A (new) beginning (of sorts)

Hi Folks,

The first page of the redesigned site is now up (and about time, too). I'll put the link in the section to the right, for those coming to the blog "from away," as it were. (It's www.bobcram.com.) While still very much a work-in-progress, the basic structure is complete. It's details now, which means I'm finding the devil at every turn.

It's been an interesting process so far. I'd gotten pretty comfortable with my current amount of HTML knowlege and hadn't really kept up with newer techniques. Rather than slide slowly into obselescence, I decided to make the revamp of the site a sort of CSS workshop. I've learned a lot about CSS in the past month or so and done it the only way I know how - throwing myself into the process and learning as I go. It leads to a lot of mistakes, but those are teaching tools as well.

I've also been struggling with how to approach using this blog. I've got a more personal rambling area at LiveJournal, and I think I'll keep that as a sillier, less formal space. Not that this blog is going to turn into a staid, technical journal. Not sure I could even manage that. I will, however, refrain from posting ridiculous conversations with friends on IM here as well as making sure I've had enough coffee before posting. I expect the tone will all sort itself out after a couple of months.

Please take a look at the new design when and if you get a chance and let me know what you think. Especially if there's something I can improve on. I'm working on the illustration area right now, so with any luck there'll at least be some interesting pictures to look at soon.

Thanks,

-bob