Crafting the Cucumber

2011 is the 'Year of the Cucumber' in our home. We are building a website, www.craftycucumber.com, to marketplace the beautiful cards that my wife Rachel creates. It is an exciting project as it combines our two passions into one project. She loves creating things out of paper and I love creating things digitally.

I plan on blogging about the creative process from a web site development perspective. A lot of thought should go into a website if you want it to be successful. So to ensure we do it right (hopefully the first time) we are doing our research and documenting our thoughts and progress.

During the research phase I've come across a lot of great articles and resources that I feel are worth while sharing. It will be great for those starting a website for the first time or for those who just enjoy reading about website design and development.

Please check out the website www.craftycucumber.com and watch the site evolve. Follow me on Twitter to get the latest posts to this blog.

Has it really been a year Blogger??

Has it really been a year since I posted something on my Blogger account??

I can't say that I am too surprised by this as I haven't been updating my other means of social media as much lately either. Here is the rundown.

FACEBOOK: I find that I am not as fond of this medium as I used to be. It occasionally is a great tool to find out what is up with others and to share what is going on with yourself. But I don't get any real value out of it. It isn't enriching my life in any real way. Of the people I have listed as friends, maybe a handful have actually been over to my house in the last three years. (If anything that can be seen more as a judgement on me versus them.)

YOUTUBE: Has the value of content gone downhill or do I just subscribe to lame channels. I used to visit this site at least twice a day a year ago. I've taught myself so many handy tips on how to use Adobe PhotoShop and InDesign for work via the site. But lately I just don't find myself going there anymore. Nor am I posting as many videos as I did.

TWITTER: This is now my favorite social media tool. I can think of so many uses for it. Plus I find the community more engaging then those on Facebook. Or it could be because you can easily follow people who you can relate with more, either personally or professionally.

Anyways, I am going to try and post some new blog posts while I am working on my website project and as I come across any great articles on web design that are worth sharing.

Until then, keep creating,

Steve