Website Well Underway

There's no sign to hang out front of my shop because this isn't the early 1900s where such a thing was necessary. This is the early 2000s and now it's all about digital real estate: a website.

I work online, from the comfort of my iMac and/or iPhone. Since I work online, I need a website. I'm building it now and should be finished by next week.

A few years ago, a full-fledged website would have been necessary. That's no longer necessary for me, since I can offload the heavy lifting to other websites.

My website will be a basic informational website with bare-bones information. I'll link to my blog, which I update frequently on my iPhone. That way, I don't have to upload and configure any custom blogging solutions. I'm using Blogger right now and I love their solution. It's streamlined, efficient, and functional. Works great.

I looked into getting a QuickTime streaming server a few years ago to stream video. That's no longer necessary for me. I can upload HD films to YouTube and show my films to the world. I don't have to worry about adding streaming functionality to my server or hosting plan, and that means I don't have to worry about bandwidth and the related overage charges if I start using too much.

I'm not a fan of Flash, so I don't have to worry about building custom image galleries anymore. I was pretty good at Flash, but quickly grew ambivalent when the world began marveling over Flash, animating anything and everything (unnecessarily). Then I totally lost interest by the time MX 2004 came along. I use Flickr for my image hosting now. Like Blogger, they have a wonderful platform that allows for simple uploading of content, sharing, networking, and more. See, no Flash development. Let Flickr handle it.

These free or low cost solutions take the heavy lifting away. They have thriving user communities that I can participate in. And they make personal web building easy.

So my website is almost done, because there's not much for me to do. Look for the launch soon.

Blessings,
Scott Hampton

[Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]