not superman or God

A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.

~ Charles M. Schwab

to?

The tragedy in life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.

~ Benjamin Mays

Gallery Project

Today I am working on a subarea for this site (and other sites in the future). The basic concept is to take something like the Revolution Two theme Black Canvas and make it where you can have the same functionality as only a part of a website as opposed to the entire focus of the site. Similar to the template for a series I worked on with my series Giving Thanks, and other elements like the Insider Hub pages at Artist Insider (best example), or micro-blog with Nation Investors (example). [Read more]

rolling rolling rolling

A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles.

~ Migon McLaughlin

focus for you

Whatever your discipline, become a student of excellence in all things. Take every opportunity to observe people who manifest the qualities of mastery. These models of excellence will inspire you and guide you toward the fulfillment of your highest potential.

~ Michael Gelb and Tony Buzan

my part

I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life. Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life.

~ Walter Anderson

pet project update

The first website I am working on since Wordpress 2.7 came out is a pet sitter in my local area. We meet the good people at Critter Care when we had a trip and really could not bring our baby along:

So one day when Critter Care Kim and I were talking she asked what I really do. At that moment I was working on some websites for some businesses and her reply was basically “oh, I want to get one.”

Over the next little while, we meet a few times to explain our approach, where most people think of websites as either the visuals or the program that makes it all run, the content is the most important part. Yes, the visuals/them/etc must be above a specific bar, or it detracts from the content, but you don’t go to a website for the visuals. At the same time, the program just has to work, at least to the end user. The people who manage and maintain the content or website are the people who care about the ease of use of the program.

Next we looked at what type of data or content they would be producing & what the customers and potential customers would be looking for. After that, figuring out what content would be produced, it was a question of “how do we best present this data?” and “what all should be on the main page?”

With that information and mindset we went looking for a great base theme to use. AllThingsOnDemand has loved the work of Brian Gardner & Revolution2 and we settled on the Revolution2 Office theme as the base, they have a demo.

From that, a mock-up was made; kinda like a blueprint. Then, the next phase of work begins that has been to build the site based on three things:

• Revolution2 Office base
• Wordpress 2.7
• the core data from the client

Now some pictures; left is the mock-up, what we are aiming for, right is where I ended last night. I expect to be done today or tomorrow, or at least relay for the clients comments and data to be entered.

The sad thing is at this point all the work that needs to be done will be mostly unseen, but make the areas more dynamic, thus work. At this point the main page is mostly static.

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Once this site is done either more clients will be ready to begin or we will focus on either this site or AllThingsOnDemand.

the search

I want something not just to invest in. I want something to believe in.
~ Anita Roddick

desire to stop or prevent

I gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which I must stop and look fear in the face … I say to myself, I’ve lived through this and can take the next thing that comes along.

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

get moving

Now’ is the operative word. Everything you put in your way is just a method of putting off the hour when you could actually be doing your dream. You don’t need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for 20 minutes and watch your heart start beating.

~ Barbara Sher

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