Introduction

Almost a year ago, I started keeping a journal of sorts. It's totally free-form, not dedicated to any particular kind of entry; I even number entries instead of dating them, jsut to keep them separate. I use it to log dreams, memorable events, ideas I don't want to forget, even doodles. Every now and then, I'll have an idea for a money making scheme like an invention or a business, and into the journal it goes along with everything else.

A few weeks ago, I had an idea for a website. To the best of my knowledge, nothing quite like my idea exists on the web yet, and if I implement it properly it could become a very useful (and potentially profitable) webpage.

But I don't know dick about web design.

When I was younger I took some computer science classes. I could code reasonably well in a totally useless language called scheme, was really good with the language on TI calculators, and was even trying to teach myself C++ for awhile, but I was in middle school and overzealous and ultimately didn't really learn much.

I believe that the internet is a spectacular autodidactic resource, and through it and other sources I hope to provide myself with the tools I need to implement my webpage. Enter the n00b project. Through this blog, I hope to take you on my educational journey, sharing with you my process, frustrations and successes as I try to teach myself webdesign from scratch.