Web design and Web Development- can you be both?

A web design is that aspect of a website development which deals majorly with the design and layout of the site. A web designer is responsible for the overall look and feel of the website and working on the user experience for an end user. He is the one who decides on the theme of the website and chooses the design, typography, color scheme, layout and visuals (and optionally, audio) for the website.
 
Web development, although is a broader term encompassing all the aspects of a web site development typically focuses on the technical aspects of the development process. A web developer works towards the functionality of the website, without bothering much about the overall aesthetics (which is the job of a designer).
 
For instance, if the project is about creating a web site for online shopping, the web designer is the one who will first decide whether the website has to be given a formal feel or a casual, friendly feel. He then decides the color scheme, how the products will be displayed, and what audio/visual aids will be present on the web page to make the end user feel at home, to make the shopping experience more real. The logo, navigation features and even the tone of the messages to be displayed to the user come under the responsibility of a web designer. A web developer will work towards making it a fully functional web site. Like what should happen when a user clicks on the “submit” button? Or how the payment gateway is secured so that the credit card information of the user is not compromised? Or how the billing calculations happen once the user checks out the products in his/her cart? All this functionality is programmed by the developer.
 
As is evident from the job description, the skill set required for both the jobs is different. The designer needs to have a deep understanding of aesthetics and user experience, apart from graphic designing. So he is one who would have knowledge of HTML, flash, Silverlight, CSS etc. A developer needs to be a good programmer and should talk in the language of algorithms. Technologies like JAVA, ASP. Net etc. should be at his fingertips.
 
While the roles and responsibilities of a designer and developer are like chalk and cheese, they work for the same end product. It is as if the designers make use of the right half of the brain (the creative folks) and the developers use the left half (the functional folks). Are they really two different people (or teams)? May or may not be. A single team can handle both the jobs in some scenarios, but larger projects need dedicated teams for both the jobs.

Another major difference between the two is the difference in their paychecks. While the developers earn a hefty paycheck of thousands of dollars, and anyone talking in C++ can be hired as a developer (just joking), the designers are typically hired on a need to need basis, and earn just a fraction of the developer’s salary as wages.

Meeting new friends daily is my delight

Meeting new people every day is my hobby. I like talking to new people daily. It interests me in finding out what they do and what their interests are. Some of the stranger I have met are very good friends now.

Here are a few guidelines that I follow to make friends. I just talk to anyone and everyone. You never know who has the same interest as you. Just say a hello and see how they respond. Then I ask what they do. That will be the conversation started. There might be a few who might not be interested, trust me there is lot of them who would respond positively.

Generally as a guy I find it difficult for me to walk up to a girl and strike a conversation. She might not like it or find insecure. The best way to go about it is to start with the smile. A smile does wonders. From my experience I found most of them smile back. Then I start a conversation.

I dont need special occasion or place to meet people. It could be anywhere. While travelling to office on a bus, waiting in a bus stop, or waiting to cross the road.

I met my best friend when I went for an interview. She was sitting next to me and looked very tense. I asked her tense? She smiled and said Yes. She said she was just out of college and it was her first interview. I asked not worry and give it her best shot. I was the first to face the interview panel. I can back and told her all the questions I was asked, I gave her the answers too. Fortunately for her they asked her the same questions. We both cleared the interview. We work for the same company now and very good friends.

Every person in this world is unique, each of them possess different skills. So meeting new friends every day can be very interesting. In fact, it can be a great hobby.

Google Plus – The battle!

The world has changed as it was used to be, as the technology has summed it up into a single platform i.e. internet. No matter what you are and wherever you live, you can be in touch with them in the most effective way. Other than just talking on call, SMS or chat, people have discovered another way to be in touch with the old friends or to find new ones, and i.e. via Social networking websites.

The trend of social networking website is at its peak, and millions of people from all over the world use social networking websites to be in touch with the old and new people. Places like social networking websites have become the places where acquaintances meet and fall in love with each other and usually end in marriage, hence other than entertainment it also serves a generic and a positive purpose.
Face book nowadays is considered as the father of social networking website, as its server, services and platform have outclassed each and every other social networking engine, and they are actually making good money via advertisements etc. and the Face book applications offered by them. These days the newest trend in social book marking website is Google Plus, which is considered to be the next big thing in the block, as this service is subsidiary of Google, which is known to be the biggest and the most powerful internet corporation.

As soon as it entered in the social bookmarking website industry a whole lot of people were ready to sign up on this platform, as Google is known to be famous for its credibility, other than that Face book has also felt the power of Google Plus, and as soon as the Google Plus came into this industry they have switched the user profile theme to much an advanced one, as if they are trying to fight back with them and to save their users from Google Plus, till now it seems that Google Plus is going to be the future of this industry, and Face book has already felt it, but still Google Plus needs time to take over the industry, as the Face book has quite a stronger market and some analysts believe that it won’t be easy for Google Plus to take Face book down, as it is currently ruling the industry.

