Every so often I feel the necessity to write a little ditty here to tell you about what’s happened and what we have planed, despite the fact that it goes most of the blogging directives that I subscribe to. Alas. I still feel like we need to do it from time to time. So here it goes.
Weíve added Peter McCabe as a contributor; you saw his post Iím sure. His perspective and dynamic will really enhance the site as we have it now, and Iím really looking forward to what heíll come up with in the coming weeks and months. Iím also on the look out for another Teal Artist person, but I have fairly specific requirements, so the search is slow, but eventually Iíd like to add another person here. If anyoneís interested, Iíd like to hear from you, but Iím being picky with this, so donít take any rejections personally.
A long time ago, we added a fourth skin (before the site dump), and I donít think I ever posted about that. Iím finally pretty happy with what I see in or selection of designs, thereís a fifth skin hanging around somewhere, but itís not perfect yet, so itíll be a little while until we see that kind of design development, but I think what we have now is sufficient, and I really donít like that aspect of web design very much at all, so it left up to the free time in Chrisí schedule. I wouldnít hold your breath.
Commenting on the TealArt blog has been restored. Sometime when I have more than half a brain and Iím in the mood to do some coding, Iíll write up a page so that you all can register. Registration makes commenting easier, and youíll be able to edit your words without needing divine intervention. Enjoy, and we really thrive on knowing that there are people out there are paying attention to shouts into the night.
I think we referenced ìthe auxiliary siteî at one point, and that disserves a little explanation. Chris bought a domain and installed b2, and proceeded to double all of his TealArt posts onto his website along with some other more random things, like poetry and quick rants, but for the most part it was a quick and sloppy thing without a direction to speak of. So during a late night IM conversation that was meandering through the dark caves of nothingness, Chris comments that it might be kind fun if we posted our IM transcripts at the end of every week. It was wacky, and it was just weird enough that it might work. TealArt didnít quite seem like the right place for such foolishness, wiped Chrisí site clean, whipped up a design that was mostly stolen from a free blog template site, and started posting.
The idea was to have a site where we were removed from what passes for our real personas, and would thus be able to say anything without it being connected to what readers of this site or of CollectiveArts might think. Iím not going to tell you the URL, and I bet you wonít guess it. It was to be fast, campy, zany, honest, blunt, and for the most part completely removed from our real lives. We even post under false names, mostly for kicks. Itís a great idea and I donít know how itíll turn out. Weíre considering transitioning that site into a ìTealArt Notebookî that would take the aux siteís place, but ultimately thatís not my decision, so weíll see.
CollectiveArts is getting close to the fabled re-launch, though Iím waiting on a couple more profiles. I think itís going to be really cool, but weíll see how things fall once itís really live. For a while we had our nameís linked to our CollectiveArts profiles but I think ultimately that doesnít represent the kind of work that weíre doing here at TealArt, so I think sometime soon weíre going to write up better ëaboutí pages for your enjoyment. For me, at least, a good about page can make or break a blog, and itís been on my list for a really long time, so maybe weíll finally get around to it.
There are a host of other personal updates, but Iíll keep my own stuff out of the ìSite Updateî save that for tomorrow. Cheers!