Journal
The Geniant Blog
9 April 2007 › 9 comments
I am happy to say that the Geniant blog is now up and running. I played the role of developer on this one, changing *.psd files into living XHTML and CSS which I then cut up into includes and ported into Textpattern. I had the privilege of working on this internal company project with über Information Architect Garrett Dimon, and designer extraordinaire Jared Christensen.
Garrett was the idea man behind the whole thing, starting the conversation around it mainly by saying – “Geniant needs a blog.” The question then was – Why not? So, brainstorming began around what this blog would entail. Garrett did all the wireframes and architecting of the site hierarchy and Jared came up with some super sweet Photoshop mockups.
Garrett wrote a post entitled Balancing Design, Technology, and Business which covers the planning that went into the site. Likewise, Jared explained the design process in his article Cultivating an Identity. I in turn explained the technical aspects in my write-up, aptly called Building the Blog. Dave, our guru salesman covered the business factors in Why Are We Blogging.
So, if you are interested in any of the three major topics we will be covering: Design, Technology or Business – please do feel free to subscribe to any of the multiple RSS feeds that are available. Hopefully this will become a helpful resource as we continue to write more articles on our methods.
Discussion + Dissension
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#1 Jason Beaird
Too late. I already subscribed yesterday after reading about it on Jared’s site. :) Seriously though, it looks great and I look forward to reading. On a quasi-related note, I saw that Textpattern Solutions is up for preorder on Amazon. Congrats!
#2 Nate Klaiber
Excellent job Nathan, everything looks great! Very well structured, organized, and visually appealing.
Off to subscribe…..
#3 Yannick
Great stuff Nathan. I enjoyed reading the articles that are currently up and I’m really looking forward to future articles by you guys at Geniant.
Keep up the good work.
#4 Robert
Cool stuff Nathan! Definitely will be adding this to my feed.
#5 Mark Priestap
She’s a beaut!
#6 Stephan H
The Geniant blog is well done along with the rest of your portfolio! I am new to your site and all I can say is: Excellent stuff. Keep up the nice work. I wish I could write as well.
#7 Nathan Smith
Stephan: Thanks guys, I appreciate the compliments. Jared and Garrett really deserve most of the credit though, as this whole thing was their vision + idea.
Stephen: Writing just takes repetition. It’s been said – Write until you’re good. I’m still not, which is why I keep writing! Just keep at it.
#8 Beth
I caught this the other day, it looks great, keep up the good work!
#9 Nathan Smith
Beth: Thanks, but all credit for the design’s look + feel must go to Jared.