Full Circle Associates

It struck me this morning that I haven't thought about "websites" in ages. I've been thinking about blogs, forums, wikis and "spaces" that integrate tools. But I have not been paying attention to sites that integrate content. And despite the fact that I'm obsessive about interaction, we need and often love content centric sites.

In a fit of random-browsing-work-avoidance I came across the Surfrider Foundation USA Home Page. Now I love the places where land and water meet. The literal liminal spaces. So it took about 2 nano seconds until I was clicking my way through the site. I learned about the state of the beaches in my state. I read about shoreline issues that I never knew were issues.

I learned. Fast. With interest. With deeper resources at my fingertips if I wanted more, or an enticement to another area. Easy. The visuals were delicious. The flashing changing teaser on the front page annoyed me a bit, but yup, I wanted ot know what was next.

Now my site, Full Circle, has lots of content. But it really looks more like a garbage dump than a useful set or resources. I keep telling myself it needs a redesign, visually and structurally. But the work it will take me (and yes, I WILL hire someone to do the coding etc. Obvious!) keeps me resisting and putting it off. I feel I have to then rewrite all the articles that are outdated, fix more of the typos. And I even have a wonderful friend who will help.

I resist.

I can't get a tiny footstep going.

I wonder if getting inspired by Surfrider will help. Dang, it feels like I need the equivalent of a shrink to start redoing my site. (Plus, I want to put the blog on the front page.)

Is there a doctor in the house?

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