As the web matures, setting up your own personal online space is becoming easier with all of the self-publishing tools now available. While some still choose to create themselves their own custom environments, most are opting for the quick and easy "suburb" options offered by Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, etc. 
As the web matures, setting up your own personal online space is becoming easier with all of the self-publishing tools now available. While some still choose to create themselves their own custom environments, most are opting for the quick and easy "suburb" options offered by Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, etc.
Blogger Phil Gyford discusses this interesting analogy in his post Should you build your own home?, with a number of hilarious, yet accurate, comparisons of homes and their online counterparts.
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Given the terrible state of websites belonging to architects (ie dated flash experiments in obtuse navigation), maybe this should be spread around a bit...
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I love this analogy; though I'm sad too finally realize I live in the suburbs (Facebook), surely all my activity here qualifies me as having a little pied-a-terre on Archinect?!
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