I love my job...
Sep. 23rd, 2004 04:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
triadruidI realize this is old news to many of you in more tech-oriented jobs than me, but I graduated with a degree in so-ci-o-lo-gy, you see, which means I learned far more math and science that was ever going to be required, even if I was working in my 'field'. Instead I work with locks, doors, cars, and windows, but that's not important right now.
What IS important is that it constantly gives me the opportunity to try out and learn new things. My first year it was Access databases and most of the rest of Office I hadn't messed with yet; last year it was GIS and renewing my HTML skills. Today, it's Scalable Vector Graphics - these things are *nifty*. Vector graphics scale upwards and downwards smoothly, so you don't get pixelation/loss of detail as you would with normal (raster) files. They do suffer from a lack of standardization so far, but SVG seems to be pulling ahead (severe tech-heads can correct me on this). And they're made from text files - no hyperactive software is needed to get started, though it can make certain functions a lot easier, I'm sure.
The best example/tutorials I found were here and here. But the best thing about them? Like .PNGs, they're not tied to a restrictive licensing system, and thus more open to innovation and improvement. An example of how they work can be found here, but you'll probably have to go get the SVG plugin first.
What IS important is that it constantly gives me the opportunity to try out and learn new things. My first year it was Access databases and most of the rest of Office I hadn't messed with yet; last year it was GIS and renewing my HTML skills. Today, it's Scalable Vector Graphics - these things are *nifty*. Vector graphics scale upwards and downwards smoothly, so you don't get pixelation/loss of detail as you would with normal (raster) files. They do suffer from a lack of standardization so far, but SVG seems to be pulling ahead (severe tech-heads can correct me on this). And they're made from text files - no hyperactive software is needed to get started, though it can make certain functions a lot easier, I'm sure.
The best example/tutorials I found were here and here. But the best thing about them? Like .PNGs, they're not tied to a restrictive licensing system, and thus more open to innovation and improvement. An example of how they work can be found here, but you'll probably have to go get the SVG plugin first.
