I’m not really sure where this is going to go.  I guess I can start with where this left off.  The meeting many months ago that the previous post was about.  Unfortunately that meeting didn’t turn into a job for me.  Might have been worthwhile, but what I wanted to do, and what she wanted, and what she was willing to offer didn’t really match.  Maybe it would have been a good learning experience.  Learning to work with clients who expect a lot, but aren’t willing to offer much.

From there I continued with school projects.  I did the Gender Outlaws Website, which didn’t end up being quite what I was looking for, and certainly can be worked on some more.  And also a bit of a draft site for TR By Hand, which also didn’t end up being quite what  I wanted.  That needs to be developed further, to provide the kind of content management that I’d like to have for that site, as well as the styling that would really suit the material.

Since then, there hasn’t been a whole lot of work done.  I created the TR By Hand Blog which is starting to look like it might get updated on a more regular basis shortly.  Still trying to get Tricia to be comfortable about the blog, and posting and stuff.

Also I have been working on a website for Ward Street Place which is coming along slowly, but surely.  That site will not be updated and may be moved right off of the Armispian Systems site in the near future.  The styling is pretty rudimentary, as I more like to work with the code than the styling of the site.  I am really not a “designer” more of a “developer”.  Unfortunately most people don’t see the value of development, and are not designers themselves, so will probably be looking mostly at the designs of my websites, rather than the development end of my websites.

Stuff that drives me batty, most people never notice.  Some of these things are: Sites that claim to have valid HTML/CSS when they are clearly not (sorry no examples at this time); sites that use tables for formating when all of that could be done without the use of formatting that is problematic for screen readers and such (eg. Google, Web Page Layout Using Tables); and sites that do something that produces a website that is not accessible, when doing such would not dramatically change the function, or the design of the site (eg. using flash to present something that can be presented in HTML easier and more easily accessible).

Sometimes I wonder if I should lower my standards.  Produce what people are looking for and are willing to pay for.  Then I also realize that will probably never happen, that I’ll never lower my standards.  I’ll just have to accept that educating people is worth the time that it takes to explain why things are better the way I want to do them, rather than going with something like WordPress for a basic website.

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It looks like I’m ready for the meeting on Monday.  It will be with a new client.  One who I haven’t talked to in person yet.  It seems like I have already put a lot into this project as I have created three different documents which I will give to her.  I also need to pull together a bit of a package of information that I am going to work with in order to be sure I get all the information I need from her regarding the work that I  will have to do before I really have anything further to communicate with the client.

What have I put together?  Darn good question, the first document I put together was a 1 page outline of the kind of work that I have to do to pull a website together.  That really is just something that will help me schedule my time through the process of developing the websites that I will be designing, but also give the client some idea what degree of work is involved in building a website the way that I build them.

The second document I created was based on that which just went through in more detail just what all the various “major steps” of creating a website are, and why they are so very important.  This document I think is very useful for my clients to see as they see what they are paying me for.

The third document is about what I will be looking for on our first meeting.  Now in some cases this information will be presented at the first meeting as there is little opportunity to present it prior to that first meeting.

So with all of this together, I believe I am ready for my first meeting with this new client on Monday.  And how this job goes will help me determine just how useful this information is.

So here we are, ready a day ahead of when I need to be ready, and all is looking good.

Also, I have been working on the computer that used to be the Rasku Services computer, but as Rasku Services no longer exists, it’s the Reino Rasku computer.  Put a few hours into that, which is really great.  I do some of my development work on that computer, so some of the time I put in is helpful in getting the computer working as well as I can for when I’m here and don’t have my own computer here.

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I’m still working on what I want to present to clients. I’ve just written up a little one page document about what I do when I create a website for a client.

I’m pretty sure I’m going to re-develop this document as it really is designed for someone who thinks very much like myself. Not that this document is going to go away, but I’d like to have something like a 10 page package to hand out to clients when I first meet them to explain to them what I’m doing, with this being one of the pages.

This is just a brief outline of what is involved, it involves 9 major sets in “development” and one major “post development” step (totally optional, but willing to provide that for my clients).

Off of the major steps there are 22 minor steps in development, and 6 in post development, with 2 sub steps in the post development.

I really hope that my clients will look at this and actually be interested in working in this manner. It’s quite possible they will not be as this may look overwhelming.

The reason I’m doing this work is because I am meeting with a client on Monday to start the development process. I don’t know how “well” it will go in terms of schedule, but somehow it will work out, even if I do end up being a week or so late with the development.

The timeline looks a little tight for being able to develop it in a “timely manner,” but it looks like it will be possible, even with the work load of school that I currently have.

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I’m fed up with Mental Health.  Perhaps mostly with psychiatrists.
I’m also fed up with most professionals out there.  There is *one*
place that I feel comfortable going for professional  and even that I
can’t feel that comfortable about going to at times.

