Category: Life in General
Posted by John Sundberg in Life in General Saturday, 31 July 2010 View Comments
Earlier this spring my other company had an opportunity to build a pretty big remodel project, and so we did. I knew it was going to be somewhat hectic running two businesses at one time, but I didn’t realize just how crazy it would be. One expression that comes to mind is “burning the candle at both ends”…but this was more like burning multiple candles simultaneously at both ends!
What ended up happening to Black Hills Web Works is that I put it on autopilot for the last three months with little to no blogging and no new projects. We continued to maintain the websites for our current clients, finished up a church website project and did some on-site training with their staff, and helped our current clients with any issues or problems that came up, but for the most part my time and energy were committed to the remodel project for Sundberg Builders.
A nice side-benefit of taking an active break from a project or task is that you can let your mind do some subconscious work on whatever that is, and in this case, it was Black Hills Web Works. So I’ve got some ideas and plans for the company, this website, and future projects that I’m looking forward to working on and implementing. As for my other company, I think it’s time to start winding it down so I can focus on Black Hills Web Works exclusively. Time will tell how that works out in reality.
In the meantime, I thought I’d post some before and after photos from the previously mentioned remodel project. If you’re interested in this type of thing, enjoy!
Before
After
Posted by John Sundberg in Life in General, Technology Monday, 4 January 2010 View Comments
A well-done promotional film from the ’70s, a cool soundtrack, and you get to see the technology inside the old Polaroid cameras.
Posted by John Sundberg in Business, Free Stuff, Joomla Extensions, Joomla!, Life in General, Resources, Technology Thursday, 31 December 2009 View Comments
This post could go in numerous directions but I’m going to try to stay focused on web-related discoveries, since this is, after all, a blog that lives on a website about and for Black Hills Web Works.
One conversation in particular with an old friend I reconnected with on Facebook is worthy of being called “the milestone of 2009.” I was remodeling the website for my construction company and experimenting with Dreamweaver and static HTML pages and he suggested I look into using a CMS like Drupal or Joomla!. I took his advice and looked at both of those platforms, and though he was pushing me towards Drupal I felt drawn to Joomla!, and the rest of 2009 is history. Black Hills Web Works was born, websites were built, new languages learned (HTML and CSS to name two), and my thinking and experiences were significantly broadened.
And so, here is my list of “significant” discoveries that I made or learned about this year. Some, most, or all of these may be familiar to you already. On the other hand, it’s just possible that there is something new in here that you haven’t found yet. Have a look…
Posted by John Sundberg in Life in General Friday, 25 December 2009 View Comments
