07.08.99
Day Swimming
I finally got through a major project at work. Gango Editions, a company that was profiled in the Oregonian on Tuesday now has a site of their own.
It’s not a full bore commerce site. They didn’t want to pay for the whole sha-bang up front so they’re going to settle into just having their catalog online, listing their items.
http://www.gangoeditions.com
The design and coding is all mine. Looks like my table fetish continues. It’s a fast little site, even if it’s not finished yet. Plus, Amy thinks the way that it looks good in a wide array of window widths is pretty good. She says that ProjectCool(.com) likes sites like this, so I might submit it. Who knows?
(Another project at work is finally off to the printers. After 5 months, I’ll finally have real business cards. I’ve thought about doing a whole collage of my previous cards. There’s about 7 or 8 by now.)
My summer class at PSU is a sure thing, and I’m working up all the materials for it. I kinda jumped ahead in the outline of the class. After getting some more feedback today from The People In Charge (John and Brad) it looks like I’m going to need to drop back a few yards and start out at a more basic level.
This means introducing Windows people to the MacOS, showing them how to organize their files, and teaching them an intro to Photoshop and Freehand. I was hoping that we could concentrate purely on Web design, but it looks like these people won’t necessarily have any graphic design skills, or even solid computer skills.
Less fun, but it will certainly hammer home some basics for me. That’s looking on the bright side. The dark side says, Screw ’em! Let ’em sink or swim on their own!
Oh yeah, I was cut out for this job…
In connection with this class I’m putting together a WebDev page on tools/utilities that I use for working with the Web. I’ve always had to search out the pieces that I use each time I move to a new employer. Now I’ll have them all online and ready to go for me.