So I've redesigned this website again. I've taken advantage of this redesign to clean up my HTML and work on a system for moving forward. I know that I’ll be changing the design, but the content will need to live much longer than that. Sticking to a system of structuring content will allow me to redesign in the future without too much of a headache.

Keeping the heat on.

I like to work quick when ideas are fresh, keep momentum on my side. If I'm excited about the potential of a design then hopefully it will show.

My goals for this site are pretty straight forward.

• I needed a place to show my work. The design needed to be simple and flexible enough to let the images of the work take center stage.
• I needed a place to share my thoughts and ideas about design and whatever else.

Some things I learned when creating this site.

In the past I’ve created a design or a style and then sat on it until I didn’t like it anymore. So this go around I didn't give myself the chance to change my mind. I made decisions early and stuck with them (for the most part). Again, keeping momentum going.

So what else is new?

I used the updated fancybox jQuery plugin for the portfolio image galleries. It offers great out of the box functionality, works great with images no matter what the dimensions and of course allows the images to be viewed as large as possible.

For web fonts I chose to stick with typekit, for now. Mainly because it’s still one of the fastest - and cheapest - ways to get great fonts on your website. While this is a good solution for now I plan on purchasing my own licenses and hosting web fonts myself one day. I'm using an italic Museo Slab for quotes, Futura PT Condensed for headlines and Museo Sans for body copy.

As always this site is built on web standards. HTML, CSS and Javascript. I also used the methods of responsive design made popular by Ethan Marcotte and then expanded upon by Jeremy Keith.

Are you done yet?

Not yet.

In the coming weeks I'll be adding some more animations and transitions using css and javascript, tweaking the design and continuing to work within - and around - the system. I'm also working to implement a more object oriented approach in my CSS.

If you have comments or suggestions please let me know on twitter, facebook or send me an email.