Daydreams; Key to success

There are many people who have day dreams. Daydream are those dreams that I see in the form of various pictures and images while dozing off or lazing around. To some people day dreams are just a simple phenomenon that occurs while a person is trying to close their eyes for a minute. But the truth in regards to this matter; day dreams are very complex in nature. The reason for this statement is due to the various findings that people have made in the past.  

Another thing that should be noted here is that day dreams are not like the dreams, I see when I am sleeping. During sleeping, I have no control over my dreams. The dream come to my mind are just a bunch of different things. In the case of daydreams, however, I have the will to control it. The people who can understand this statement are those who are always day dreaming of various things. The one thing of which most people are bound to daydream is of success.   Success is something, everyone dreams about. Success can be anything to me. The nature of the success depends on what kind of person are I and what I am dreaming about. Some people dream about the success in their jobs. Some people dream about getting a way to suddenly strike it rich and there are even some people who daydream about getting the perfect job that suits them the best and can also bring about a change in their lives.  

As mentioned above, some people may regard these day dreams as just a bunch of pictures. But if I use these dreams to bring them to reality, then it is possible for that I can be able to achieve what I see in my daydreaming. But one thing I should always keep in mind is, day dreaming about an event is one thing but to actually make it happen, I have to put in all of my hard work and keep up the struggle to finally achieve the success that I have daydreamed about. Those people who just keep day dreaming all along cannot in any case hope to achieve success.  

In the past, there have been many researches regarding that of day dreams. The results that people usually come up with are the concept of daydreaming is these dreams are something showing a person and let them experiment with the fact of having different kinds of things. Though the things which are shown may not always be according to the things a person wants them however capture the true sense and the correct personality of the person who is having such dreams. Because of this I can use these dreams as a benchmark to follow some path which may bring me to a future that is same as of the things that I have daydreamed about. So, in this case it can be said that the concept of daydreaming is one of the biggest keys of getting to success.

How Schools Could Use Social Media

You know there are different types of conventional communicating media. The school also uses some media to communicate with the students and guardians. Nowadays, the social media has emerged as a very popular media. The school though some days earlier was apart from social media. The use of social media was within friends circle. The students use the social media communicating with their friends. Make conversation on different issues with the social media. Still, the social media was not directly linked with the schools. Do you know the school is also using the social media nowadays?
 
The schools are using social media very effectively to perform their official work. This was though unbelievable for some days earlier still; it’s the fact of the hour in this concern. The school is using the social media to communicate with the students through internet. This has widened the sphere of communication for the schools.
 
The schools are making announcements through the social media. In the case of declaring the date of cultural function of the school, announcing the holidays, announcing the toppers list the school are using the social media very effectively. The school is getting unbelievable response with this media. The ex-students are getting the opportunity to attend the functions of the school very easily by visiting the school’s profile.
 
The school is making direct conversation with the students and parents. The parents are also taking part in the conversations very enthusiastically as they are getting opportunity at their home. The technology utilizing the social relationship has made this creation. The face book is not a mere means of communicating media it is something more than the expected one. The sphere is widening day by day and the use of social media in school has proved the same.
 
The parents those can’t attend the school programs physically but are interested to get the photos of those events are easily accessing through this media. The workload of school has reduced greatly with the utilization of social media in school. Accessing the photo of your child during taking part in the sports is not a tough task for you in the present day. If your child’s school has enclosed the social media in their official work then you can reach the school easily without making the journey to the school.
 
Oh, it’s fantastic to view the twit when the principal makes a twit on the twitter making comments of a special day. This is amazing to view for the students. This is an extra advantage of including the social media in school’s activity. Every related person with the school finds the suitable to remain connected with the school.

Marriage a beautiful beginning

Marriage is every girls dream. Even I used to dream about my marriage as a teenager.  Used to wonder how that guy would be, who would it be? Suspense would be so much but there would be no answer for that. The only answer at that time to our entire question was to wait and have patience. Marriage is always considered a new beginning to ones life. I was no more a girlfriend, no more JUST a daughter, no more only a sister. We entered to the next stage of life. Just after moment of saying “I do” I had the feeling of oneness. We suddenly have attachment to the person who was till now a stranger. It’s a very strange relationship. Parents become secondary in marriage s. Marriage as said by many old people in olden days that its made in heaven. We get in to a new relationship. With one new person in your life opens doors for his entire family. It’s a beautiful beginning to ones life. New ways of living different from what they had, adjusting to the circumstances, compromising for stuffs which I had never done before marriage.
 
As a child I always used to travel with my parents but after marriage my husband is always there to accompany me. We can plan tour, we can travel any where we like without any ones consent. All these opportunities are not available to a girl if she is unmarred. After marriage I went in to second stage of life. The most beautiful angel entered our lives. I became a mother. It was again a new experience. With marriage all the other stages in life start following with all the new experiences new challenges, new goals. I became responsible. I learnt how to handle things. I learnt how to deal with tough situations. Now it’s as if no problems are big. Marriage has given so much experience that I can handle any sort of situation.