August 30, 2004

Ever since I picked up the web design lingo, I started liberally sprinkling jargon like “standards compliance” in all of my conversations. Just last night, for instance, I was sitting in front of my monitor working out the bugs in my ClubLaurier design and screaming, “Comply, bitch, comply!”

After much profanity and many cups of coffee, I ended up with heartburn and a barely functional website. But I’m still pretty excited since ClubLaurier is my baby, or rather, the bastard child with an unsightly deformity who will one day rape my corpse. However, the other kids can’t make fun of it anymore since the site is now XHTML compliant.

I started redesigning ClubLaurier to put more emphasis on the content. The previous design was cluttered and unintuitive because ClubLaurier (like most online publications) had too much information in too many places. I had to abandon the whole online newspaper aesthetic and look for a more meaningful way of displaying content.

Like blogs. They’re simple, uncomplicated, easy to grasp and easy to implement. And while the design looks unassuming for now, as soon as my graphic designers return from holidays ClubLaurier will be visually stunning. Really. Their graphics will showcase a lot more of my naked ass, and that’s enough reason for everyone to get excited.