A few weeks ago I made a post about how busy my first week and a half of term was. Well, 3 weeks later and it hasn’t really slowed down, in fact, it’s gotten even busier. Work wise, we’ve had a few pieces of coursework that have had to be handed in already, including a 20 page document for my dissertation which had to be in last week. After a lot of late nights and hours of frustration, I finally got it finished at about 4am on the morning it was due to be handed in. All I can say is thank god that one is in!
Apart from all this uni work, there’s been quite a lot of other stuff going on recently. Lots of Waterfront work, lots of web development work, lots of socialising and lots of socialising with a certain person. Sounds a bit cryptic doesn’t it? Well, read on!
The Waterfront website is coming on very well. We now have nearly 150 articles stored in the database, 55 of them from the latest issue. James and I also are getting quicker and quicker putting them on the site. Putting the first issue of the year into the database took us nearly 2 days, but this time we had almost all of them finished before the paper was even sent to the printers on Friday night. The website is definitely starting to look very full now, and Google seems to be doing a good job of indexing all the new content. I think that everyone is very happy with the website, especially James and I. On a side note, James and I had an entire article in the paper dedicated to the website 3 weeks ago; take a look at this page to take a look at it on the website (or here for an image from the paper).
Last Monday (16th), Andy (senior editor), Charlie and her flatmates and I had the pleasure of attending the Pinkathon – an annual event at the University that promotes breast and testicular cancer awareness. We all got to attend as the Waterfront’s contingent (except for Andy who was performing in the band – The Pink Stripes). I got some great pictures of the night, some of which were used in this week’s issue of the Waterfront. They will all be put up in my media section soon. After the event finished, Charlie and I headed over to Time for the rest of the night. It was a really great night, good music, and good company.
This Tuesday (24th), was Ian’s birthday so we all headed off to Wind Street for a night out. By ‘we all’ I mean Ian, James, Sara, Kat, Sean, Frosty, and several others from SUCS, as well as Charlie – see what I mean by lots of socialising with a certain person! After several drinks in Yates and Ice, we all headed for cocktails in Que Passa. Yet again, a very good night, lots of drinking, and lots of fun. As always, photos will be put up in the usual place when I get the chance.
Web development wise, I have almost finished the new Hereford Sixth Form College website – expect it to go live within the next few weeks. The website has been completely redesigned from scratch to include much more information about the college. Not only that, but it has had accessibility options added in from the design stage instead of added as an afterthought. When I finally get it finished, I’ll make a post so you can all take a look.
Also, as I mentioned in some of my posts over the summer, I spent my time working for a web design comapny in Cardiff on the new website for the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport. I’ve been informed by my colleague that the website is now completed and live, so feel free to take a look – www.celtic-manor.com.
Well, that’s it for now. Lots more happening in the next few weeks, including more Waterfront socials, the SUCS Halloween social, and not forgetting actual Uni work – after all, that’s why I’m actually here! Bye for now.
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