Lots of new things are happening, all of which I’m very excited about!

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So, Friday evening (31st July) was spent in Coventry, watching a performance held by a friend of mine in the ruins of Coventry Cathedral.

Kristina has spent the last several months organising this performance, a stage-rendition lasting just over an hour of scenes from the famous Victor Hugo novel Notre Dame de Paris. This was the practical element of the final year of her degree at Coventry University, and I don’t think she’ll mind me saying she took a while to get the ball rolling, but I commend her for the hard work and sustained effort she has put in over the months leading up to last week’s big day.

My biggest contribution was to produce the website for her production company, In Touch Productions, and gave a little hand in other areas too. Leading up to the performance, we’d spent days checking, and crossing our fingers for, the weather forecast on Friday evening. We were promised cloud, but in a disheartening manner, Mother Nature gifted us said cloud right up until the beginning of the performance, before proverbially raining over the whole thing. When using an outdoor venue, you have to take this factor into account, but you’d be forgiven for thinking it was unlikely in July. Then when the performance ended, so did the rain.

I’ve never seen this kind of public spectacle before. Kristina made full use of the Cathedral area for the various scenes, whilst the audience moved around as the play progressed. I thought this was a unique, neat idea.

To find out about the performance, visit the website at http://www.intouch-productions.co.uk. I thoroughly enjoyed the evening, and congratulations to Kristina and everyone who played a part in the production.

So, I’m finally getting back into devving resources for the Online Resource Centre I’m working on with Nic. I tend to put off long term work for some reason, despite seeing its value. But having created the website template a relative long time ago, I’m making a solid start on the third lesson in the course: Design Concepts.

I’m snowed under with lots of different work now, not that I’m complaining. I’m on a roll, baby

Currently listening to: Jamie Woon - Wayfaring Stranger (Burial Remix)

I’m not sure what it is, but the concept of proper blogging just seems to pass me by. I’ve started quite a few blogs now, and every time I’ve thought “I’m sure this one will be different; I have loads to say,” but every time, the few visitors my blogs get are disappointed by an incredible lack of freshness. I’ve even surprised myself this time.

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Here is a true insight into the workload of a web designer, made into a pretty pie chart for your enjoyment:

After spending most of this weekend devving the WebWorks online resources, I am well and truly spent. Now - food and beer.