It’s Banned Books week and you should support the Banned Books Project. I do. (Yeah, there isn’t a button on my sidebar … yet.) There are many books that I think are quite wonderful that are banned by others. I don’t think this is right. A responsible parent should monitor what their child reads and make sure it is age appropriate – but from there, books are the gateway to the world. Help make sure that people have access to that gateway…
Please, do not ever question the power of MovableType, especially when placed in the hands of people as talented as Kristine and her husband E. Why do I say this? Because Picture Yourself now has an online submission form that takes your pictures right in the MT, and from there all we have to do is approve them. It really doesn’t get much easier than that. I’m so happy! It’s all like a dream come true.
Sometimes you come across a site that is just so … different – not necessarily in design, but in concept, presentation, and the complete package – that you just have to stop and look at everything there. I just had one of those moments when I visited Simon Hoegsberg’s “Private and Public” project site. “Portraits of Pedestrians at Marble Arch, London”.
After all the hard work that Kristine and I have put in to Picture Yourself the past few days, I can truly appreciate the little things at that site. Amazing, simply amazing.
Looking through traffic logs for the other site. There sure was a lot of traffic today. What? What’s this? Web Junkie – canada.com. Oh my! The site has been live for 24 hours and already it’s making news?!? Wow!
Yes, it’s the little things that make you happy! Especially when they aren’t that little at all.
After an amazing evening of hard work that was nothing but pure fun, I would like to present …
A ton of thanks goes out to Kristine for taking my design and turning it in to a reality in a matter of hours; to Jennifer for the future power behind the site, and to Rannie for his helpful advice (and an endless supply of photos.)
Thanks go out also to Erika, Susannah, and Jess for being a part of the initial inspiration when I was in Boston this summer. And thank you to the first early birds who sent me photos today for the site!