Jeff Bridgforth :: Webcraftsman

Crafting Web sites since 1999

I am a Web designer passionate about creating elegant, inspiring, and usable Web experiences that connect with an audience and fulfull business objectives.

Change is in the Air

March 24, 2005

My work

I have a strange rela­tion­ship with change. I do not really like it. Espe­cially when it is big. But I would con­sider myself a “change agent.” I like to see change hap­pen when it makes things bet­ter. I am a “mod­i­fier.” I like to cre­ate but I need a place to start from. I can usu­ally iden­tify things that need to change and I like to sug­gest or come up with solu­tions to bring about that change.

Well, I am in a new role with Cam­pus Cru­sade for Christ. I am the Inter­net Min­istry Coor­di­na­tor for the cam­pus min­istry. So instead of just think­ing about some of the sites I have designed and develop, I am think­ing larger in scope. Okay I was already think­ing larger in scope before. Now I just feel like I might be in a posi­tion to do some­thing about it.

It seems like the more projects I get involved in, I rec­og­nize there are big­ger issues to address that involve change. We need to change the ways we do things. We need to col­lab­o­rate bet­ter. We may even need to reor­ga­nize or at least blur the lines between teams more.

I have all these ideas and inklings of con­cepts. I am not sure what to do about them or who to talk them over with. There are other changes com­ing that I am not initiating.

I can’t say I am happy about the changes ahead. I am uncom­fort­able with them right now. I don’t know where they are going to lead. It is prob­a­bly going to change the way I do my job as a Web devel­oper. What is that going to mean to the skills I have acquired over the past 6 years? Will I be able to still use Dreamweaver (I really love this tool)? What about the books I have bought to learn new skills? Are they even worth pur­su­ing right now? Will they become obso­lete? Where will my niche be in the future? I have liked the niche I was in but God already changed that by bring­ing me into a new role in leadership.

I hope in the end that all this change will lead to things work­ing bet­ter and dreams being able to be real­ized. I hope that it will lead to a new niche that I will really enjoy. I am sure it will because God is in con­trol. He sees ahead. I just need to walk by faith.

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