Thursday, March 22, 2007
Pennsylvania Dreamin'
Just visited my uncle and his current project, UbU Clothing World Headquarters in Forty Fort, PA. The site, formerly a pickle, mustard and relish factory, has been converted into luxury lofts, a wholesale food distribution center, office space and soon-to-be retail establishments. It's coming along nicely, and it doesn't smell anything like a hot-dog cart.
For the past few months, I've been ramping up to build out the UbU Clothing website. It's a good deal for both sides – they'll get a quality e-commerce site, and I have the chance to get my hands dirty with developing for the Web. From last month's WebDirections North conference and next week's An Event Apart, I'll have received more than enough guidance from the leading voices in the industry to take it from the current "bare-bones" stage to a fully-functional Web standards design. In fact, the organizers of next week's event were asking people to send in links to their websites to be reviewed at the closing session. Me? Not ready yet. Maybe next year, fellas.
However, I hope to have a new and improved version up before the upcoming O'Reilly/CMP Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco, April 15-18.
I like the idea of a blog as a to-do list with a public and verifiable deadline. It tells potential customers that you're a talker, a doer AND a writer.
For the past few months, I've been ramping up to build out the UbU Clothing website. It's a good deal for both sides – they'll get a quality e-commerce site, and I have the chance to get my hands dirty with developing for the Web. From last month's WebDirections North conference and next week's An Event Apart, I'll have received more than enough guidance from the leading voices in the industry to take it from the current "bare-bones" stage to a fully-functional Web standards design. In fact, the organizers of next week's event were asking people to send in links to their websites to be reviewed at the closing session. Me? Not ready yet. Maybe next year, fellas.
However, I hope to have a new and improved version up before the upcoming O'Reilly/CMP Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco, April 15-18.
I like the idea of a blog as a to-do list with a public and verifiable deadline. It tells potential customers that you're a talker, a doer AND a writer.
Labels: travel, Web 2.0, web design
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