Regular readers of Off-Stage Right might have noticed a whole new look to the site. I hope you will let me know what you think. I am quite excited about it! The best part of the redesign is that ALL of it was done via Twitter.
When I was thinking of changing the look late last year, I wasn’t really sure where to turn to for help. Then I remembered tweets of Chris Van Patten. Chris is one of my “twitter friends.” I have never met him, but I know a lot about him. We bonded over a great love of David Cromer’s direction of OUR TOWN. In his tweets Chris was always talking about how he was designing websites and such, so I sent him a direct message asking him if he would help me out.
A few emails and several more direct messages later – tada!
Of course this got me thinking about how amazing Twitter really is. I have several people who I communicate with on a regular basis. Some of dear old friends, but most I would recognize if they were sitting next to me in the theatre. Despite never meeting we chat about theatre, books, and other things that are important to us. These friends keep me up to date on a variety of topics.
I was trying to describe this phenomenon the other day to a friend and I ended my exaltation with “I can’t imagine how I would have these kind of relationships without Twitter.”
My friend responded, “Well, you could be pen pals.”
Brilliant observation from someone who never has used twitter.
So thanks to Twitter for all of “tweet pals” and my new website design.
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What a great new look! I love the page layout making it easier and more accessible. I’m new to twitter and can’t wait to start twitting away
Hi Jodi ~
Last March I met playwright @SterlingLynch. He lives in Ottawa, and I live in Phoenix. A few weeks ago, we produced Sterling’s one-act play “Tangelico” with the one-act companion play that I wrote “A Cube With A View” in Phoenix. The coolest part was that Sterling came down for the closing weekend. I got to actually meet my twitter friend – from Canada no less, FTF.
So I get it. I also get how funny it is to try to explain these relationships to people who don’t tweet. The longer I’m on twitter, the more of these connections I make. My artistic world has expanded exponentially. Thanks for the post!
Love the new layout of the site. Easy on the eyes which makes it a lot easier navigating around the site.
Keep up the good work!