Old times

One of my ex co-workers, Andy, wanted to get screen shots of the tools we built when I worked at BroadbandNow!. The only way to do that was to configure a PC I have with all the old Vignette software and old content databases we used.

The useless Vignette administration stuck in my head from almost two years ago came in handy in configuring everything. In a few hours I had the pages coming up. Even though a number of the pages are almost two years old it still looked really cool. I haven’t worked on a project since which has been its equal in ambition, scope or exhilaration.

Looking into the past has really emphasized how silly building tools really is. It’s the content that people built with the tools that made it all worth it. I wish I had a project again where I was building tools for videographers, graphic designers and editors to publish on the web. Suicide Underground - Air - The Virgin Suicides Score wistful