Well, the site had fallen on some rough times and I just finished giving it a heck of a makeover. i think that there are alot of aspects to the new structure that will take some getting used to and that, perhaps, will ultimately be changed, but for the time being i think that its a pretty big improvement over what the site initially looked like. And yet, there's still lots of work to do. At the moment i'm somewhat fried from staring at the screen . . . and would much rather be in a place like this . . . but for the time being its a good start . . . hmm . . . yeah, there's still a bunch of links that aren't where they're supposed to be but i guess we'll take care of that later . . .
anyway, for those of you out there looking at this thing feel free to drop me a note letting me know what you think . . .
I'm posting these clips because, though they may not (seemingly) have alot to do with coastal issues, they have everything to do with how we communicate, how the information in our world is being organized and how the world that our children will inhabit will be a far different place than the one we live in now . . . I'll assume that a good number of people have seen them, they are a lot to watch all at once so feel free to bookmark and watch at your leisure, but I think that for me, they sum up pretty neatly what Coastopolis is all about . . .
"Finally, the use of the Internet is likely to bring significant benefits to coastal managers and planners in coming years, although initially this will be concentrated in developed countries where communications infrastructure is better developed and more reliable. The ability to quickly find and download information on coastal problems, experiences and techniques from around the world will add to the Internet's ability to bring like minded people together. "
Slowly but surely, both on my laptop and in various places along this nations' oceans, work is continuing to ensure that our future coastlines resemble someplace you'd actually like spending some time at. Last week, as some of you may have heard, there was a pretty big victory (depending on who you ask, I guess) for opponents of a toll road in California which would have cut through San Onofre State Park and the San Mateo Creek Watershed. It was (again, depending on who you ask, but I consider myself to be in this camp) a pretty great moment for folks that would like to see more sensitive development occur along or near our coastlines, and it was a great day for surfers. The whole story is far too long to be analyzed in detail in this venue, but there is some excellent commentary about a number of factors surrounding the issue in various places on the web (here, for example) . . . and while I can't quite do it justice right this moment, I really hope that somebody out there is going to give it some serious attention in more, shall we say, scholarly circles. Though it is still in very recent history, and while the story is far from over, the whole matter deserves some serious study and attention in coastal planning circles . . . I'm sure some industrious scholar/surfer has a book/thesis/article in the works, can't wait to read it.
In other news, I've been at it on the website and the progress is . . . slow. I feel that I'm making headway but my inefficiencies as a web-developer are becoming woefully apparent, so I'm going to start actively looking for a web developer soon. However! I'm pretty pleased that work is getting done, things are coming along and falling into place, I am getting quicker at it even if I'm slow and what feedback I have gotten from various individuals has been all positive, so I'm still plugging away at it and by the end of the week . . . oh, what's the use at making predictions, we'll just wait and see. If only I had this one's patience . . .
. . . they live longer than we do you know? I took a moment after a meeting yesterday to visit Sea Turtle Inc. All I can say is "Keep up the great work Jeff." It was a nice reminder of what an amazing place the Island and the Gulf of Mexico is and how many great people are working hard to keep it that way.
Been banging away at the site for awhile now, hence the above look on my face. Its slowly but surely starting to resemble something along the lines of what I'd like it to . . . sort of . . . what will follow is alot more work fleshing the thing out, adding the content and features. Most of what I've hammered out is sorta the structure and "architecture" . . . its still a mess but I figured I'd publish whatever I had to give a test run, see how it "feels" . . . hmm, it'll be interesting to see what this looks like at the middle and then end of the week . . .
what I really need to do is start using the CMS that I think I'm going to start using, which is Joomla . . . and see where that starts taking me . . . the ease of manipulating some of the things that I've been wrestling with is something else, too bad I still don't know how to use the thing . . .
. . . and it looks like I fibbed in the last post. I did apply for a job. Chad Nelsen or anybody else at Surfrider Foundation, if you read this please give me a job. Thanks!
This is the blog I'm going to try to keep alongside the development of my latest project Coastopolis.com. My hopes for developing an internet community & resource base for those individuals that are involved in the protection, development, management and use of our nations coasts.
Well, the site had fallen on some rough times and I just finished giving it a heck of a makeover. i think that there are alot of aspects to the new structure that will take some getting used to and that, perhaps, will ultimately be changed, but for the time being i think that its a pretty big improvement over what the site initially looked like. And yet, there's still lots of work to do. At the moment i'm somewhat fried from staring at the screen . . . and would much rather be in a place like this . . . but for the time being its a good start . . . hmm . . . yeah, there's still a bunch of links that aren't where they're supposed to be but i guess we'll take care of that later . . .
