The Expert Mind

After reading through the materials for the week I wanted to touch on my impressions from the article, The Expert Mind by Philip Ross. I thought it was a pretty interesting article as it explained the way that chess masters become chess masters and the ability that the human brain has to be trained to become a master at just about anything. I was really impressed with the article and really agree with the author that raw talent doesn't cut it as far as becoming great at something, you have to have a driving will to be able to become a master at what you are doing. I can totally see how this relates to the field of web design, although it takes talent to be a web designer that talent is something that you can create if you have the motivation to do so. If you aren't passionate about programing and designing then becoming a master at web design will never be something that you can do. But if you have the desire to become great, nothing can stop you from doing just that. For those anyone who has not read the article to which I am referring you can click here and read the article, I would highly recommend it.
I am currently taking a web design course, I expect to get a lot out of the course. I expect to learn the finer side of CSS and about how to use them in a way that will elevate my ability to create web sites. I expect to learn some tricks of the trade which will also help me to code faster and design cleaner.