Work slowed down a little at times in August, so I had time to redesign this site.

My goal was to make it a little fresher & brighter and make a few usability improvements. I also updated the copy on the homepage to more concretely describe what I do.

I used to wonder why some freelance web designers and IT people don’t have a website at all. That would seem to be a bit contradictory, but it’s true. Many tech people don’t have a business website, or just have a place keeper. I am not always able to muster enthusiasm for working on my own site, though, so I can understand the temptation to not have one, after you get a certain amount of business feeding off of itself by word-of-mouth. I would rather work on someone else’s site than my own, any day.

That said, I definitely get a benefit from the website, in that people considering working with me can go to the site and get a better feel for my approach to things. I think it gives people a better comfort level when they first contact me if they can look at a website beforehand. It makes it easier to start off on the right foot. Also, when someone asks for work samples, I can point them to my site, rather than trying to put it all in an email. Many times I am not asked for work samples at all, presumably because they have already been to the site or just have a lot of faith in whoever referred them.

Most of the site uses Xaraya as its content management system. The blog uses WordPress. Image files, CSS and scripts are in a common location that both Xaraya and WordPress can access, making maintenance a bit easier.