I’ve recently been receiving Twitter messages and emails asking if everything is “Ok” on the personal front and on The Design Cubicle end since there has been a lack of posts in the past three weeks. All of your concerns were very kind of you and it’s amazing to see so many of you care — thank you!

Now, here’s what’s going on: A number of factors have recently played into the lack of new articles as of late, but nonetheless we will resume normal posting very soon. I appreciate your patience and I will  hopefully not disappoint when normal posting resumes (around 2 articles per week).

Reason #1: Two weeks ago, we switched over to a VPS, so we experienced some down time because of it. We have been receiving an all-time high traffic level and because of this needed to move over to our own Private Server; it’s a good thing (minus the downtime). However, in this change some of our database files went a little corrupt (basically our caching system) and caused our home page to not show the newest posts (it was stuck on the Designers’ Confidence article), even though there were a few new ones written after the middle of March. Here are the ones you might have missed: Mac and Web Apps for Maintaining a Graphic Designer Lifestyle, 16 Common Freelancing Mistakes and Misconceptions, and Sweet Tweets #37. This might have caused many of you to think I haven’t posted in a month.

Reason #2: I have been very busy on many new and exiting projects and doing my best to maintain it all. I’ve recently had the opportunity to work with some great clients and other respected designers and have been highly focused on putting out great work and pushing my own personal, creative boundaries. At this time I cannot speak much on the projects, but I do promise to keep you all up-to-date once I can say more. One project that is underway is the redesign of The Design Cubicle, which I am extremely excited about. More on that soon!

On a positive note, sometimes it is good for everyone to step aside from something for a little time; it gives us a new perspective and direction and hopefully this few week break will bring an even larger positive change to the future of The Design Cubicle; more fresh and informative articles!

I appreciate all of your continued support, care and patience. I hope all of you are well and creating great, beautiful things.

Sincerely,

Brian