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I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about the future of this website, and have made an important decision.

From now on, I will not be blogging here on mayde.net. Here’s why:

I originally set up this website with the intention of creating a professional nameplate site for myself in order to promote my freelance work. Then, in the spring of 2010, I decided to stop taking on regular freelance work in order to focus more on my day job and my family. That decision changed the nature of this site completely, and it went from being a professional portfolio to a personal blog with a portfolio on the side. Even though that was the direction my life was heading in, I’ve never felt quite right about having my personal and professional information side-by-side like that, since I have two very different intended audiences.

After debating this issue with myself for several weeks now, I’ve decided to return this site to its roots and move the blog to its own URL.

Introducing:

LifeInTheBurgh.com is where I’ll continue to blog, share photos, and post more “personal” information. This site will continue to host my professional portfolio, and will remain my nameplate site, as it was originally intended.

Going forward, I think this separation will allow me to present myself and my content in the best way possible.

So, please, keep reading, keep commenting, keep visiting my blog, only do so at its new home: LifeInTheBurgh.com.

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I can’t believe my little blog is already a year old!

When I first started this blog, I didn’t know what I was going to do with it or if I would even keep up with it – both of which I’m still not sure I’ve figured out yet. But the point is, the blog is still here and I do have some big plans for it in the future. In the meantime, I’d like to know:

Is there anything you’d like to see more of on this blog? Have you enjoyed what I’ve posted so far? Let me know by leaving a comment!

* Photo by Will Clayton

Notice anything different? As of today, this website is running on wordpress.

After many, many years of maintaining a static web page for myself, I finally caved in and decided to jump on the wordpress bandwagon. Once I started experimenting with wordpress for a client site, I couldn’t get over how easy and fun it is to use, so I figured I’d try my hand at blogging and see where that leads me.

Hopefully, this new design will allow me to publish a wider variety of content, and will make my work more accessible to a larger audience. Also, I’m hoping it will motivate me to keep this site updated on a more regular basis.

For the time being, this site is still “under construction,” so don’t hold it against me if not everything is working as it should for the next few weeks. This redesign is a work in progress, which I’ll be juggling along with my 9-to-5 job, my freelance side projects and, of course, wedding planning.

So what do you think of the new look? Let me know by leaving a comment!