Into the Blogosphere: Part II

Well friends, here I am, back in the blogosphere. The original incarnation of this started almost six years ago when I began freelance design business called Vigilant Studios. I did alright keeping up with it at first, but as the years progressed I began to become more and more lax in my blogging duties. Long story short- life crept in and pushed my creative writing juices out the back door. Recent events especially (read here as graduating from college, starting a new job, planning a wedding) have also contributed to the eventual death of the Vigilant Studios blog.

At first, I was okay with this. It gave me more time to focus on some very important things. However, as time has gone on I find that I crave this outlet. My attempts at keeping a physical, hand-written journal have failed miserably, so I once again turn to the web-enabled version we call a 'blog'.

What's different this time around? Well, for one thing- look at it! I finally got the hint that having a business site and a blog all rolled into one was not a good idea (of course the business site has pretty much become stagnant, but thats another tale for another day). So, I ported over posts that I deemed relevant to the subject matter of this blog for future viewing.

I also decided to do all my bloggin on the Blogger platform. For years I despised using mainstream blogging platforms. Blogger and LiveJournal always struck an unsettling chord in my creative body. However, I've come to realize the error of my elitist ways. By circumventing a mainstream blogging platform I was missing out on a huge community with which to interact. In addition to this, Blogger is now fairly robust in what it offers to the design and creative professional (no doubt due mainly to the highly-profiled acquisition by Google). There is quite a bit of customization and ability of change built into the platform (albeit the pesky little leading bar that is always looming at the top of the page) and I'm quite happy with the overall interface. Blogger also has some wonderful photo, video, and widget uploading abilities that I'm really going to enjoy taking advantage of.

All this to say- I'm back (you can imagine a vintage, terminator-like swarzchenegger voice if you so desire here). I vow to to keep most of my posts following this one less business-like, but I felt an introduction was appropriate. I apologize in advance for the ramblings that may ensue regarding wedding plans and the like... as it just so happens, it's where God has me in life at the moment.