I think the answer to this question would more than likely be “No!,” as there are already millions of blogs out there where people will talk about everything from their pet cats to Reason #873 why they hate __________. However, I’ve wanted to create a blog for quite some time now which hopefully avoids “adding to the noise” and can actually contribute to the process of better, faster imagery being shared using electronic means…so that if people out there REALLY want to spend time reading about “Boots the cat” or debate what the definition of ‘is’ is, they can do so a few seconds faster than before.
My name is Derek Tonn, and I am ADDICTED to finding new and better methods to process imagery over the internet. I’ll spend several minutes figuring out how to take a 100 KB graphic down to 50 KB, all without compromising image quality on-screen whatsoever. But it doesn’t stop there. If you can get an image down to 50KB, why not 35 KB? 25 KB? How far can you go before you start to visibly notice an image’s quality deteriorating on-screen? That single question has dominated most of my professional “free time” over the past 2+ years, and has even evolved into its own web site: www.graphicsoptimization.com
What I will attempt to do in the coming weeks and months within this particular blog is highlight the many benefits of graphics optimization in-action…choosing particular web sites, software programs or organizations that I happen to visit on any given day, showing “before” and “after” samples from some of the imagery they use. How people choose to apply and interpret this type of information is up to them! However, I do welcome any comments that people might have along the way, and would ESPECIALLY welcome any ideas or tools that people are aware of for doing an even better job of shrinking those file sizes down even more!
We’re all in this big, crazy (and wonderful) thing called the “Internet” together, so why not make it just a little bit better place to be if it doesn’t take a lot of time or cost a lot of money? That’s my theory, anyway, and I hope to win over a few more “converts” along the way if I can.
