Howdy, I'm Sarah
I'm Sarah. I make web sites and do print design. My background is in journalism, including writing, photography, design and internet work. I've been doing Web and print design for several years. I specialize in clean, grid-based design. I'm based in Rome, GA, but I'm happy to communicate with you via phone and e-mail if you're somewhere else. In addition to design, I can also help with photography for your project, as well as writing information such as staff biographies and company histories.
Best speeches from the 2009 Webby awards
Okay so this is massively outdated. The Webby Awards, which recognize online excellence, were held in early June. Here’s a listing of this year’s winners. What’s great about the Webbys is that everyone is limited to five words in their acceptance speeches. No exceptions. Here are some of my favorites from this year’s event.
Helping re-launch Photography by Tricia
My friend Tricia is a great photographer and really sweet girl, so of course when she asked me to help her re-launch her portfolio site I said yes. Previously, her site had been a standard Flash-based site – the kind used by many photographers – and she wanted something different and easy to update. She’s already blogging on Wordpress.com, so I suggested she use a self-hosted Wordpress installation as her portfolio site.
Honors from the Georgia Press Association
Some of the winners were announced recently in the Georgia Press Association Better Newspaper Contest, and yours truly was involved in a couple winning entries. The Rome News-Tribune, where I am Web editor, competes in division B, for papers with daily circulation of 15,000 – 40,000.
Using WordPress to share videos privately
I recently finished working with a client on a project that had a lot of requirements. She wanted to be able to share videos online, with minimal fuss and no technical skill, and wanted the videos to be accessible only to those she wanted to see them. It was a pretty obvious choice to use WordPress, because of its ease of use. Here’s a list of the other applications and plugins I used to set up their site.
Geordi, Jeeves and other interesting tweeple
Twitter, the micro-blogging platform that allows users to post short updates, and follow and respond to others’ updates, has exploded in popularity. Besides keeping up with friends and family, Twitter lets you get a peek at the lives of famous people. Many, many ‘celebrity’ accounts on Twitter are fakes, but there are plenty of real celebs who do tweet on a regular basis. Here are a few that I follow.
