Tales from the Redesign.

I’m redesigning, revamping, reconstructing, re-whatevering my website. Actually, I’m not sure it ever really existed in the first place. I’ve had a string of accounts on social media sites, the odd joke page here and there, a school page—but never actually a website based on who I am and what I do.

Which might seem odd, given.. what I do.

I’m calling it a ‘redesign’ because I’ve designed my own website, over the years, too many times to count. Ah, the millionth time’s the charm, right?

Anyhow, I’m about 70% done. I have a lot of portfolio-imagery grunt work to do. Right now, it’s all an experiment in centering content and backgrounds vertically. I thought it was cool, but I guess we’ll see how it holds up.

Great Blogs File: “Brand New”

Among the horde of web and graphic design blogs out there that seem to always throw lists at me (in the form of—to reference a great article from ‘Web Pages that Suck‘—”[number] [hyperbole-based modifier] [name of software or web-related noun] for your [some type of mental state]”), Under Consideration’s “Brand New” is refreshing.

Brand New

Lots of great opinions there, but my favorite thing to see is the ‘before and after’ redesigns. It’s interesting to see what a company decides will freshen its image—even more interesting when I disagree.

What I’m Reading (Offline)

Just read:

• Mary Stewart, “The Ivy Tree”
• Mary Stewart, “Wildfire at Midnight”
• A. S. Byatt, “Posession”
• Rosina Lippi, “The Pajama Girls of Lambert Square”
• Carrie Ryan, “The Forest of Hands and Teeth”
• Orson Scott Card, “Ender’s Game”
• Peter Mayle, “A Year in Provence”

Reading now:

• Kate Chopin, “The Awakening”
• Bill Bryson, “A Short History of Nearly Everything”
• Mary Stewart, “This Rough Magic”
• Barbara Kingsolver, “Animal Vegetable Miracle”
• Herman Wouk, “Marjorie Morningstar” (reread)
• Adam Rex, “The True Meaning of Smekday”

About to read:

• Lynn Kurland, “A Garden in the Rain”
• Orson Scott Card, “Speaker for the Dead”
• Daphne duMaurier, “Rebecca” (reread)