I am the Tate: Design team issues

Friday, May 06, 2005

Design team issues

First off, I'm so sorry to keep all my fans waiting for another blog entry. I know you've been checking hourly, so I hope this one will be good.

Things are getting hectic as the end of the year is near. Our team had some issues this week. Amber, I freakin' love you, and you've done an awesome job on the design of our page. Thanks for doing so much work. Y'all should check out her blog to see what her and the rest of our team have put together so far.

It's been an interesting process having a team of four for design, because there's only so much we can each do when we have one person who is awesome at Photoshop and everyone else just telling her what to do next. Sometimes I just sit in our group meetings at a loss as to how I can help. I'm going to the newsroom tomorrow to see if there's anything else I can do. We've gotta get this thing into good shape before the presentation next week. And we will.

This week I spent my news shifts doing some stuff for the web site, working with Amber on our design and putting some finishing touches on my 695 project which still does not have a definite air date, if it even will air. We might just have to put it up on the web without it first going on TV. But I'm okay with that.

So one more week of class. That is incredible. I'm gonna leave you all now so I can go to sleep an dream of the wonderful place that is the Multimedia Newsroom.

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the story of the tateblog

In the spring semester of 2005 at KU, I took an online journalism class. Our job in the class was to manage, publish and create the University Daily Kansan web site in only its first or second semester of existence. One of the requirements was that we write in a blog twice a week about what we were learning and accomplishing in class. In its early stages, the tateblog gained attention from original fans Justin Hume and Emily Ashcraft, who for some reason enjoyed reading about my experiences.

After the class was over, I thought tateblog would die. But the fans demanded more. Tateblog started up again in September 2005. From there it grew into quite a phenomenon, until after a year or so tateblogs became less consistent (and arguably less exciting). I even almost decided to call it quits at one point, but I just can't do it. Tateblog must live on.

My life is in a pretty different place nowadays. After taking a two year break from blogging, most likely because in the midst of seminary I had no desire to write anything else, I think I might come back to my old blogging roots. Maybe not so much about weird stuff my friends do, but probably just some thoughts I have on life. So, read it if you like it!