Since I started tinkering with HTML back in the late 90s, I’ve designed and redesigned sites many many times. At first I did it because I enjoyed tinkering and playing with new ideas. Now—though that is part of my motivation still—I like to redesign things so that they echo what has changed on deeper levels and so that they can call forth a bigger and brighter vision from the site I’m working on. In this case, the site is my own, and I’ve made several changes to reflect some important shifts over the past year (since my last redesign).
Firstly, I’ve made the site a little less “Vince-centric” and more about the content itself. As such, I’ve changed the title of the site to Numinous Nonsense, though the website address is still vincenthorn.com. The reason I’ve shifted toward Numinous Nonsense is because while I’m certainly the driving force behind everything that is written here, the “brand” that I’m trying to communicate has more to do with the weird confluence of interests that I have which seem to converge mostly around 1) Integral Thinking, 2) Meditation, & 3) Technology. Though I write about other things, and will continue to share that stuff here, I’ve highlighted those 3 categories of writing, as being the most essential to what I’m trying to communicate here.
Also, I’ve highlighted the different “articles” that I write, which may or may not be on these topics. I do this because my blogging has shifted in the past several months, away from shorter posts toward more full-length articles that are fairly well researched and thought out. It’s a shift in quality and in quanity—I write less frequently due to the fact that I put much more into each post.
In terms of the back-end technology, I’ve updated to WordPress 2.5 (I love WP!), and a brand-spanking new theme which I love. I’ve also re-designed the logo—though I’ll admit I’m not graphic designer! All in all, I like the new look, feel, and emphasis and I hope it serves my readers well (all 20 of you).
