The aim of this section is to show you in detail how I actually came to be a web designer and launch my own business. In the process of reading this story, you can find out about some of my earliest websites which are still on the Internet today!

When did I first use the Internet?: 1996 - I read an advert in the local paper which offered 30 minute Internet sessions at a local library for £1. Armed with the address of my favourite group in the entire world - Spice Girls (my tastes have changed vastly since then!), me and my best friend Graeme both had our first try of the Internet and I became hooked!

What happened next? Nothing much! The Internet wasn't really that popular in 1996, not many people talked about it or used it much. I used the Internet several more times before I headed to University, mainly going to Internet Cafés in Dunfermline and Edinburgh with friends and using the Chat rooms.

University - free access!: I went to the University of Abertay, Dundee in 1997 to study for an Honours Degree in Information Management (I gained a degree with distinction, and then a 2:1 in my final year). While I was there, the University got a grant for £8 million pounds to build a state of the art library complete with over 250 computers that all had Internet access! This meant that there was always a computer available for me to surf the Internet. I used the Internet mainly for research. I soon discovered that the best way to find out something for any project/assessment I was working on, was to search the Internet.

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