HTML Magic

This week in my information systems class, we learned the basics of writing HTML code. Even though I still can’t do very much and what I can create isn’t super impressive, I am very pleased with my progress. Prior to taking this class, every time I imagined someone coding, I just pictured someone typing illegible jargon on a computer and then hacking into the Pentagon. I still have no idea how anyone would do anything like that, but I am happy to say that I at least understand the basics of the basics.

              Now when I look at websites, I can recognize what was done with the coding to cause it to do what it does, or sometimes even recognize why it is broken.

              I recently looked at the website for my father’s Association and was shocked. By no measure is the website poor or insufficient, but with the information that I learned this week, I noticed simple errors that are easily fixed if someone was actively managing their website.

              As it turns out, my father pays someone $7000 a year to do just that. My father’s phone call to that man tomorrow will be interesting and I am glad I will play no part in it to say the least.

              I am currently planning on majoring in Accounting, but if for whatever reason that doesn’t turn out as planned I would consider information systems as I find it very interesting while mentally challenging.