That place, The Academy of Classical Oriental Sciences, both the
outpatient clinic, and the student clinic.  I can be freaking out
there and really all they want to figure out is what (to me “natural”)
diagnosis they can provide, and through that how they can treat me.
They don’t tell me “not to worry because there is nothing to worry
about”, unless they can see that as a legitimate therapeutic
intervention.  They don’t question if I’m telling the truth, only ask
more specific questions to get to what they are looking for in terms
of a diagnosis.  They would never contact someone else without telling
me that they are, and why they are doing it.  In other words, they
treat me like a real human being and totally respect me.

I am at the point that I’m honestly looking at going off all my
medications, and doing so very carefully, and slowly, just because the
only thing I *really* see helping me is the Chinese medicine.  And I
honestly think the “western” medicine is countering the Chinese
medicine quite significantly.  I know some people think Chinese
medicine is “bunk”, but I think I have to listen to what works for me,
and that is Chinese Medicine.  The one possibility that has worked in
the past is “low dose” lithium.  Unfortunately there is only one place
in the area that I know where to get it from.

I am also thinking of moving.  Not because I honestly see a better
place for me to get what I need, but because of the fact that other
than the two places that really seem supportive of me as a human,
everything seems to be taking me down.  Wait, there seems to be one
other place that mostly works out that way for me.  That is school.

Anyway, I think I’ll leave this update at this for now.  I’ll catch up
with you later.  Looking forward to hearing what people say.

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The quick results are:

Your Aspie score: 187 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 14 of 200
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Jigme Datse Rasku

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Yesterday, and so far today, there really is nothing to report. Though I’m not sure I reported about the artist that I met who I really like her work, and her energy of her work, and her person while doing ArtWalk. I’m so glad that I met her. It was really worth the ArtWalk experience to have met her. She was pretty amazing.

Yesterday I mostly sat at the computer and “accomplished nothing”. Which is fine, as nothing was what I wanted to accomplish in this heat.

It’s entirely too hot. Though it may be a bit cooler today than it was yesterday at this time.

I did try to get AdSense to work, but have had no success with getting it working. Any suggestions?

Jigme Datse

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I was looking around at design studios.  Today I decided to see if I could find a graphic design studio I liked. Swieky Siggies Graphic Design came up in my search, and I was really enjoying the style that has some really classic designs tending toward a fantasy type theme

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I looked at a few of her products, but if you have an Art Fire Studio then you might want to check out CUSTOM Banner and Avatar for Your Art Fire Studio which I was just looking at. There are a number of samples of banners that she has created there.

I will include the images in this post to make it more visually appealing, they are:

I think you can see from this group of images the range that she produces.  Pretty impressive stuff in my mind, so I think maybe check her out.  This is just from one of her products.  So take a look, and start buying her stuff.

Jigme Datse Rasku

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Somehow today was another productive day. The business card is looking passable at this point. I’d like to work on a number of different designs, but I may just go with this one and see what I can do with it. I’ve not posted it yet, but I’m thinking I’ll post version 0.1.2 on the deviant art site. Maybe it should be a “scratch” not an actual item. We’ll see. Wait, a scrap, not a scratch…

I also managed to put a little bit more of a dent in my dishes today, which is really good. They didn’t get to the “oh my fucking god why the hell did I leave these this long” state, so that’s pretty cool.

Thanks so much it’s been so good to see people paying some attention here. I often wish I would blog more often…

Oh, and the latest version of the business card? It’s now up at Deviant Art. Enjoy…

Jigme Datse

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I have been busy with a bunch of different things.  Mostly not doing a lot in terms of work here.  For a brief period I was doing “one creative project a day”.  Then a week or two ago I decided that I’d work on the Armispian Systems Site, and thought I’d get it up and working in fairly short order.

The summer has been really difficult getting things done.  To much time, not enough too do.  It’s meant that I’ve left things to be done “later” which hasn’t worked well at all.

I have created a Art Fire Studio which I think is totally amazing to be able to do. There is not much there now, but I’m really impressed with what the people at Art Fire are doing, and think this is a great place to start with finding out more about online sales.

I have also created a Deviant Art account which has a few more things on it, as I just want to be able to present some of my artwork there. You’ll see stuff that is “ready to print” up there, and while I’d appreciate it if you bought it from me, go ahead and print for yourself.

So that’s a bit of what I’ve been up to. I hope that this sees you well, and that you’ll check things out in time, and maybe even buy things from me.

Anything I’m selling on ArtFire, or DeviantArt I will be able to sell things to you in person. Soon I’d like to have enough to have a bit of a collection of things I’ll be selling.

Jigme Datse Rasku

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