Website Journal
Keeping track of your website plans and ideas

Importance of a journal

I use a steno notebook for my journal. In it I jot down ideas when they pop into my head. Believe me it pays to do this. Of course any type of website diary will accomplish the same thing. Keep track of your ideas in whatever form you find to be the most convenient for you.

Ideas are like panning for gold. Some of the ideas you come up with will never prove themselves worthwhile but there will be those nuggets of insight that may well be the difference between success and failure. If you don't have a method of recording your ideas they may be lost forever.

Starting a journal

For starters pick out an impressive website that you have visited and examine it for the following attributes;

• What is the color scheme and layout?
  
  
• How is navigation accomplished?
  
  
• What is the content?
  
  
• How is the content presented?

Building on the work of other webmasters

The Internet will never regain its original innocence. But, we can keep the small part of it that we control honest and still see our dreams of success come true. Don't copy the work of others, build on the work of others. Good ideas are like seeds. They grow of their own accord into all sorts of new forms. Good Luck!