Maintain the website
Tonight I wish to reflect on what I do for Washucsc.org. Sometimes, there is never enough to do, and I feel that it is truly my garden to prune the plants, mow the grass, enjoy the flowers, and otherwise maintain this space in cyberspace for the benefit of the community. I'm honored to even do it, since I remember Rob Guinness, who worked on it before me. When I redid the design in the fall of 2004, I kept a lot of the design elements that existed already. For example, the red/orange/purple color theme is based on the original logo, and I think that the logo is so well designed, that it might never change. (I did not design the logo though. I'm not really sure who did, but I could ask around if you'd like.)I rarely get any mandates as to the what's or how's of new content or new designs. I am usually free to create what I want. I usually approach people with my ideas, and I rely upon myself to implement, code and upload the results. For example, the Grad Student/Young Adult community has recently appeared on Facebook.com, thanks to the efforts of one Ms. Kalen Olsen. I therefore took the liberty of creating a custom banner to post as their Facebook profile picture, since they probably didn't see too many alternatives, and grabbed the "Igniting Faith" banner from the front page.
Anyway, this freedom to put anything I want to anywhere on the site, I think it exists because those who work there trust me. And I feel honored and humbled tonight to reflect on that.
Feel the love :o)
posted by Erik @ 9:46 PM
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