A few weeks before Bridget’s Big Debut, I registered bridgetwarren.com. Anna and I were keeping the name a secret, so I felt pretty clever. I put up a static page and taught myself BlueprintCSS as an exercise in making a simple page for her site. It was fun, but I knew a single .html page wouldn’t last long as her website.
Fifteen days after she was born, I installed Chyrp, a lightweight blogging engine that gives a bit more oomph than Tumblr, but doesn’t aspire to be a powerful CMS. An hour or two of tweaking and designing, installing a few “feathers” and modules, I had a pretty much perfect site with some “static” pages, an RSS feed, and the ability to post new stuff on a whim.
To be honest, I enjoy posting more on Chyrp’s system than Expression Engine. There’s something to be said about an application that does just a few things very well. The aesthetics and usability of a tool that’s designed for one task are always going to be better than a multi-use tool.
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On December 29th, Bridget Ruth made her big debut. Wow. Anna and I are just stunned. We love this little girl more than we’ve ever loved anything in our lives. She didn’t have to do anything to earn our love, she just showed up. If that’s not a pretty good example of a miracle, well, I’m not sure what is. It’s hard not to become just ridiculous optimists when a baby arrives. The sky seems bluer, the air fresher, the world awesome-r.
She’s definitely got me wrapped around her cute little fingers. I take tons of photos of our little girl, and my heart melts pretty much every time I look at her. I can’t believe I have a lifetime to get to know our little girl and be a key part of her life.
I think the world is going to be a better a place with Bridget in it. I know mine is.
I’ve posted a few photos so far, all here on Flickr, and a website where I’m posting links to videos and more fancy things over time, all at …
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Be Good Not Bad is all about really good web design, based on the utmost respect for web standards, accessibility and respect for the user. Based in Denver, Colorado, Be Good Not Bad is run by Brian Warren, freelance designer, blogger, homebrewer and coffee nut.