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Latest web design now live: UrbanMensch.com

Urban Mensch website screenshotAmong the many activities in my insanely busy life, I’ve been working as a contractor for an awesome gallery software company called Masterpiece Manager. If you’re an artist or gallery in need of inventory software, I highly recommend their product! Star’s website uses Masterpiece.

My latest project with Masterpiece has been a lot of fun and the client has been wonderful to work with. The products offered on her site are top of the line Judaic art and gifts. We went live yesterday, and the site can be seen on UrbanMensch.com.

Check it out when you have a chance!

Sculpture, freelance design, & grad school (oh my!)

It’s time for that monthly update to let you all know why I only post once a month (if I’m lucky).

Reason Number One:

I took a sculpture class this summer. Yes, on top of every other commitment I’ve made, I decided it was high time to use my hands instead of my computer. First thing I made was an elephant. Of course.

This was followed by the monk’s head, which evolved from the difficulty I was having in making decent eyes and eyeballs. I thought, why not solve that problem by closing them lids!

Elephant sculpture Monk's head

Elephant Sculpture

Reason Number Two:

In addition to working almost full-time at the University, I continue to remain busy as a contractor for Masterpiece Manager. I’ve been working on a wonderful project with an awesome client. Once that site is done, I shall plug that site continuously as it is truly a beautiful site. I also have another pending project that I hope to complete soon.

Reason Number Three:

I was busy applying to Cal State University East Bay’s Multimedia Program, to which I was accepted! So if I thought I was busy now. . . I am so excited to learn more and actually make websites come alive with audio, video, and cool things like interactivity. And I hope to expand my repertoire beyond websites. I’m so looking forward to it!

Reason Number Four:

Siwa

diemos

phobos

sammy

(I just really wanted to put their pictures up.)

Jon and I are off to a long camping trip this week, then off to beautiful Lake Faucherie for my birthday!

What is Web 2.0 anyway?

I’ve been hearing this term Web 2.0, pop up so much in the last couple of years. When people ask me what exactly is Web 2.0, I don’t quite know how to respond. Probably because I don’t know the answer myslef. Recently I ran across a video on YouTube that explains it far better than anyone ever could.

The Machine is Us/ing Us

Choosing a web host: customer service is key

It was a rough weekend, one that was spent working to try to get my site back up. As you can see, it is now up, but not without pain and suffering. Rather than detail what occurred in the past, I would rather move forward and pretend it never happened.

A new web host doesn’t hurt either. When looking for one, I chose the most important criteria to me: excellent customer service. I did the usual google search and in the process ran across several websites that gave Lunarpages excellent marks when it came to support.

So, after four days of banging my head against the wall with my previous host, here I am up and running with Lunarpages.

*Big sigh of relief*