Site Changes
I used to think this site would be a nice, consistent, amalgam of home-grown elements that I created myself - my own little photo section, my own journal, etc… But, more and more, the various free Web services popping up out there are not only more functionally rich and ‘easier’, but they’re all free (or close to it). This turns the make vs. buy decision into a no-brainer.
I’ve taken the lead of friends like rdeetz and benhuh and have started to incorporate flickr into my plans. Instead of manipulating photos by myself, I’ll just let flickr do what it does best - and, as a result, I’m sure I’ll have more and more frequent updates.
I can’t wait for Trumba to go live so I can incorporate calendaring as well.
The only downside is giving up some of the consistency of experience - I haven’t yet figured out if flickr will let you apply a theme or template (like blogger does) to personalize that element of my extended site. Until then, I’m going to revise my overall site design to give the ‘appearance’ of consistency across the various site elements.
