Yes, it’s been six weeks since my last installment in this exercise. Bad blogger! Bad Blogger! But I have been keeping busy and creative, obsessing about getting the new website up before Labor Day. So here’s how I overcame my “creative deprivation” that I described in my last post:
Adobe CS4 would not re-install on my computer and Adobe tech support had abandoned me…completely. My only option if I wanted to get back to work was this: buy a new computer. I could scarcely afford a new machine in this economy, but I was left with no choice. And that’s what I did. Got up and running in the typical 10 days that it takes to get all the little apps to fire as desired, and then I got back to work. This is a disposable society on so many levels.
Finishing the website has been a learning curve of the steepest order. Flash is a bitter mistress, often the source of great confusion resulting in utter humiliation. I persevered, I suppose, by accepting my ignorance and compromising on some of the bells and whistles. Plain and simple: I am not a coder and find the whole affair to be repugnant. But I do much admire those who can deal with it. Geeks have created a language that runs everything in the world, and only geeks can understand it. So what does that tell you about who is really in charge around here.
Okay, a lightweight post, but enough for now.