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May 21, 2004
Getting back into web programming and design

I really do love web programming, but do so little of it now, compared to the mid 90's when I was in school and working on the St. Norbert site, among others. Back then, having a copy of HomeSite was a godsend, and I was a TA teaching web-dev classes at school and encouraging the students to hand code in Notepad. I really do miss it, which is why I keep up this site and take on pro-bono projects that I have a passion for.

My latest stab at web design & coding is for the SNC SIFE group. I'm working on this site, which has some unique constraints.
- I can't use any type of CMS because the server doesn't support any scripting (college warehouse space basically)
- I can't really use forms (I don't think??) due to the aforementioned.
- I have 3 days to do the entire site
- I don't know how to use Photoshop very well (look at the site, you can tell I'm learning as I go!)

Nevertheless, I love doing this stuff. As much as I move further away from being "hands on" with technology in my career roles, I still keep coming back to it because it's just such a great challenge and is so much fun!

Hey, if you have any ideas for improvement on the site, I'm open to suggestions!

I would spell out the acronym SIFE on the front page. Our usability tests have shown that normal users don't look up in the title bar.

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