crazysexycool* We’ve got it all here today!
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The dust isn’t settled on this move yet. I spent 10 hours yesterday after my regular work, putting the finishing touches on the new, improved Maximum Customer Experience Blog, getting ready to invite you all in. I envisioned a quiet evening of making feeds and stats function for tonight. In the wee small hours of Tuesday morning, I headed over to Technorati to tell it that maximumcustomerexperience.com http://maximumcustomerexperience.com is open for business, when what to my wondering eyes should appear…
Ho Ho Ho!
… but a ping from Jacob Cass, and eight tiny reindeer! Is this what would happen if Santa came early—a surprised look, and a desperate scrambling to make things ready?
Loyal MCE readers, I planned to tell you about this road trip on Thursday, but my favorite Australian graphic designer/ blogger/ European gadabout moved the publish date up on the q.t. and caught me entirely by surprise.
If you don’t know Jacob yet, he’s a great writer, a wonderful resource for easy-to-understand graphic design tips and tricks, and a man with a huge career in front of him. I am frequently in awe of his ability to pare both writing and design to their perfect essence. Our blogs were born only a week apart, so I am also frequently… jealous. :)
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To stir the pot over at JCD, I’ve written an article called Dudes and Dolls and Design Decisions. Oh, yeah, let’s talk about sex. Jacob calls it “unusually quirky and informative.” Gee, thanks.
Now y’all go tell him, it might be quirky, but that’s not unusual for me! Please click over there, and leave plenty of comments so Jacob will know you opinionated folks stopped in while he was busy being a bon vivant on the Continent.
And Welcome!
Welcome, fellow Just Creative Design readers. Please pardon the dust and have a look around. The “Best of” links in the sidebar are a great place to begin to get a feel for Maximum Customer Experience—right after you’ve said Hello in the comments, of course!
I hope you’ll love the blog, and subscribe to become part of our community. Then the next time I put out the call to my opinionated readers, you’ll be right there to answer it!
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Thanks, Jacob. I’ve said it a few times already, and I’ll say it again. I hope your vacation is unforgettable.
Grow and be well,
Kelly Erickson
*Grammy-winning album by TLC, three dolls with… what rhymes with dolls?
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18 June 2008, 7:39 am
I am both thrilled and confused. Did you put up an “I’m moving post?” Because I can’t find one…
BUT! Moved you are (I blinked for a minute trying to figure out where I was; it’s identical LOL) and now I come test the best plugin in the world.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you… Subscribe to Comments.
Now nag Tei, would you?
James Chartrand – Men with Penss last blog post..How to Exceed Expectations
18 June 2008, 7:55 am
James,
Yes, dear, there’s one “OPEN” at the auld home, and a slightly different, complimentary one to greet you when you arrive here. Both with musical messages and all. Very fancy.
On the auld sod there’s also a large difference in the banner, because sadly I can’t do a 301 redirect so I’m going to lose all juice and pray for the best as far as my lovely readers. I think the RSS change I did worked, but I waited until after the old post had been out for hours and hours to do it. Maybe that’s why you didn’t see it.
Nagging Tei has been done at multiple intervals, including gently chiding her that I might beat her which I DID! She was the first one to know about this, too, because before the OPEN posts had gone live I sent her a little comment telling her to have a peek.
Of course anyone could have guessed, it’s been here for weeks (all you had to do was remove the .typepad) and you could have amused yourself watching me write comments to myself testing out the form, and goofy blog posts to test the CSS, etc. I’m a hoot when nobody’s looking.
Now, have you been to Just Creative Design? You will surely have an opinion on that one.
Regards,
Kelly
18 June 2008, 7:58 am
See? It’s magic, Kelly, magic.
You post. I come. Magic. Without even a call. Without even lifting a finger.
God I love this plugin.
James Chartrand – Men with Penss last blog post..How to Exceed Expectations
18 June 2008, 8:11 am
And I am a happy author, because you are a happy commenter. I still say you could have commented plenty before, Señor Stubborn (many people do), it just might not have been instant gratification on the feedback.
I follow more TP blogs than anything else. It’s just a lazy river instead of a rushing stream.
Admittedly I love this way very much. You knew that. I just had to have the time to do it.
18 June 2008, 8:14 am
Watch this… watch…
ANOTHER COMMENT!! Effortless. Easy. Fast. Blissful.
I knew you’d love it. Very much. The big question is, do you find WP easier to manipulate than Typepad, now that you’re no longer afraid of getting your toes wet?
James Chartrand – Men with Penss last blog post..How to Exceed Expectations
18 June 2008, 8:30 am
In a word, NO.
It refuses to let line breaks behave properly and in html mode it still tries to be “helpful” and that is driving me mad. I keep having to preview, see it’s wrong, then go back and forth between visual and html until it behaves. See that little extra space before “Grow and be well”? It hates that, and I want things just so. We’re getting used to each other.
It never puts the cap back on the toothpaste, either.
I’ve told you, dear Man, I wasn’t afraid. I needed solid blocks of time to do it. Did you read my Open post? LOTS of time. And all is not well yet.
There are things I like better. Yes, I love subscribe to comments. I knew I would. Getting a post formatted is not one of them.
OMG I didn’t see how late it is. Comment away, I will catch you later.
18 June 2008, 8:34 am
If you’re copying and pasting from Word to WP, then paste into the HTML page. Add links. Voila.
If you are pasting into the Visual, you will have lots of problems. Muchos.
James Chartrand – Men with Penss last blog post..How to Exceed Expectations
18 June 2008, 9:31 am
James,
I write in Entourage (like Outlook, for Mac) so I can link to calendar stuff or contacts. Then paste into Dreamweaver to see if I’ve got it beatuiful, tweak tweak, add links, etc., and to have it do the html for me with no effort. That part takes two seconds. Plus then I have them all saved and don’t have to be online to see something in finished state if I want to. (Read: Capricorn. Oh, yeah.)
Copy html, go to TypePad, hit paste in html mode, beautiful. Never had to worry.
In WP: go in, paste into html mode, all sorts of flaws. Removing of < br / >s, adding of breaks I didn’t put in, other voodoo. Not happy yet.
I’m used to another system. Just got to figure out what this silly thing wants from me, and then we’ll be good.
Later,
Kelly
18 June 2008, 9:33 am
Oops. Had to put spaces in so you could see the br. You know what I mean.