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The Evolution Of TCRA
I have been going through some of my old posts recently and I noticed two things, the first being, I have a lot of posts entitled part 1 of something, but there are no part 2’s. This tells me something, I need to finish what I sta… The second thing I noticed is that I have evolved so much over the past couple of years here on this blog. Everything has changed, from my writing style, to what I write about, to how this site looks. I like what this has turned into, it has it’s ups and downs, I like the ups best. Thank you guys for sticking around for so long, it is great to see familiar faces around here. So let’s see how I have changed.
Style
When I first started writing on a blog, I wrote essays. Everything was informative, no discussion. I wrote things like “Who is Jesus and why does it matter?”, it was stuff I was interested in but it didn’t really leave room for comments. I slowly learned to discuss this with you guys, while still stating my opinion I talked toat you. This has turned into more freestyle writing, I like it better this way. I am more honest and open.
Topics
Like I said before I used to write just essays, and it was either politics or religion… boring. But seriously, while I liked those topics it didn’t leave room for me to grow, I was stuck. So I switched things up, thanks to a conversation I had with my brother I switched gears and transformed this into a personal blog. The great thing about that is I get to still write about politics and religion, but I don’t have to stick with that. Politics and religion are just part of who I am. I am also a husband, a son, a brother, a floor installer, a graphic designer. All of these make up who I am, and I want to share that with you, all of it.
Looks
Talking about a change, I wish I had screen shots of all the designs I had for this site, I have been all over the place. Dark, light, grunge, minimalist, I think I settled with the minimalist feel. In fact the design I am working on right now is a cool minimalist feeling theme. I can’t wait until it is finished, because when that is finished I can work on a theme I will release for download. I started out not knowing a lick of CSS let a lone what it stands for, and now I am modifying themes left and right, I love it. I had always dreamed of doing this, and here I am.
I have changed so much here, and I never want to stop. The day I stop changing and learning how to change is the day it all gets boring. That is one reason I use that tag line “i am still learning”, I want to remind myself to keep evolving. I can’t let myself get boring, so thanks for sticking with me through this evolution, you guys ROCK!
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Well keeping yourself enthousiastic and motivated about this blog space and design in general is already ‘half the fun battle won’ :)
Whenever I come by, there is always a pleasant surprise lurking in here somewhere.Be it a design choice or something you wrote. And yes I rock!!!Thank you very much:)
Later friend!
You have come some way in the time that I’ve known you and to be fair I haven’t known you for years! It has got better and better since I first began reading the blog, but you can probably see that I believe that as I continue to come back :-P .
The good thing about this blog is that I will also want to read it and will always find it interesting as all of the things you discuss are relevant to me in a way and I usually will be interested in the subject. That isn’t the case for all blogs… I suppose I’m lucky that you just happen to discuss the types of things that I’m interested in.
Anyway, with regards the look, you always have a good design and I can’t wait for your new one! It’s sure to be a huge success.
Thanks guys, I really have had a blast with molding this site.
DP: yes you do rock, and that’s what matters the most!
Aidan: Yeah, I try to write about thing that everyone cares about, things that effect everyone… except when I write about design.