and we're back . . .

Well, as should be rather evident, I haven’t written in quite some time. There are a number of reasons for that, but the two most important are that I’ve been trying to a) find a job & b) work on the behind the scenes part of Coastopolis.com. Both of these things are painstaking and time consuming and I would much prefer shaking a magic wand and have them be complete. However, they have also provided a much needed opportunity for some learning (mostly about Dreamweaver) and reflection. I’m becoming more and more comfortable with manipulating the makings of the site. I’ll probably be changing things up and adding a bit of information soon, although it won’t be a full fledged “launch”, it’ll be good to rework what is a there and will provide some practice for what is coming down the road. To be honest I think that there will come a point (hopefully) when the content and workings of the site are beyond my capacity as a “web-designer” and I’ll have to hire someone to take the reins of the technical side of things. Until then I’m really enjoying (for the most part) the process of learning how to use the program and make things work on the site. But all this learning takes a good amount of time . . . I don’t know if I actually qualify as being part of a generation for whom these things are beyond their grasp, but my excitement at learning to lay things with CSS is way out of proportion with the actual accomplishment. If nothing else its another good tool to have in my belt as I continue with the job hunt.

The job hunt. So the other thing that I’ve been working on is trying to seek out and send resumes or applications to several firms, institutions and organizations that do and/or are involved in “coastal planning” . . . I’m also not opposed to the prospect of working in the private sector if any amount of their work has something of a coastal component. So if you happen to be reading this, and you happen to have a job opening where you work, and you happen to work at a place on or near a coastline, and you do something related to the conservation and/or development of said area, feel free to drop me a note. Like I said, it’s a process that I don’t necessarily love and the longer it goes on the less I enjoy it, and yet, as I mentioned, it does allow for a good amount of reflection. About what I’d like out of a career, about what sort of work environment I picture myself enjoying, about what sorts of goals and means I could see myself promoting professionally and about what sorts of things are seemingly lacking in the various places that I’ve applied and how I might be able to add something to their team. So. There you have it. We’ll see what happens . . .

In other news, I’m not sure where this was covered, but I’ve been meaning to take it on myself but haven’t gotten around to it. Coastal Impact Study: Nation Under Siege. My next post will be devoted to this little bit of literature and what it means that a) it was taken on by architects & b) how it was received in the coastal realm (was it received?).

And I’ll be better about posting, I promise. I know that there aren’t many people out there that check this thing (yet). But I do know how frustrating it is to check blogs and not have them updated with any frequency.

. . . lastly. I went surfing yesterday for the first time in months. Go to the beach, get out in the ocean people. Go.