Semi-annual update…
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
Since two seasons have passed since my last update, and I had some changes to make to the contact page and the about page anyway, I figured I’d go ahead and type up a little entry here.
Since I lost all my readers when I quit updating with any frequency, this is mainly to make me feel less guilty about having a cobweb-ridden page sitting around taking up space on the web. I’ve had all kinds of ideas and intentions floating around in my brain for a few months about freshening the design around here and making an effort to resume posting, but then I get busy doing something else and forget all about it for a month.
I’ve meant to sort of transform the site into a place where I can put my web-work portfolio and such for a couple of years now, and ironically i’ve been too busy creating websites to do that. On the bright side, once I get around to it, my portfolio will be nice and fat!
The header image above is bugging me. I always meant for it to be temporary, since it is pretty poorly done, but since the colors are right I just never did anything with it. I like all the green, but next time I redo the look, i’d like to get a little brighter, more colorful. And the header is going to have to be much more crisp than the current one, for my sanity’s sake.
The first thing that’s going to happen is the entire site getting transitioned over to WordPress. MovableType is great in many ways, and has served me well on numerous sites i’ve done, but the rebuilding every time I want to update something drives me nuts. It’s slow, and clunky to a degree, which is unfortunate since I like the rest of it so much.
I’ve used WordPress for the past two blog/news type sites i’ve done this year, and it is so much easier for people to use, and so much more modular and well thought out, I must make the switch on principle alone. I make a point of using well-written, well-designed and open source software when it is feasible to do so, and this is a case where it is, once I can find the time to get everything moved. Suggestions on streamlining that process are welcome!
Since two seasons have passed since my last update, and I had some changes to make to the contact page and the about page anyway, I figured I’d go ahead and type up a little entry here.
Since I lost all my readers when I quit updating with any frequency, this is mainly to make me feel less guilty about having a cobweb-ridden page sitting around taking up space on the web. I’ve had all kinds of ideas and intentions floating around in my brain for a few months about freshening the design around here and making an effort to resume posting, but then I get busy doing something else and forget all about it for a month.
I’ve meant to sort of transform the site into a place where I can put my web-work portfolio and such for a couple of years now, and ironically i’ve been too busy creating websites to do that. On the bright side, once I get around to it, my portfolio will be nice and fat!
The header image above is bugging me. I always meant for it to be temporary, since it is pretty poorly done, but since the colors are right I just never did anything with it. I like all the green, but next time I redo the look, i’d like to get a little brighter, more colorful. And the header is going to have to be much more crisp than the current one, for my sanity’s sake.
The first thing that’s going to happen is the entire site getting transitioned over to WordPress. MovableType is great in many ways, and has served me well on numerous sites i’ve done, but the rebuilding every time I want to update something drives me nuts. It’s slow, and clunky to a degree, which is unfortunate since I like the rest of it so much.
I’ve used WordPress for the past two blog/news type sites i’ve done this year, and it is so much easier for people to use, and so much more modular and well thought out, I must make the switch on principle alone. I make a point of using well-written, well-designed and open source software when it is feasible to do so, and this is a case where it is, once I can find the time to get everything moved. Suggestions on streamlining that process are welcome!