blood is thicker than ... even online
Why is it, that when penned-up in the mind, our ideas seem endless, deep, and utterly fool-proof? Yet, when we dare to translate the thoughts to physical form, or code for the digital screen, there always seems to be something missing. The thought falls just a little flat.
It is this concept that has pushed work on
bocsy.net to the front of the line. The family site has fuction to wrap the form around. Its core set of sites - the bones - have been online, in some form or another, for nearly a decade now. Over that time, although under different variations of the Bocsy Online name, have also developed a personaility. I know what they have to be, what they have to do, what they are, and I can work with that. Some fresh code, new graphics, and a tweaked color theme and logo - bang - a new Bocsy Online can be up in a weekend.
lotC.info, on the other hand is a different animal. Its new, formless and lacks a "self." Its fuction is dependant on me, I define it. Here in lies the problem: I tend to design around fuction and purpose. Lacking that I dont know where to begin. I have done over ten mock-ups, with endless variations springing from them, yet there still is something missing. What that is? I have no idea, I just know when it lacks.
So what am I aiming for: Structured Freedom, a site with sections that look and feel unique but still work as a whole, that feel as if they all contribute to the core of the site. I know lofty goals for a site that lacks content, well - not counting this blog and
Loading-Zone. What can i say - I'm a digital dreamer - if only I could paint whats in my head!
So for now im focusing on getting
bocsy.net running. Maybe a little time with the familar will clear things up and I can take another crack at the lot. Failing all that, I can simply cop to the fact that family comes first, ergo, the family site aswell. But fear not, the lot is rather empty at the moment, but come hell or high water, I'll get that damn site up if it kills me.
... 'cause if I don't I'll have a
beast breathing down my neck!