Middle-Age Home Page
By Bob Kaehms
When I was young and foolish I didn't want to live past 30. My parents were old, the popular press foreboding, and the environmental movement full of doom and gloom. When my best friend, Tom, died in high school, I learned that life was short and unpredictable.
Now, years later, with a family of my own, I want to live to be 100. I want to see my kids grow and mature. I want to see the next great discovery or innovation. I want to see the Web used to its fullest potential.
And as Web Techniques rapidly approaches middle age we're expanding to take on a new look. Hopefully it's not the baggy, hide the midriff, stretch-to-fit slacks look, but a more reserved, stylish, proud-of-its- accomplishments look. Well grounded and self assured -- a look aware of its roots, and excited about the potential of the future.
So as we scale Internet vortals this month, let's take a look at Web Techniques next month, and peer out at the horizon.
In March the magazine will move from a column-centric to a section-centric design. The new sections (Strategy, Design, Programming, and Infrastructure) should serve to remind our staff to speak to our entire reader base each month, while reminding the reader that Web development is a cross-discipline effort that requires cross training. If our design consultant, Rhonda Rubinstein, is successful, the sections will act as navigational aids between perspectives and will not be viewed as dividing lines between departments. I'll leave the design details for your critique, and tell you about some of that new content.<>
