Jun 03 2008
Resurfacing + Website Design Ideas
Been MIA for a bit, a last-second office move will do that to you. We now have twice the space as well as a new employee, good times if not a touch chaotic. Love having an official conference room now. Also love the mural of New York City that takes up almost a full wall in the reception area. I can almost see the Brill Building if I squint.
About to re-launch the company website, which has taken a lot of work and planning. Been designing, coding, and managing websites for years and I’ve done it both the hard way and the smart way. There’s a very good lesson in building a website that people, businesses, and artists tend to overlook – you are designing it for your users, not yourself. Having said that, I am adding (or enhancing) features such as RSS feeds for all press releases, thorough media sections with all digital assets for our artists in one logical place, embeddable content, media players, client reporting tools, and a much easier system to enter new data which will allow the site to be much more of a living creature. It should all add up to a better experience for our users, which will in turn add to more coverage for us and happier clients. It’s a win-win-win.
Saw the Cure at the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday. These gents still put on one of the greatest live experiences around. They understand what the fans want to hear, they pace it well, the performance is very strong, and seeing them at an outdoor venue is about as good as it gets. Staring up at Los Angeles twilight while Robert Smith wails away on “Prayers For Rain” is a surreal experience at minimum. So glad bands like this still know how to keep things moving. New material is great and has its place, but ultimately fans want to hear the songs they grew up on, have strong memories associated to, and have been a part of their lives. A band like the Cure has such an amazing repertoire (and vast catalog), they really played something for everyone.
Alright, back to work and to regular blogging schedule!
Hopefully all of our office moves back in the eProject days helped you with this last move. I really want to go to the Hollywood Bowl. Morrissey’s latest greatest hits album includes live tracks from his Hollywood Bowl concert which I would have loved to had seen. Maybe I’ll swing down for Reggae Night VII on Aug 3rd.