So tonight, around 10:15pm, a bouncing baby logo was born. Jive Software will soon be unveiling a new logo and holy cow, I can hardly wait. Sam and I have spent the better part of 3 months toiling away on a new Jive identity. As you can imagine it was full of frustration, irritation and pain. At the same time it has been the best identity design experience I’ve ever been a part of.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Never before have I worked for a company that so values disruption. I’ve never had a boss that not only tolerated but truly valued my nature to pick and poke at just about every idea or thought. And trust me. I poke a lot. There are no sacred cows at Jive.

And now I am bouncing up and down in my chair, dieing to show it off to everyone. The amount of elation I feel is incredible. Alas, we’ll have to wait until Friday, when the rest of the executive team finally gets to see it. They are going to love it. I can’t wait.

Just a little something to tease my friends over at Beer and Blog. Here’s to you Sam and Justin.

I spent far too much time in Photoshop, creating comp after comp after comp. I made the designs based off my old site, underwater themes, random color themes and more. I trawled through hundred of other sites, my eyes bleeding and my mouse-hand numb. There were all these sites that other people had made and there I was, not really doing what I had set out to do. Blog.

I decided enough was enough. What good would the site be if I wouldn’t use it? Would I really want to maintain my portfolio? Was I really convinced that I would keep a mini-blog up-to-date? I cut my feature list back to its barest essentials, namely the blog post, comments and some links to my friends. I picked a simple design that employed my favorite colors. Once I had a clear vision the fever took over and bit by bit the site began to take shape.

It only took a few minutes with (mt)’s helpful control panel to get my database setup. A quick hop over to Expression Engine and I had my blogging engine of choice. 50 minutes later I had the essence of my site completed. A few days of tweaking and polishing and finally I was ready to blog.

I really couldn’t be happier. I’ve decided to keep things as simple as possible and let the site grow organically. If I create enough posts to warrant archives and a search I’ll get right on it. If Twitter steals my soul and sucks me into it’s depraved voids then I’m sure a little blue bird might soon be perched here. Until then, I’ll just keep blogging away.