Post Updates

Due to my current undertaking of projects, I will be posting only on two Fridays a month starting in October. At the moment it has become difficult to both effectively study and write high quality posts. However, as each project comes to a close, I will most likely have an additional post that month with information and updates.

These are my current challenges:

• German C2 level exam by January/February
• Hindi B1/Conversational by December
• Finish Personal site, begin blogger redesign (plus later projects when these are complete)
• Continue learning Indian cuisine. 
• Finish scripting comic, edit it, and begin drawing
• 14 Day Challenge by Istebrak (currently on day 13).
• Social Media Marketing and blog writing (in preparation for freelance career)
• Grammar Course overhaul
• Miscellaneous writing projects (outlining mode)

As you can imagine, there's a lot going on. And, generally, I tend to group certain activities in topic or "class" titles, if only to feel more organized:

• Advanced German Composition 
• Conversational Hindi
• Beginner to Intermediate Web Development: HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, Jquery and PHP
• Cooking Authentic Indian Home food (Mix of styles)
• Review of Art Fundamentals With Clip Studio Paint
• Freelancing and Marketing 101

Most of these tasks will last until the end of the year - although I hope to complete an additional 2-3 web projects before then. The drawing the comic will most likely last for a year, if not longer, as it isn't a high priority. It may take me about a year to complete the revised grammar course, as I'm tripling the content and plan to have higher-quality videos and exercises.

Thank you all for sticking with this blog! I'll post again soon! 

Web Development Update

Last November I started working on a professional website, only to go on hiatus in February before returning to the States. I didn't start working on it again until June, and I'm glad to say its nearly complete.

Since June I've exchanged my crude text holders for icons from Icomoon, by buttons for tabs and plain html for some nice hover effects. I've also added color and some jQuery to make the site interactions more dynamic. I'm still sorting out the colors, affects and some minor alignment, but the website is coming along.

Before I tune the aspects listed above, I'm working on making the website responsive. In other words, it will modify the content to fit whatever screen it's on. Mostly I'm working on creating media queries for the mobile and tablet.

So far it's been a pretty good ride. I've gotten a better hold on CSS3 transitions, bootstrap override, responsive navigation, dynamic Javascript and Jquery, with a dash of PHP for the contact form. I'm not sure I would use this site for an actual personal website at the moment, but it's been a great learning experience.

My next project will be to create a blogger template, followed by some ventures into WordPress. Wish me luck!