The new blog format is taking a bit longer to get working than originally expected. I blame this mainly on two of my own personal shortcomings- 1) I keep tweaking things so that it will look 'just' right, and 2) my lack of experience in the coding and CSS styling world is rearing its ugly head. I just make things look pretty for goodness sake, what is this coding business?!? Ah, but that is the nature of the gig, you have to dive into the tools in order to get good results. Here's to hoping that I can complete a successful dive into this blog design restructure...
A couple more notes about the redesign:
I've change my mind yet again... Pulse of Thought and Vigilant Studios will no longer be two separate entities (I know, I know... how many times now has this been debated...). The current trend in graphic design seems to show that more and more designers are making their personal home pages a platform for blogging. This was something I had been trying to do for awhile, but it didn't seem generally accepted up until a year or two ago. Now graphic designers are using the blog format as a way to draw in potential clients and to share insights and thoughts with their fellow desigNERDs. All this to say, the new format will be much more 'Vigilant Studios' in theme and less 'Pulse of Thought'. Rather, Pulse of Thought will become a subtitle name of my blog which is under the Vigilant Studios name... thoroughly confused now? Good.
About the Blogger
- S. Olmstead
- I'm just another simple, small man in God's big world. I exist to glorify the Lord, though I admit, I fail frequently. I am a slave to Christ first, a husband to my best friend second, and an artist third. I rejoice in a reliance that is built upon someone that is so much bigger than myself. The psalmist says it best, "I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I." (Psalm 61:2) I currently work as a production artist/graphic designer at a local, Christian non-profit organization located in Phoenix, Arizona.
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CSS: The Missing Manual
If you don't already own this book on CSS, go out and get it NOW! Not later...drop everything you're doing. Steal it if you have to. It's worth the jail time.
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V- this is fantastic! Here's the funny thing:
My mom is a frequent reader of this blog (awwww... thanks mom) and saw your comment. When she was in the store she saw that very book you suggested on the shelf and picked it up for me! I didn't even realize she read these comments, so it was a great surprise. Thought you'd find that humorous. :)
The book looks incredible- definitely the type of approach I've been looking for. Time for me to stop dragging my feet and jump into some extensive CSS. To me, the pinnacle of this is being able to 'overlay' images on top of one another, much like a layer can be moved in photoshop. That's cool!
I'll let you know my progress as I immerse myself in this book. I received another book yesterday as well from our web development guy entitled, "Don't Make Me Think" by Steve Krug (subtitled 'A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability'). Looks interesting and from the little bit I've skimmed so far looks like its basically saying, "look... people don't use websites the way designers think they will... they're creatures of immediacy... put the content out where they can get it..." That's my basic nutshell summary for now. ;)
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