Project: ORIGIN
So for everyone I haven't email blasted or spammed on FaceBook, the Project: ORIGIN site is [mostly] complete. At least complete enough for everything we can offer now.
I also took the plunge and, for the sake of the Project alone, got a twitter account at the behest of my friend Becky. There's also a FaceBook page for it, which I'd be delighted if anyone but me became a fan of.
http://www.tomthorogood.com/projectorigin is where you need to go. For now. We're working on funds to put it into a proper home (it was originally just going to be a pet project, but it has...metastasized in all the right ways). Right now, nearly all the links work, except for the "organizations," "itinerary", and "photos" bits on the Puerto Rico page.
I could probably write pages about how exciting all of this is, and what kind of a dream come true it is for it to ctually be a living, breathing, click-on-able thing that once was just a somewhat jocular exchange of words between my boss and myself. But it started before that, when I read a book about the political corruption of so many coffee origins, and even before that, when Meggin and I talked about wanted to travel to South American countries spreading good cheer and a love of books.
I feel like this has kind of been many years in the making, and now it exists. We are in the process of filing for 501c3 non-profit status, but there's a lot of paperwork involved, a lot of which I don't even understand (everyone loves tax forms!). But the Article of Incorporation & Bylaws are done, and being proofed by David and his wife before we submit them.
There's been a lot of positive response so far from friends and family (of both David and myself), and to those of you that have already contributed either monetarily or with great ideas, thanks. When I say "so far" I mean in the past 24 hours. It all kinda came together without asking permission first, and it was a slippery slope once I sent a single email out. But really, if the experience proves to be, on the whole, as positive as the past day has been, I'll be a happy chappy for a very long time.
Thanks again for those that have helped, and please check out the site and click around. Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions, also.
And for you graphics people out there with large resolutioned-screens: yes, I'm aware the giant read leaf is funky looking on the right-hand side. I'll fix it, but really I'm slightly over web development for the site at the moment, even though there's always more to do.
Now, I'm enjoying a beer, and a sense of satisfaction. I'm going to take a break from humility (because we all know I'm always so humble) and say this: I am very proud of myself. And I am also very sleepy.
-tom
sic luceat lux
I also took the plunge and, for the sake of the Project alone, got a twitter account at the behest of my friend Becky. There's also a FaceBook page for it, which I'd be delighted if anyone but me became a fan of.
http://www.tomthorogood.com/projectorigin is where you need to go. For now. We're working on funds to put it into a proper home (it was originally just going to be a pet project, but it has...metastasized in all the right ways). Right now, nearly all the links work, except for the "organizations," "itinerary", and "photos" bits on the Puerto Rico page.
I could probably write pages about how exciting all of this is, and what kind of a dream come true it is for it to ctually be a living, breathing, click-on-able thing that once was just a somewhat jocular exchange of words between my boss and myself. But it started before that, when I read a book about the political corruption of so many coffee origins, and even before that, when Meggin and I talked about wanted to travel to South American countries spreading good cheer and a love of books.
I feel like this has kind of been many years in the making, and now it exists. We are in the process of filing for 501c3 non-profit status, but there's a lot of paperwork involved, a lot of which I don't even understand (everyone loves tax forms!). But the Article of Incorporation & Bylaws are done, and being proofed by David and his wife before we submit them.
There's been a lot of positive response so far from friends and family (of both David and myself), and to those of you that have already contributed either monetarily or with great ideas, thanks. When I say "so far" I mean in the past 24 hours. It all kinda came together without asking permission first, and it was a slippery slope once I sent a single email out. But really, if the experience proves to be, on the whole, as positive as the past day has been, I'll be a happy chappy for a very long time.
Thanks again for those that have helped, and please check out the site and click around. Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions, also.
And for you graphics people out there with large resolutioned-screens: yes, I'm aware the giant read leaf is funky looking on the right-hand side. I'll fix it, but really I'm slightly over web development for the site at the moment, even though there's always more to do.
Now, I'm enjoying a beer, and a sense of satisfaction. I'm going to take a break from humility (because we all know I'm always so humble) and say this: I am very proud of myself. And I am also very sleepy.
-tom
sic luceat lux