Its been quite a journey with Stef, and only today we were talking about how much I have learnt in such a short space of time! I am still no-where near the level of technological knowledge of Web 2.0 that individuals such as Stef, but I do now have my own website. I even set it up myself, made sure that my blog was pointing in the right direction, made sure that my URL is going to be found by search engines, and ensured that the servers were all in the right place (well, that took a little help from Stef). But I have learnt a lot, and while jasonnorris.co.uk is actually only my blog, its a start. I do plan to keep my record of my time as the Apprentice going after I complete my year and Mayur takes over the role, where it will become a more personal record of my time within Birmingham… and now I have the perfect place to do it.
The below appear no-where on my site, but it makes this post look a little easier on the eye, and means that I can play with Skitch, which I discovered last week!
Categories: Graduate Apprentice · Personal
Tagged: Apprentice, jasonnorris.co.uk, my website, Personal, skitch, Stef, Web 2.0
Stef and Andrew are getting pretty good at the ‘start-up in a day‘ concept, so much so that the second appeared on the web on Friday. After I So Wish, which took around a day from idea generation to actualy working site, 5ALIST took about 5 hours on Friday… which is pretty awesome in anyone’s book!
The reason for the everything happening so quick is that the idea, and the site, are really simple. The functionality of the site is really straight forward, meaning that all a user can do is sign up and make a top 5 list. The choice of top 5 is completely up to them, and so far we have seen the top five dinosaurs, top five guitar solos and even the top five ways to cook a potato.
Its another experience to add to my year as the Apprentice, seeing an idea turn into an actual site. I played some small part, helping to discuss domain names and giving my thoughts on the logo. In all, its another fantastic creation by the Stef & Dubber team, a really simple idea with a really simple site, but a great way for you to interact with the internet.
Go and make your own top five list now… anything you like.
Categories: Graduate Apprentice
Tagged: 5ALIST, Andrew Dubber, Dubber, I So Wish, New Site, Stef, Stefan Lewandowski, Top 5
