $300. After doing some investigative work, i settled on one for 200 bucks! I was able to save myself at least $200!!!!

Morale to the story;

Using web 2.0 technologies (craigslist, youtube, geocities) i was able to save myself some money!

Next step; getting the roof reshingled…

My Thoughts > Clarence Thomas

Hmm. Finally decided to do some recreational reading (if that’s what you want to call it) by picking up my reading of “Supreme Discomfort“. Not sure why i picked up this little ditty. I think it’s because this brother has received so much bad press, i had to find out for myself how much of it was fact or fiction. So far, i’m getting the impression that he was really harassed for not following the black norms as a child and found some sort of solace in the white community. Granted this is not an autobiography;

and I’ve only on the 4th chapter, but, i do see some glimpses that can support his apparent white stance in life and logic. So far i’m not disappointed. I can certainly understand what its like to be ostracized by your own race because you have chosen alternative views. Some would cave-in and reconnect in an effort not to feel so “different” when viewed by one’s own race. I’m not that sort of person and, from what I’ve read thus far, neither is Clarence Thomas. Granted, i don’t know enough about him to make a educated summation but this is my logic and I’m sticking with it.
It’s also fair to mention that, while i do not agree with some of his stances, i do agree with moving against the grain and weathering any storm that results. It promotes a sense of self and confidence in knowing that you have made your choices and are willing to accept all that happens as a result (good or bad).

Just my thoughts