Hello! My long-waited column is back online. Phew! But now I’m a published author–Karen Zhang.
In the past few weeks, I was busy building this professional website from scratch. Well, this is totally unexpected. Just like when your reliable chef is out for personal emergency, you gotta learn to cook! My web geek laid the groundwork and gone for personal emergency, so God helps those who help themselves. My little wisdom was called to the field.
I was frustrated and mind-boggling at the beginning, but thanks to the online tutorials and tip from the experts, I developed and designed my website bit by bit, like a baby learning to crawl and to walk. I was a layman to begin with, and now I see myself an amateur. Aha, isn’t this American DIY spirit?
But if you are a perfectionist, you’ll never get your website launched. Because this is a very time-consuming task. And the more you know, the more you want to make improvement for your website. Not to mention, there are tens of thousands of plugin developers who bring their new products to the market. So you’re never running out of things to learn about web design.
I must thank free access to the Internet. It may mean nothing to those who were born and raised in a society of free information. But for those who have lived in a state of information drought, the unrestricted Internet access is like rain on the desert. I don’t think I could resort to Baidu–China’s equivalence of Google–for my DIY web development if I were doing this project in China.
Google is the lifeline of many people in the free world. In fact, our belief in Google has become an addiction, and even a superstition. Check out the latest movie “Yesterday” you’ll see what I mean.
Well, I gotta complete my project. Before I go, I just want to say proudly that, I can develop my website on WordPress ver 5.2.2. Action speaks louder than words. Yay!
If you’re interested in my memoir “Golden Orchid”, don’t miss Karen Zhang’s author event at 7pm, July 1, Corinth Free Library. See ya there!