“What, he’s not dead?”

No I am not dead yet, despite popular beliefe. I am, in fact, very much alive. Anyway, here we go again. My last post was about how long it took me to put up a bloody post and how I was going to be up-dating more frequently. Well, that was back in November. I’ve gone most of the Winter without a single post, and let all of you (alright none of you) down. Well, I am sorry.

Moving On!

I have been busy, so I can at least pretend to have good reasons for being so silent and dead like. Work has had me running an e-mail campaign, maintaining a site, as well as designing another one. To say the least I have been quite active. On top of this I decided now was the perfect time to redo most of the flooring in my house. I never seem to have control over when I get the bug to do something. Go figure!

In other news!

I have begun working on the Kentriv redesign that I mentioned in that last post oh so long ago. I am not going to be giving any sort “Sneak Peaks” of the site during the process, but it is a bit of a homage to the original Kentriv. However, I can tell you that it will have some great new features including Twitter and Cork’d integration. I am also hoping to get a small podcast going (just ordered a simple condenser mic) as well as the occasional screencast tutorial. It should be a lot of fun and hopefully I can keep at it. The site will also be getting a bit of a scrubbing of sorts. I will be reworking my categories and probably dropping some of the older posts. The new site should launch (provided I stay on track and keep my self motivated) Some time during the begging of March. It should be some fun.

And Finally!

I am sad to mention that I will not be able to attend SXSW Interactive this year. Money is tight and the house renovations came first. I am however, going to try and make it to FOWA provided that Ryan Carson does host another one here in the states like he did last year.

That is all for me I am afraid.

So, it has been over two month since I last posted about the new job. I am pretty well settled in now, and life is good. God has blessed me greatly with this new position. I am the head designer for the Lane Bryant Catalog website. What does this mean? It means that I am only the designer for the Lane Bryant Catalog website. That should change in the next year or so. If that happens and I continue to do well, then I should see a promotion to Art Director for the site. That would be an awesome boost in my career. Here’s crossing my fingers.

In other news, my father has been taken off Hepatitis treatment do to complications with the medication. This may sound bad, but the complications are a full body rash that is most likely not threatening at all, just very uncomfortable. The hepatitis has been cleared for most part, and is now in a stage that his body should be able to keep it under control easily enough. He is actually pretty happy about this.

I made a damn good soup tonight

I am hoping to redesign this site in the next few months if time allows. I am planning on documenting the process from start to finish so you will hopefully see more frequent posting in the future. I am planning on taking it a more eclectic and less web 2.0 direction.

That is all for now, but I will back sooner then later.

As many of you are aware, a few months back I decided it was time to pursue a job outside of my own freelance work. Income just wasn’t coming in, and I felt that there was a lot more that I could learn by joining up with a company.

Well, it took me three months and a lot of foot work, but I am happy to announce that I finally secured a job, and a pretty good one at that!

I will be taking a Web Designer position at Cross Town Traders Inc., a very large retailer of women’s apparel. They are completely reworking their e-commerce devision, and about a year ago they brought in Eric King to head up the overhaul. Eric King was the Head of E-Commerce for Buy.com, so basically he really knows what he’s talking about.

On top of that, their head Web Designer, Chris LaClair is a very talented individual and I am bound to learn loads from him.

I am very excited about this position, as there is a lot of opportunity for growth and recognition in the industry. Eric plans to make the next generation clothing retail site, and when we succeed, it will be no small thing.

Also, I am coming in on the ground floor, and we are going to be at least tripling our staff over the next year. This means that if I prove my self, then I could be promoted into a managing position sooner than is the norm. Like I said, this is a really, really great opportunity for me.