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All Dressed Up with Someplace to Go

So, we've spruced up the site a bit today--most notably we've got new banners.  Jeannie did all the photos, which I think are pretty sweet.  It's just part of a plan to streamline the look, which will probably result in a few more layout changes in the next few weeks.

We wouldn't normally mention it, but the banners were something we wanted to get done today to 'dress up' a bit before we go to K/BIS...plus there's a bit of a special occasion we're involved in tonight...

As part of K/BIS a company named Swatchbox is holding a dinner this evening with some of their clients.  Swatchbox is a software company that specializes in 'visualizaton' tools that help consumers experiment with design ideas like paint colors or tile choices.

They're billing the dinner as an informal gathering of emarketing professionals and publishers to discuss industry trends and ideas.  What does this have to do with us?  Well, strangely enough they want to hear about houseblogs! 

We're not exactly sure what to expect, but the Swatchbox folks have been really generous and encouraging during the preparation.  It's going to be a small but intimate dinner group, and from what we've heard the attendee list includes some interesting companies.

To put our best foot forward (and to make our fellow housebloggers look good) we've actually done up a simple little booklet on what houseblogs are...

Jeannie did all the design work, with Grace chipping in with a few ideas.  I think they did a pretty nice job capturing a bit of what makes a housebloggers tick.

Anyway, it might be a late night (the thing starts at 7pm) but we'll do our best to write up a summary of the evening tonight or tomorrow (although we're going to the actual K/BIS show early tomorrow morning so who know if we'll really get much time for blogging before then).

Wish us luck, we'll try to do houseblogs justice!  :-)

Posted by aaron on April 20, 2006 at 4:24 PM (6)

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