Zeldman

Reading the Zeldman intro vaguely reminds me of reading a handbook to the apocalypse. "You're screwed, don't fight it." Between discussing the cost of creating a new website, the failing of subsequent website, and the best return on an investments, I don't have much faith in my ability.

This chapter seems to talk a lot about getting web sites to work in different browsers, which means its obviously a problem, though I may not have known about it. Being a mac person, I know all about cross-platform issues. Creating a website, even a very small and completely insignificant one, seems a very daunting task.

I have to say I've very thankful for that list of terms we defined that first week of class. I've been referring back to it as I complete different readings because, let me be honest, not all those acronyms can stay in my head.

Or more importantly, who are these "purists" Zeldman continuously speaks of, and why don't they think Flash and QuickTime belong on the web? Apparently I'm missing out on a sub culture. How does one become a web "purist"? Is that a good thing, or a bad thing? For some reason I seem to equate it with being a vegan who sneaks out for Big Macs every once and awhile--someone with a cause, but no real idea whats even going on.

Suffice it to say, I think I'm over my head here.