evan's blog

Every industry has its buzz words, and the web is not immune.

I recently published an article on my personal blog about using AJAX/AHAH in Drupal, and I thought I might reference it here, just in case it helps point anyone in the right direction. For the non-developer audience, the functionality I'm referring to has been widely popularized around the internet and is what allows you to create and retrieve content on a webpage without having to refresh it (think posting a Facebook status or Tweet).

My dad had an unusually good knack for building and fixing things. When I was a kid, we would regularly take trips down to our unfinished basement to work on a project - one of the most common being readying the red Snapper lawn mower for another summer voyage. Needless to say, he was the head mechanic and I was the assistant. It never ceased to amaze me what he could accomplish in a short amount of time with what seemed like an endless assortment of tools and an even more intimidating selection of components and parts.

The other day, I got a call from a client with a nearly decade-old static HTML website asking why he pays for monthly hosting.  I believe his words were, "I pay you every month, and I'm not getting anything out of it."   In trying to sympathize with his situation, I of course got to thinking about what it means to be a website owner.  Who needs a website?  The general opinion these days is that everyone does, at least every business.  And of course designing for the web is my livelihood, so you would think I'd naturally agree - right?