WITH FANFARE

posted by James Reel

    Among my several income sources—it takes several to make a living as a freelancer—is Fanfare magazine, for which I write CD reviews and features, and also serve as a sort of Webmaster. I don’t think of myself as a real Webmaster, building and repairing the site's structure; I’m more like a gardener, transplanting bits and pieces of the magazine to the Web site. I took over the job from a fellow who had just died, and who had designed the site back when it wasn’t expected to be much more than a billboard advertising the availability of subscriptions to the print edition. These days, a site has to be much more than that, and now Fanfare’s is, thanks mainly to the work of my more tech-savvy colleagues Celeste and Pete Stokely. A few days ago we went live with a completely new design, and lots more reviews available on a rotating basis to non-subscribers. I’ve been plotting several new features to roll out one by one in the coming months, but already the Stokeleys have made a very successful overhaul. Please pay it a visit, and let us know what you think.