The website I created for myself is almost an extension of
everything major I've done and accomplished in my life till this point. It's a
more elaborate version of my resume, which it even includes, that will be open
for the entire web to see, and hopefully some potential employers as well.
Between the two major things I've majored in, Video Production and Public
Relations, I want to give a sense of the quality of work I can put out and
create. It's a really cool way, in my opinion, to sell yourself and I love that
we get to make this in a classroom setting. It’s also nice to use and show off
some of the papers and projects I made and created in college that I figured I
would never use or see again.
Since the start of class, we've created blog posts for our
class, our own articles for wiki how about how to do something, learned how to
use Photoshop and movie editors, and even got to improve upon our own Twitter
skills. All this has culminated for this web page we are creating for
ourselves. It, at least in my case, even includes some of the projects and work
we have done before hand in class, which to me shows that I'm proud of what I
created and achieved thus far. It’s a really neat way to also make things I
created that I thought would never really matter have a more substantial
purpose.
The biggest tie-ins with social media and my web page is the
fact that I've linked most of social media accounts to this page. I want people
to be able to find me and get a real grasp on who I am, and I truly feel like
my social media pages achieve this. I’ve created and coded shortcuts to my
Twitter account, LinkedIn page, and blogger page so they are just a click away so
I’m easily accessible.
Designing the website to me is quite cathartic and
enjoyable. Besides this class, I have also been taking a coding class learning
HTML and CSS. I find myself thoroughly enjoying it and for me, it makes the
time fly. Besides my love of coding, I have run into an issue here or there
where I can't figure out why this isn’t inputting correctly or whatnot, but it
is immensely satisfying once I figure out the correct way to get the code to
function properly. Besides that aspect, I've also liked digging through some of
my files that were a few years old that I haven't seen in a while. Specifically,
my old short films that were made back when I went to school in Fredonia. It
was also quite sad to learn that some of the files and things I planned on
using might be lost forever because the hard drive I had them all on, which I
also hadn't touched in years, didn't work or register at all. Overall, I've
seriously enjoyed creating the website as a whole.
