The Unfettered Bloke

I recently redesigned my wife’s blog, based off a new theme by my favorite Wordpress template developers, WooThemes. The theme I selected has some nifty little java-script to display your latest Twitter update. Since Carrie isn’t a Twitter user, and likely isn’t going to become one anytime soon, I tried to find a way to [...]

I decided on a whim to re-do Carrie’s website, just for fun. WooThemes (my favorite Wordpress template designers) released a new theme this week which got the wheels churning, so this is what I ended up with. It was fun little project and I’m finding the more I dabble in PHP (code speak for my [...]

work at a small software company called, L1 Technology, the IT/Development side of the larger business, Level One. They’re a central leasing office for apartment communities all over the country. Part of my job is designing email templates that are used to respond to prospective residents…

Ok, so my “creative streaks” come in phases. I can go weeks/months without ever having a desire to dabble in design. Then all the sudden I get the itch and it’s all I think about. Problem is, I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing. My techniques are limited, skill set lackluster and time non-existent these days. I’m not a designer, I’m just a dabbler and a designer wannabe.

It’s been a long time since I’ve designed a website, but since some friends of mine turned me on to Wordpress, it’s given me a little motivation to do a few projects again. My first project (still underway) was for a brother of a friend at work, Jeff Snover. He was injured in a accident several years back and as a result became involved in the US Paralympic Team