Jack McDade

Back on the Trail Again – Work and Play

Posted on 23. Apr, 2009 by Jack in Design, ExpressionEngine, Personal

So my vacation has been over for two weeks now. I’ve settled back into the fact that I’ll be working hard but have decided to try to play harder. It’s spring time, fishing and golf have arrived, and the weather is amazing. Saratoga Springs in spring is a great place to be.

So now that i’m back, i’m laying down the trail on where I’m headed. I’ve launched a couple of sites at the ol’ day job (FingerPaint Marketing) since I’ve been back: Radiant Pools and Lemery Greisler, as well as a small freelance site that had been kicking around for a while: Visual Planet. All ExpressionEngine. Some really great projects on the horizon including a revamp of our corporate site as well as some high-traffic medical and insurance sites. Good stuff.

Now for the main stuff. There’s a few great things coming down the pipe that may benefit more than just myself. I’ve joined forces with the guys from the Build Guild to officially start the New York Capital Region [Albany] Chapter of the Build Guild! This is pretty exciting as it’s a great way to get to know other web designers and developers in the area, network, swap tips and stories, and plain old have a good time with people who have like interests. The Albany Chapter will have the same focus as the original in Boston. So check out their site to see what’s in store. http://albany.buildguild.org will be coming soon.

Also I have some tricks up my sleeves with my ExpressionEngine work as well. I’ve been working on a quick site deploy framework and my partner in crime, Tom Jaeger, has been eyebrows deep in some custom addons as well. I know you’ve all been waiting to hear about Boomerang and Bullseye and whatnot, i promise– they will be released sooner rather than later! Keep an eye on SmoothFunction.com for more details.

And last but not least…

I’m gonna be a DAD! That’s right, my awesome and beautiful wife Jen (who is a web dev too, by the way) is carrying a little McBaby right now. She’s at around 15 weeks or so at this point, so another month or month and a half and we might know if it’s a little-Jack or a mini-Jen.

That’s all for now!