Turmoil

Over the past few weeks, things have been pretty hectic at work. We have been receiving emails about how the University is facing tough times ahead and that they are doing everything they can to protect the workforce and avoid layoffs. That is somewhat comforting news, but I am well aware that I am not out of the woods yet. On top of the economic worries and uncertain future, we are also being forced to accept that there will be no pay increases for at least two years and all open positions will remain unfilled. That means less help and more work for everyone.

At least I still have a job.

I did reach a milestone last week - I worked with the Webmaster to redesign the homepage of the Arts & Sciences website. I did some initial design comps based on her wireframes in Photoshop, which she modified a bit... then I refined the details, built out the new slideshow, sliced the images, and wrote all of the xhtml and css code. I finally launched it after testing and debugging in Internet Explorer  6.0 (GOD I CANNOT WAIT UNTIL THIS BROWSER GOES AWAY FOREVER) on friday. Seriously, by the end of the day yesterday I had a raging headache and had to pull over to puke twice when driving home from work.

I do not handle stress well. :(

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Small Sturdy Steps

Those of you that are perhaps regular readers or know me personally may know that I have been working on one particular website for about six years now. The website is called technobass.net and it is a labor of love - something I conceptualized and took steps to create before I met Santino, before I went back to school to finish my BFA in Multimedia and Web Design, before I joined Fundamental Bass Intelligence and got serious about DJing and music production. I am happy to report that I have been working on it almost full time (in addition to my full time job) for quite a while now, and am getting really close to launching it. It is an online music community (social network) where artists, fans, etc of techno bass can come together and network. More details will come when it is launched! Right now I am going back to work. :)

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