I’ve decided that I’m going to be taking down most of my sites not including this one. The reason. I don’t get what I need to get done done. I find myself starting a project, but instead of completing the project I find technologies that work for the project well, implement them into the scenario, do two things with the real project and drop it. I’ll never touch it again. I’ve got 4 sites - not including the sub-domain on here - that I host from my own server, and I will continue to host them, but I will not be doing much with them. I’ll use them for emails and the such, but really they’re a waste of my time. Example:

I implemented an entire CRM system for myself. I had client lists, phone numbers, etc. I did all the legwork to get it going and it was sweet. It was accessible from the web through an ssl connection with lots of bells and whistles. Annnnd I never did anything with it. No calls, no ads, no flyers, nothing. I had it all setup, but never did anything with it because I’d gotten bored with the project and then other things came along that took priority.

Example 2:

I setup a project management system for myself to help keep myself on task with the things I needed to do with the projects that I was doing. I researched out a plethora of software ultimately deciding on something that was (no shocker here) open source. I used it for… 1 project. A single project. That was it. Now I also transferred my server during this time and I also had to rebuild it from scratch so I did have to put it back on there, but I had the backups, the databases and everything so there was no reason I couldn’t use it again. But I didn’t. The lure of learning the new software was over after I’d figured it out and done my own updates to it and that was that.

So I’ll be using several services to get my work together and keep things centralized from this point forward. They will all be hosted somewhere else that way I can’t decide to get my hands into the nitty gritty backends like I usually do. This will help me out with keeping on task significantly. I have been debating over whether to use tumblr or wordpress with comicpress for my comic strip, artwork and other senseless rants, ramblings and technobabble. I love wordpress and I love the way it works. Almost every site I have worked on in the last year I have included wordpress in, because it makes updates so simple and basic it’s ridiculous. But that’s almost why I don’t want to use it. I love tinkering with wordpress. Figuring out it’s nuances and fixing them, or tailoring it to fix my needs. This site runs on a modified - although only slightly - version of wordpress. Tumblr seems like it’s just click and go. I’ve got a few choices here and there about what I wanna do with it, but overall it’s the way it is. While that seems like a drawback, for me it almost isn’t because then I can’t tinker. It is what it is and that’s it. Nothing more nothing less. If anyone has any suggestions let me know. I’d appreciate someone else’s opinion on the matter.

So I’ve been watching this social-networking site brightkite for quite some time now. It’s really a neat idea being able to check in and out while seeing what others around you are doing. It’s also confusing. Sometimes it feels as though you’re required to use too many different pieces of technology to do something simple, like check-in (a feature that lets you tell everyone where you’re at in the world). I had to post from my phone that I was at home, rather than my computer. Odd. Regardless, I think it’s really a sweet little thing. You’re posts are actually notes, and have about the same character limit that Twitter does (140 I believe) so it forces you to keep your goings-on short and sweet. Well, I waited for about a month or two to get my invite to the beta - I didn’t jump on the bandwagon right away - but now I have 3 invites for anyone to use. Soooo… I’m going to keep one in reserve for someone who may or may not use it, so that leaves me with 2 invites left. If anyone would like one, please let me know and I’ll throw you an invite - family and friends get first priority. It’s definitely a cool little tool and I’m hoping to get to use it to it’s fullest extent.

BTW, I also have an up-and-coming art project I’ve been working on for about a month now. If you’d like to be privy to it, contact me. It is very hush-hush and it’s not for children as there is some egregiously foul language that is NOT for the faint of heart. It also deals with certain elements that need to be handled in a rather… tip-toe fashion? Regardless, any interested contact me. Cheers!