Name Of Site: e l f o m a t i c
URL: http://www.geocities.com/elfomatic/
About your site: part 2
profile page 1 , 2 , 3
How has it changed your life?
Heh, I guess I spend more time in my file manager than surfing the Net.
Do your friends and family know you keep this site/read it? If so have you had any really negative experiences as a result? If not why?
My friends do. It's posted on my ICQ and all. I've even had one friend just stumble across it. No one has said anything negative. Well, my best friend didn't like her photo but she doesn't like any of them so that doesn't matter. My mom knows but hasn't seen it yet. I'll tell her when it's more complete. I think she'd be surprised by the writings, for instance.
How has your Web site benefited you? Your friends? Or total strangers?
Well, I think my friends know more about me. The site saves me time from explaining myself on ICQ. Some ppl ask me about web design because of it. So, I guess that benefits them.
If you had to do it over again from the beginning, what would you change?
I guess I'd be original at the beginning. In May, I relied more on example to help me format my site. Now, it's layed out how I want it. I think I tried to hard then. The site has had a makeover and I like it now.
What are your favorite things on your site?
Well, my favorite page is the first one on the "myself" section. See, some pages I still want to add to and others I'm basically going to leave alone. I have big plans for my links section and I want to retouch me "friends" and "family" sections.
When looking at other people's Web sites what do you look for as a viewer?
I love detail. I think personal websites should be, duh, personal. I think u should have more than just your physical description up there. That doesn't tell me anything. I like having a look into other ppl's lives and seeing how it compares to mine.
What is "one word" that would describe your site? Heh, "me."
How do you tackle the mechanics of Web design and how do you deal with your frustrations when you can't do what you envision. Well, it's mostly trial and error. If I want to do something, and it's possible, then I learn it. I don't have any problem with learning how to do something new even if it's considered "advanced." Heh, and if it's "impossible," which some things in HTML are, then I go about it a different way. There is always another way to do things. I make it work.
Why do you think people are interested in you and what you have to say? For the same reason I'm interested in them. Pure curiousity.
What compels you to design beautiful pages and to write from the heart (beyond just the usual question of "why do you write a Web site")? I guess just to share myself with the world. Who knows how long that site will be up there. I guess it's my way of leaving a mark on the world--even if it is the electronic world--so far.
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