What can you do with Webpages?
In 1951, when I was a high-school student in Korea, my father obtained
a short wave radio for me.
I was then able to listen to the world. While in Korea, I was able to
pick up radio signals from Japan, China, and Russia. I was able to
listen to BBC news relayed from Australia, Voice of America programs
from the Philippines and California. I came to the United States in 1954,
and continued my short-wave culture until satellite TV programs became
common in the 1970s.
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While listening to those from far-away places, I developed my appetite to
talk to them. Until the internet pages became available, it was possible
only through purchasing TV hours. It was also beyond my reach to produce
TV programs.
In 1961, I started publishing my papers in professional journals. But the scope is very limited. Those journal referees seldom accepts my original ideas. Sometimes they do. This is why I am still around and am enjoying publishing papers.
Yet, the most effective method of communication is to talk directly to those who care to listen to me. Indeed, the internet webpage is the greatest revolution that happened to my life. Thanks to the technological advancement, my webpages can be opened everywhere in the world. The question then is how many people are going to come to my website. How can I increase the number of visits per day? There seems to be only one answer: to make webpages interesting and informative.
Three Phases of Internet Communication
Yes, this world is all connected electronically, but are the ideas connected? Does this solve all the problems for me? There are three phases of internet communication.
- First, how can I put my ideas into the webpage? I find photos to
be very helpful. In their elementary schools, school children are
asked to put up "show and tell" programs. Telling is not not enough.
You also have to show objects or their pictures.
- Second, I should be able to transmit signals to those far away from me.
I can use webpages. However, unlike radio transmitters, I can only
send documents and pictures. Perhaps I could use u-tube technology
to send motion pictures, but it is too costly at this time.
- Third, the viewers have to get the idea I intend to convey when they look at my page. They are impatient. If they do not get the main point within two seconds, they go to different pages. This is still the most challenging problem to me.
Y. S. Kim (2008.3.2)