Thursday, October 27, 2005

I'm on the Net!

YES! I finally have a website! I've wanted to create one for so many years, but do you know how you always have something "more important" to do that "takes priority" over your personal stuff? Well, I learned how to create sites through a class back in college. Back then I was busting at the seams with pride and thought: I WILL CREATE MY OWN ONLINE PRESENCE!! Yeah right! Five years later, I still hadn't done it and website creation had developed so much, a lot of what I learned was obsolete! In five years?! Anyway, I tried one of those do it yourself software programs that come with your computer. Word of advice: don't bother. Unless someone can tell you which one is good to use and doesn't create unnecessary extra code, etc. just bite the bullet and have a professional do it for ya! Besides, after you've wasted your time, energy and nerves in front of the screen because it JUST WON'T do what you want it to and you have to keep redoing stuff, you still have to shop for your domain name and then for a host provider to host the site, blah blah blah. Exhausting!
Thank God for connections! My friend who I KNOW isn't that much more computer savvy than me, was smart enough to be "friend"-savvy. His friend, who is GREAT at building sites, created this awesome and easy to navigate site for him. Of course, after I wasted my time, I fianlly tucked my tail under and asked for help. His friend gave me this great deal on my own domain name, website build and hosting for one year. AND I'm connected to a great network of artists, comedians, agents, so we all are connected online and can use each others expertise and even find work! It's greatness!! Check out my site at
www.SherienZaki.com . I'm still adding a lot of music and info on there, but I just couldn't wait to tell you about it. After all, it seems that once you're "searchable" on the net, you've arrived! :)