The Wonder Years
Its an overwhelming feeling that takes over when I think about how I began and where technology has brought me today. My first digital painting was on Windows Paint and a time when learning DOS commands could get me going. Luckily got over that phase quickly.
The big D. Why I picked designing? Well thanks to my dad I have artistic genes somewhere in me hence the creative inclination. I love drawing, sketching, painting. Its something that can get me excited and help me relax at the same time. So when I was introduced to computers, my step towards designing was inevitable. I remember there was a time when PageMaker 4 and Photoshop 5 were my favorite softwares. Yeah those were fun times when everything was so new, refreshing and thrilling, well at least for me. Not that I’m complaining now but hey it’s my flashback scene.
And along came the spider…
No I’m not going to talk about the genesis of internet but yes will talk about the time that I was introduced to it. Now that I’m on memory lane might as well go on to the time when the concept of the web was just sinking in and Google didn’t exist. WoW imagine that! The days when filling up the registration form and opening an email account excited me and my favorite pass time was chatting on Yahoo.
The internet today has become my life. If I wake up tomorrow and the internet ceased to exist, I’m not sure what I would do. My inclination towards designing and the web opened up a whole new world. Something that began with graphic designing branched out to web designing to a world of multimedia to usability, accessibility, information architecture and hopefully will continue to head on in this direction. And that my friends just about sums up what I do for a living. More about that in my next post.
“The internet today has become my life.” – Ditto.