Web Designer

I’m interested (and doing) web design since the time when for search was used Alta Vista, not Google. The sites were made of a few static pages, each of which was individually made. I also went trough the “flash era” – making sites with all kinds of flying effects. It took them forever to load, but it was something that was keeping the user’s interest (in contrast of now 😀 ). 

So, for about 10 years I was doing simple sites. Let me clarify that I’m 32 years old and I’ve been working with computers since ’93-’94, and with Internet and sites since ’99-’00 (yeah, when you had to buy a voucher with megabites from the post office to use it with your modem). During this decade I was practising web design as a hobby, toghether with drawing. And got my bachelor degree in psychology. Today I realize that exactly this combination works great – professional knowledge in psychology, so I can know how the user thinks; amateur interest in drawing – so I can know how different elements suit each other; and in the past few years – professional experience in web design and site creation. 

But let’s contiunue with this short story. In the beginning of the new decade (around 2010) I began studing CMS and templates. And by studing I mean I created a few sites – with video and songs collections for children, flash games sites, parenting blog. I had to stop working on those sites when I chose web design as my profession, since time wasn’t enough. I used my free time for learning new stuff in web design and site creation, in order to make better and better sites. 

And that’s till today. I keep studing all the time – because in this field everything changes pretty fast. And that’s one of the things I love most about it. Now, since web design is my profession – my hobby is SEO. Not only because you cannot do the first without the latter, but because SEO is also quickly changing and you cannot get bored.