Tools I Use
April 2003
It's been a while since I updated this page, but what the heck. I gotta brag about all my techie tools somewhere, right? So, as of April, 2003, here's the scoop:
Building a website is as easy as pie. It really is! Microsoft Internet Explorer (I like to call it Exploder) comes built into Windows XP and it has a light-html editor built in. On the Mac side, Mozilla and other browsers also have built html editors with WYSIWYG interfaces. Simply type a few paragraphs, change font sizes and colors for titles, drag in a few separating lines, add a few hyperlinks to your list of cool sites, and voila, your own web page.
Now there's nothing wrong with that approach - you get to join in on the hoopla of what is known as the World Wide Web, and that's all you really need to do. But, after your first Front Pad designed pages, you might just want to move on to something a bit more complex, a bit more intense, and a bit more unique for your web site, be it personal or business.
If you want to learn how to do it, but don't want to hire my company, here's the kind of kit and readership and scholarship you need to pull off the stuff I do every day.
The Hardware and Software I Own and Use |
Desktop | Mobile | Peripherals | Software | Custom 2.4Ghz Pentium 4 1Gb DDR Ram 120GB, 80GB drives 32x CDRW Drive 4x DV-RW Drive Radeon AIW 9500 Card Samsung 172T 17" LCD 802.11g WiFi Bluetooth Firewire Multi Reader USB 2.0 Windows XP Pro | IBM Thinpad X30 PIII Mobile 1.2Ghz 12.1 TFT 640mb RAM Docking Slice CDRW/DVDRW Drive Bluetooth, WiFi Firewire CF Slot 2 Batteries (8hrs) 3.4lbs
Mac iBook OSX 10.2.4 700Mhz G3 (boo) 12.1" TFT 512mb RAM Radeon Mobility Bluetooth WiFi (Airport) | Canon GL2 3CCD dvCam LinkSys WiFi Router 802.11g 54mbps Sony Ericsson P800 Jabra BT200 BT Headset Logitech Elite Pro Wireless Keyboard Wireless Mouse Canon Ti Scanner HP Deskjet 945C (Bluetooth) Olympus C-5050 Digicam Akoo Wireless rebroadcaster Logitech QuickCam Pro BT enabled Joystick BT enabled gamepad Wacom Intuos tablet and an internet enabled espresso maker | MS Office Pro Mac: Office X MS Publisher Adobe InDesign 2 Adobe Acrobat Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe Premiere QuickTime Pro iMovie (Mac) Final Cut Express Corel Draw 10 PhotoVista Macromedia Flash Macromedia Homesite Macromedia Flash TopStyle (CSS) Mozilla 1.3 Internet Exploder Camino (Mac) Safari (Mac) Eudora Pro 5.2 Agent 1.9x Cute FTP WIPS (my company's content management software)
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Then There's Books I am a firm believer in books as an excellent teaching tool. Almost everything I've learned with regards to techology, design, web design, web development, image editing, video editing, and more have come from books, and being "self taught".
I've compiled a list of books from Amazon that I highly recommend if you want to get serious about web design (and connected things). HTML Books
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HTML QuickStart Great beginner book for HTML and XHTML learning. $15.49 |
Idiot's Guide to Creating Web Pages I like the Idiot's guides - sometimes, they are better than the Dummies version. $17.47 |
Dummies Guide to HTML The Dummies Books are often my first recommendation for beginners. $17.49 |
Dynamic HTML: The Guide Great book that taught me a lot about DHMTL. $17.98. |
Photo Editing Books |
Mixelania Photos from Algonquin Park Photos from my trip to Algonquin Park this fall with my Mom and two brothers. Random Rants Updated almost every day! Last update 12/16/2019 4:04am War Stories Making Snow for the Fortress One of the worst jobs I ever had... till I got out.
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