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CedarRidgeChurch.net Goes Live

webadmin — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:59:34 +0000

After working probably too many late nights, CedarRidgeChurch.net is live. The site was built using WordPress which made it technically easy to install. It just took a while to get the right direction and think through the future development of the site. Eventually the site will be extended-out as the church grows. It’s been fun to help start this new fellowship in a growing part of town and using tech skills for God is always a joy for me. The site will continue to go through visual refinement and development, we just needed to get something functional up quickly as we are moving to weekly services at a local middle school the beginning of April.

The rest of the church communication infrastructure is run on Google Apps. For more info on Google Apps and what it can do for an organization, read my blog entry "Why Google Apps is so Cool".

Thought Sparks Logo Number 1 & 2

webadmin — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:13:38 +0000

OK, so I’m still doing some design on the Thoughtsparks Logo. Number two and three are another Option. Any thoughts? I appreciate your feedback. Still working through look and feel for thoughtsparks.net. Which color scheme? is the question mark with "sparks" the way to go? Do I use a different mark for the icon?

New Logo for Thought Sparks?

webadmin — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:24:39 +0000

New logo idea for ThoughSparks. Once I settle on the logo, I’ll develop out the look and feel of the site. If I go with this concept, it will be fairly easy to find a Word Template that I want to use and develop out the graphics. I like the energy and pseudo retro feel of it. Bright and chipper. I’d love feedback positive or negative and any other "bright" ideas you may have. Once I’ve anchored down those elements I’ll tweak the graphics and transition the blog officially to thoughtsparks.net hosted on my 1and1.com account. Let me know what you think!

My Next Blog – EyeOnWikipedia.com

webadmin — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:48:10 +0000

OK, so I had this idea in the middle of the night Friday night, why not blog about Wikipedia? It’s a controversial and powerful tool that is on an amazing upswing. I’m currently working on several projects, so it may take a while before I start developing and posting the site.

Thoughtsparks (soon to be Thoughtsparks.net) is designed to cover a broad range of topics. I use it to express views and ideas that I harvest from the corporate mill. I enjoy the opportunity to go in many directions and talk about what works and doesn’t work, everything from online apps to washing machines.

EyeOnWikipedia.com is a different kind of experiment. Here I will focus on Wikipedia and it’s derivatives. It will seek to inform, educate, warn and encourage users to realize all there is to be gained through using and editing on wikipedia. The search is worth the pursuit.

This is kind of a pre-announcement. I’ll be hoisting the sail and sending-out word when it’s a real deal, probably in a month or so.