(m: that cliché was just for *you*.)

in the past three weeks, i have not only redesigned this blog, but also helped launch one web search tool, two web sites, and one web app. it’s beautiful and so satisfying to see projects run to Fruition. but Fruition is a funny little beast. when projects get to him, you realize that now you need his sibling, Maintenance. suddenly, instead of squashing bugs, you are scouring the project, looking for Tiny Detail and making sure he not only functions but also looks good. you are adding a few pixels of space here, decreasing it elsewhere; you are replacing accented characters with their html entities because you hate it when there is garbage text on a web site and you have Standards. ahhhhh, Standards…there’s a beast that needs a really big cage. really big.