Many Changes Coming

Jul 162008

Many Changes Coming

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Things have been rather hectic in my own little world as of late.

Brent and I are working on a project together (actually several) and I’ve been working on getting all of my artwork in a more cohesive order.

With the launch of Discovered Artists website I’ve decided to change a few things in my work-flow. The photoblog A Cognitive State of Mind will no longer be “active”. I’ll probably just take it down soon and have it point to here for the time being. In its place (later) I will have a “proper” flash gallery. I’ve just found myself much too busy to upload an image everyday as is the proper practice for a photoblog. Besides, I’ve needed a gallery for some time and that URL already has incoming links so why waste them right?

Furthermore, I will begin “cleaning” up my Flickr account and removing many images from the site. I have been contemplating this decision for many weeks and have decided to take more caution in the images that are representative of me as an artist, no matter where those images are viewed. In essence I will use the Flickr account as a secondary gallery.

Here at Damien Franco dot Com I will be posting much more frequently and sharing images along the way as well. I feel there will be more of an emphasis on Fine Art Photography as a recurring topic, but certainly I will use this medium to rant and rave as I choose.

Lastly, Heather (my wife) and I are starting yet another blog (her first!). Because we live in a town completely devoid of exceptional customer service we often times find ourselves frustrated (even infuriated) by the service we receive while dinning. I’ve worked as a waiter before so I know it’s hard, but there is absolutely no reason we should be receiving the service we receive. I will be getting some business cards made with the website URL on the front and text on the back stating “You’ve just served the authors of MidlandDining.net” or something to that effect. We’ll give one to the server and one to the manager so they can see how bad or good their service was. We’ve been talking about doing this for a while and I feel it’s one case where maybe, just maybe, a couple of people can really make a difference. While that website won’t be updated too often (we only go out to eat about once a week) I think it will hit home for some people and hopefully others will get the benefits of our labors. Maybe the service industry in this town will start to turn around, maybe not. It should be fun though. I’m willing to bet the comments section gets a little nasty after the site has gained momentum.

That’s it for now. Cheers!

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Maria Elena Duron

I cannot wait to see this new blog! We are in a city devoid of customer service. This morning I went to my business credit union that I've been a member of for YEARS. But, there's a new set of tellers and they are bent on treating everyone like a NUMBER. Don't you love when you're just HERDED along like cattle? There is ONE teller there, now, that's been there as long as I have and I'm so grateful to get her line but lately she's been missing and these drones that are left could care less if you're a person or not. Whose the boss in a financial institution - the client who deposits their money there or the teller who doesn't recognize their client's face? (Or greet them, or speak nicely to them, or even ask how they can help)

James

Man - I could have used a Midland Dining card last night at Logan's... what a bad dining experience. They did comp our meal, but geez... do people not know what "medium" means in terms of steak?

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