Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix.

- Christina Baldwin

I've redesigned my blog once again.  Actually in my head I've redesigned my blogging intentions.  When I first started blogging back on weblogs.asp.net, I was just feeling my way around, not wuite sure what I was doing. 

After PDC 2003, I got a taste of Longhorn, Avalon mainly, and was hooked.  Very exciting and I needed to talk about it with someone and there was no one around locally.  Luckily I was given space on Longhornblogs by Robert McLaws.  Lots of fun and interaction, I learned a lot and was able to share my discoveries and projects I had done with Avalon.  I had something to talk about and things were moving along.

From my outspoken work there I was hired on to the Xamlon team.  A great learning experience and all very exciting work.  I was then blogging about the new products we were offering.  Good stuff but an uphill push to explain what we were doing and how it was most useful. The product changed a bit and so did my interests, we parted ways.

After that my blogging pretty much went out the door.  I did some contract work for awhile, played WoW for awhile...relaxed.  In a short while I had a conversation with Jeff Sandquist over IM where we found out we had a mutual interest.  He had a job opening and I wanted a new job and in a few weeks I was moving the family to Washington to start a new life.

The tornado hit instantly.  So much to do at work and at home, so much to learn, so much exciting stuff going on.  No time to blog.

Its almost been a year now, and I've been through a Channel9 redesign, PDC 2005, the launch of Microsoft Gadgets, a massive redesign of Microsoft Gadgets, MIX 06, and the launch 10.  *sigh*  But its a been a ton of fun and work and I've learned a lot.  (Put on a few pounds, as well, too many late night Taco Bell runs :p)

So now here I am, things are good, our team is moving along and growing our sites are maturing and just getting better.  But there's still a little something missing.  Not as much interaction with the coomunity at large as I'd like.  I remember when I was into Flash Development, the Were-Here forums were a great place to hang out (Photoshop Tennis!).  Then came along asp.net and GotDotNet (OTD rock(s|ed)), where my goal was to answer as many questions as possible.  Then as mentioned above the Longhornblogs community was fun.  Then initially when starting at MS when our team was only running Channel9, I spent a lot of time in the forums with Niners.  Did I mention I also used to run a .Net User Group?

This is my refresh on interacting with others online and in the community.  Its fun and you can learn from people all over the world.  I'm going to use my site for sharing side projects that I work on and my blog for discussing my work and that of others I find interesting.  Mainly web-centric user experience stuff.  I'm using the label "frosh design" because I like the sound, almost like "fresh" (implied by the lime in the corner of this site's design).  But the real meaning of "frosh" as akin to that of a zealous student.  I want to focus and study design.  Its a huge topic, but its what I'm into.  I'm a pretty mellow dude, but its one thing I can become obsessive about.