Hi all!
I’d like to take today to talk a little bit about what is going on in my world because a lot of it seems to be effecting the content on this site.
Within the past few months, my workload has gone from 1 to 3 projects a month on average, to 5-8 projects a month on average and I have had to create a client waiting list for the first time ever in my freelancing career. As these projects are the ones that are paying the bills, they have had my full attention and things that I normally do like Twittering, helping out in the NAPP forums, writing for other websites, and creating content for this site, are gradually starting to take a back seat. Although I couldn’t be more thrilled with my new work load, I am sad that this website has to suffer because of it.
I have been thinking about this long and hard and I’ve come to a decision. Rather than continuing to create content that is not up to my normal standards just so that I have something to post, I am going to be cutting back on my posting schedule from 4-5 days a week to 2-3 days a week and I’ll be looking for occasional guest posters to fill in a few days as well. Monday will still have new downloads every week, but the Top Ten Re-Tweet post that is so popular with everyone is going to be in hiatus until my freelance work load lightens up or until I can afford to hire an assistant which ever comes first. I hope that this new posting schedule will allow me the time I need to go back to creating stronger content and I am looking to put the new routine into place starting next week.
But, also, within the next week or so, I will be moving this site to a new server. Things around here could get a little wonky so I’m asking everyone to please report any weirdness they may encounter. During the move it looks like there is a good chance for all comments made on posts within the next week, to possibly get lost within the move. Due to that, I will be putting the Designer Roundtable discussion on hold until the move is complete. Please be aware that if you find a comment of yours missing, that I did not delete it intentionally and that I do appreciate hearing from you and listing to what you have to say. Talking to my readers is one of my favorite things to do so I hope once the move has been made, you will continue to talk to me.
Lastly, I wanted to tell you about a project that I am very excited about! Right now, myself and four other of my designer buddies are working on putting together an actual Designer Roundtable live podcast. Within each podcast, we will be setting up a way for you to talk to us and ask questions and get answers on loads of topics involving design, education, business, networking, web development, and more. Currently, things are still in the beginning stages, but this is something that we have been talking about doing for a long time and it looks like we are finally going to be moving forward with it. When I have more details I will be sure to pass them along to you as soon as I can. So keep an eye out for that!
My thanks and gratitude go out to all of you for your support. If there is anything you would like to see added as a feature or have suggestions for improvement, please let me know – my door is always open.
Also, if you or someone you know is interested in becoming a guest writer for a day, please email under the name datchicfirgs on gmail with your proposed topic.
Thanks again. I look forward to making this site the best it can be for all that read it.
Warmest Regards,
~Firgs