This is your life, this is your digital life
Posted by Cassandra | Filed under Career
When I was a teenager, I spent a lot of time on the computer. I developed web pages, wrote stories and poetry, and designed graphics. It wasn’t out of the ordinary for me to spend all night on the computer (and this was before Facebook and Twitter). Sure, I had friends and family and extra-cirricular activities, but I loved doing this kind of stuff.
Well, my wish came true because now I spend every waking moment on a computer working for TalentEgg, updating my blog and, now, designing websites for other people.
My friend Mandy recently registered her fashion design business and had trouble creating a WordPress-powered site which was true to her brand. She was awesome with HTML, say, five to ten years ago, but things have changed a lot since then. I didn’t want her to have a website from 1999 for her business, so I offered to help. Partly because I really do want to help her, but also because the only way to become more familiar with CSS and PHP is to actually trudge through the code myself.
FrankandEffie.com - A work in progress
It’s coming along slowly, but I had to re-code the theme I chose because it didn’t work the way I wanted it to and the code wasn’t organized in a way my brain could process. It should launch within the next few weeks if all goes well.
Lucky for me, there is an endless number of tutorials written by experts and people who have gone through the same issues. It’s not rocket science or brain surgery, it just takes a little research and a lot of patience.
Thank goodness I don’t have a real life right now because it would definitely get in the way of my digital life!
Tags: blog, design, digital life, Frank and Effie, TalentEgg, WordPress
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May 20th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
It’s so great that you found something you truly love. What’s it like working at Talent Egg?
I’m still searching for my passion, but I’m sure I’ll find it soon.
Just stumbled and submitted your blog to Viralogy. Hope it brings you some great traffic!
- Jun
May 21st, 2009 at 10:03 am
Thanks Jun!
Working at TalentEgg is kind of working with friends on a hobby I love every day from 9 a.m. to whenever I stop working (usually late). I hope I can eventually work regular hours in order to have some kind of social life, but I like doing it for now.
May 25th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
hey Cassandra… haven’t been here in a while, but i LOVE the new look!! I’ve been meaning to start a wordpress blog too just haven’t had time too….. u sound a lot like me in terms of being on the computer all the time when u were younger
hehe. anyways, happy for u and your job!
May 28th, 2009 at 9:26 am
Hey Cassandra, Like the new blog look.
I completely relate with your coding extravaganza — I went through the same when deciding to start my own blog. Learning HTML, CSS and PHP was daunting but I’ve come a long way and just launched a redesign myself!
It gets easier and I haven’t stopped learning yet. All the best!