Archive for August, 2006
A Big Switch
August 31
So, if you’re reading this in a feed reader, I should pat myself on my back ’cause that means my .htaccess trickery worked, which it seems to from my little bits of poking around. Anyway, if you’re reading me in a feed reader, come on over and check out the new site.
Yeah, I’ve switched over from using Textpattern to using Wordpress. It’s a lot less beta-feeling than TXP and seems more powerful. That’s kind of an odd statement since Wordpress is supposed to only be for blogging, not a CMS, which is kind of what TXP is considered.
Most of that power comes from Wordpress being doled out in files. I don’t have to spend hours reloading a browser window to tweak how my comments display or how the page templates are set up, like in TXP. And since it’s more out-and-out PHP, you can just drop in some new code and it works.
Anyway, hope you guys like the new design and let me know if you see any problems. Everything should work, but I’m still adding stuff to the Work section. So, if you see any posts from there out here, just let ‘em pass. Thanks!
I’m actually still working on the site. I’ve put it up for review a few places and I’ve gotten some great advice. So, look for improvements in the next few days.
Greater Tulsa Reporter Newspapers
August 29
Greater Tulsa Reporter Newspapers, or GTR, is a community newspaper publisher in Tulsa, OK, that publishes 6 papers a month. The papers are usually about 32 pages long and cover local news and events, and Tulsa celebrities and dignitaries.
I worked for the paper for about a year and a half as Art Director. My responsibilities included:
- Page layout
- Ad design and creation
- Web site creation and maintenence
- Typesetting and editing
- Creation of extraneous materials
Visit Site (I take no responsibility for any changes or content of this live site.)
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Employment
August 8
If you’ve been reading The August then you know that we may have a change coming soon to our family. If you haven’t been, then I’ll recap. Things are going odd at Elaine’s job and she’d really rather be home with Monkey than dealing with that stress and confusion. So, in the interest of making that happen, I’m looking for gainful employment, AKA a job.
Of course, I haven’t had a job in quite some time. My last was Art Director/Page Layout/Copy Editor for Greater Tulsa Reporter Newspapers and that was before we moved here, of course. So I’m feeling a bit rusty, to say the least.
I haven’t really found much around here, yet. A couple of studios that may or may not be hiring; a national company that’s looking for a Graphic Designer, which isn’t exactly my bag of tea, but I could probably pull it off; and that’s about it. Well, I got a piece of reader mail the other day offering me a piecemeal job making templates, but I think I’ll pass on that. Besides, the guy that offered used a Hotmail address and we all know how professional that looks.
Why can’t I get a job doing Ruby on Rails or something equally fun? I probably could if we moved, but a three-month-old baby isn’t something I want to try and pack a house with. That sounds funny but you know what I mean. And I’d hate to move somewhere that I know has Rails jobs and then not be able to get one ’cause I don’t have exhaustive experience. Of course, I’m stuck in that designer spiral of not having experience, so I can’t get a job with which to get said experience. It’s a bitch of a paradox.
Anyway, no real point to this post, just wanted to get the word out. Oh, and I’m going to try to get a link-blog set up a la Funkaoshi, but that may be awhile coming.