Work, work, work...

Today was a work day for me. Having my own business as a web designer, I've taken on a few projects that will take up a lot of my time--if only because it takes time to be visually creative.

Websites are fickle creations. What may look good on one screen doesn't necessarily look good on another. Someone's screen can be too bright, too dark, not enough contrast, too much contrast, or just plain old that it's just black and white (or orange and black, whatever the case may be).

But, web design, is very much like magazine or newspaper design. More often than not, it's the photo that makes the page. Without any good photos, illustrations or graphics, the website will look too text-heavy, or just plain boring.

Ironically, most newspapers and magazines have websites that don't do their publications justice. For some reason, media companies still think of their websites as secondary extensions of their main product, when in fact, it is becoming an important medium to share reports and information gathered by their writers and reporters.

Media companies are starting to get on the bandwagon of improving their websites, but they are still behind most commercial or even non-commercial websites. In a medium that can quickly change styles and 'fashion,' if the mainstream media treats it as a secondary entity, they will soon find themselves going out of business because they will simply look irrelevant to society.

Whatever the case, while information will always be needed and sought after, for companies and individuals who live by selling information and reports to the public, they'd better start investing in the future, or risk becoming an icon of the past.