New Blog, New Beginnings

Welcome to my new blog (all 12 of you currently subscribing). A lot has changed since I last wrote on my old blog, and I got the itch to start blogging again.

What has Changed?

Well, I’m glad you asked because I love talking about myself. In the last 6 months I have moved (from Hillsboro to Portland), I’m no longer single, and I got a new job.

About the New Job

A little over 2 months ago, I was hired at Planet Argon as the new User Interface Designer. This is my first job in my web design career that I’ve felt like I’m working with people who are passionate about the web as I am. I love going to work everyday and working with people who I respect very much.

In the last 2 months at Planet Argon, I’ve learned a lot about Ruby on Rails. I was always interested in learning more about rails but with my design-centric ways I never got around to developing my programming skills. I have to say, it’s much easier when you are on a team made up of some of the most talented developers in the RoR community. I’ll have more to say about my leearning experiences with Ruby on Rails in the near future.

What’s up with this Blog?

A fresh start required a fresh blog. I decided since Ruby on Rails is the primary scripting language I’ll be working with, I should install a blog application based on this wonderful technology–so I went with Simplelog as my choice. I chose it over the more popular RoR Mephisto blog application. While Mephisto is okay, I thought Simplelog was a better fit for me.

The current design is the default theme that comes with Simplelog (in case you didn’t know). I thought it was more important to clear out the cobwebs and get this place spruced up a bit before I started working on a design. It will be a work in progress.

This blog is no longer hosted on Media Temple (although Griffin Webworks is still at (mt)). I’ve switched to, you’ve guessed it, Planet Argon web hosting.

Why Should I Care About All This, You Say?

You shouldn’t right now, because I’m a nobody. I’m just another web geek with a soap box. Maybe one day after I become uber famous I will look back on this post and laugh at myself for saying that, or just cry out of pity.

Update: I’m an idiot, I forgot to thank Brian for his help setting this thing up. It took him minutes what would have taken me hours.