How can a UXD / UI designer assess the back-end effort involved when designing front-end functionality?

I’m a Web designer who sees the incredible potential to deliver solution-oriented and focused web applications incorporating Web 2.0 technologies. I understand conceptually how these Web 2.0 technologies work and what possibilities they create. Usually I work in a team environment, but I have been venturing on my own to design the front-end functionality for [...]

What is involved in web design? Graphic design? Computer Programming?

I would like to know more about web design classes, and how it is as a temporary and possible long term career. I have taken classes in C++ programing and was good at it, and I enjoyed it. I have also been thinking graphic design, I’m pretty creative and can draw alright–but I will admit [...]