News to Blog

On another note, loosely associated with opening, I have changed the name of the “News” page to “Blog.”

It’s a fine idea to create a site based around blogging software. It’s a fine idea to use the logging feature for the traditional news page to be easy to update. However, I have been using this more like a blog, see merit in making it a blog, and know that company blogs are excellent alternatives to traditional news pages.

Opening

This is the “official” opening day. The tough part is having to put something on the site for plans and prices. All well and good that the official hourly rate is $90 for freeform work that is not part of a package plan or negotiated discount or flat job price, but most of the work, and certainly the initial work, is going to be discounted and packaged at X per item or set of tasks.

I’m also still working on organizing the office, and handling a certain level of ongoing distraction of having a newborn baby, two other kids, a dead car (the one I’d use for on-site visits works but is a pickup), and a recovering wife who can’t drive for at least two weeks. However, I have to start sometime. Nor do I expect there to be a huge flood of work the first week or two, though you’re welcome to surprise me.

The easy part is putting the phone number on the site. That was my personal demarcation between being truly open for business and being under construction. The site needs other tweaking besides, but mainly it’s about the phone and the offerings.

Announcement

I won’t be particularly available the week of August 20, 2007, as we are scheduled for delivery of a baby on the 20th.

This is also why I have been holding off on throwing open the doors for business in earnest until after the new arrival.

Stay tuned for the official opening then, including the posting of pricing and plans, and a phone number rather than just an e-mail address (though that’s always at least as good a means of reaching me).