Abridged history of North

With the help of the Wayback Machine, I am pleased to present an abridged history of North as it has appeared through the ages.

March 2, 2001

March 3, 2001I think I was using Dreamweaver to create templates for the pages, but then editing by hand. I'm most likely using table and font tags at this point.

January 22, 2002

January 22, 2002Still using combination of hand-coding and Dreamweaver.

August 4, 2002

August 4, 2002Upgraded to Blogger. Able to provide more frequent updates about how my broomball team was doing.

August 23, 2003

August 23, 2003I've switched to Movable Type by this point. Definitely using CSS instead of tables.

June 18, 2004

June 18, 2004

September 9, 2004

September 9, 2004

March 5, 2005

March 5, 2005

This doesn't include anything since my switch to Wordpress -- which has encompassed at least three different appearances (including the default WP theme). There's at least one version missing from within the sequence, too. It would have been my first CSS based layout. I worked on it over winter break in Portland, must have been December 2002-January 2003.

Also not included are pre-North sites. I think I've had a web presence since at least 1996, but those files are long gone. Even if the Wayback Machine has records of them, I don't remember the URLs to be able to look them up.

Of these samples, I like the look of August 2003 the best.

6 Comments

I actually like the March 5 '05 design the most. I'm a sucker for kitschy Western-looking logos.

Posted by Sara on March 22, 2006

I like seeing all the ways you designed "north".

Posted by Mikey on March 22, 2006

Memory lane! The March 05 design was always one of my favorites too.

Posted by Kyle on March 26, 2006

i miss the late '04 incarnation. but i do picture the march '05 design whenever i think of North...

Posted by tom on March 26, 2006

March 05 for me as well.

Posted by rss on March 26, 2006

It's been 9 days without Curt. That makes one weak...

Posted by really sweet syndication on March 31, 2006

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