Personal Website Redesign

My previous design for my website lasted for over two years. It had a good run. I made business cards to match. I had a good branding thing going. But I wanted to step it up a notch. I wanted a design that was responsive so that it would work on any size device, be it PC, tablet or mobile. I also wanted to maintain my branding (jb logo), color scheme (black, white, and blue), and simplicity of pages. But I wanted to include a fundamental change: base the site around projects. My life is focused on projects. I wear lots of different hats and tend to dabble in a wide variety of things. I wanted to be able to showcase my most recent projects on the homepage as well as all my best work in a categorized portfolio. Boom, it is finished:

I’ve also added some nifty features like the Disqus commenting system and a hidden drop down zone. Feel free to check it out on your iPad, iPhone, Droid, or whatever your preferred web browsing device happens to be and let me know what you think!

Anniversary Photos

Jordan Imhoff is a delightful human being. We met at school and over the years have become good friends. He recently graduated and within the last year or so became passionate about photography. When you look at his work you certainly can’t tell that he’s only been at it for such a short time—he lives and breathes the stuff.

For further evidence of his legitimacy, look no further than a couple of shots he took of the wifey and I during our anniversary shoot. We’re delighted with the pix. Thanks Jordan! Read more…

The Art of Contentment

Do you ever feel like life is moving too fast? Perhaps, like me, you can get so caught up in craziness of life that you forget you are alive. It’s not hard to do. We live in a goal-driven society where each day exists as a to-do list. Productivity has become enshrined as the ultimate destination. For most of us, busyness is like water to a fish, we’ve never known any other way. The unspoken mantra seems to be if you’re not busy then you’re not living.

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Tags | Anxiety, Contentment, Rest, Stress