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I saw two bald eagles on the ground on the way to work yesterday. The guy carpooling with me thinks I must have “eagle sensors.” I saw them in the Cypress Springs area on the north side of Curry Ford here in Orlando.

I just put together my first Flash photo gallery with an extension I bought for Dreamweaver. The extension, Flash Album Generator, is a command in Dreamweaver that creates the album along with Fireworks so the program Flash is not involved. I like helpful extensions like this because I do not know Flash.

I found this essay on Adaptive Path to be helpful as I am thinking through how to redesign the homepage of CampusCrusadeforChrist.com. I did not design this site. Our current homepage is just not working for what our team wants to communicate and highlight.

This morning, I read anarticle by Cameron Moll, Good Designers Redesign, Great Designers Realign. I found it very helpful as I have been considering a couple of redesign projects. It was also affirming to me that I am heading in the right direction as I consider a major redesign of one of my sites, GodSquad.

“In direct contrast to the Redesigners, the Realigners cite strategic objectives and user needs as reasons to consider a site overhaul. The desire to redesign is aesthetic-driven, while the desire to realign is purpose-driven. One approach seeks merely to refresh, the other aims to fully reposition and may or may not include a full refresh.”

Cameron also cited another article on A List Apart that I read last week, Never Get Involved in a Land War in Asia (or Build a Website for No Reason). Both of these articles are helping me to think about the importance of strategy as we do Web design work.

The other night when I was with some friends, a common theme we shared was that we all felt really busy. It reminded me of something I read on simplicity a couple of years ago.

“For many people, simplifying means nothing more than ‘doing less.’ But simplifying is not so much about doing fewer things as it is about doing the right things.” — Donald Whitney, Simplify Your Spiritual Life, p13.

I liked this perspective because I have found it to be true. God promises to give us more responsibility as we prove ourselves faithful in smaller things. So I can expect my responsibilities to multiply as I prove myself a faithful leader.

I have been reading Taking Back Your Life and I am trying to live my life more by the right things and investing in the things of most significance.