I’ve finally turned my on-again, off-again relationship with knitting and crochet into a full-fledged hobby, complete with its own online presence. :) I spent a shocking number of hours this weekend setting up my PayPal account, Etsy shop and designing the template for the patterns that I will be selling. It was a great chance to brush up on my Adobe InDesign skills, but I’m sure glad it’s finished!
I’m really enjoying the design process. Designing for crochet feels at once sculptural, but also a little like programming. Add that to the cute/kawaii aesthetic, and I’m definitely “hooked”. :P
The 2010 campaign of Ronald “Scott” Owens for District Attorney of Placer County is kicking off next month, and the website I’ve built to support it has launched at scottowensforda.org.
I built the site in WordPress and designed a custom template. I think this will allow for easy updates, and the blog platform feels appropriately conversational for a campaign. I’m using PayPal for tickets and donations, and Flickr for the photostream.
I’ll be supporting the site on an ongoing basis and am looking forward to keeping pace with the campaign.
Finally, a cool gift list. Leave it to the industrial design mag. I’ll be picking up at least a couple of these items this year.
The political campaign website is well underway. I’ve got a beta version out, but the content needs to be polished a bit. The design is simple, but I’m hoping it will last through the 2010 election.
I’m now working with a stealth-mode start-up in the security space. I’ll be able to discuss more about my role a bit later. Right now, I’m working on getting a blog up-and-running for the founders.
I’m looking forward to travel later in the month. Happy Holiday Hiatus!
evolt.org has a consolidated, updated character entity chart. Incredibly useful; no more hunting and pecking. There’s no excuse now for poor typography.
