what happened to cghm?

What's going on here? There's an extra step to get to the website?

I know. The regulars will hate it - at least initially. But the new, lovely CGHM Home Page is actually a great idea. Let's allow a friendly Q and A to tell us why.

Q: What's the point?

A: First and foremost, it's a celebration of the 10th anniversary of CGHM Networks. Yes, something needed to happen. Many things don't survive ten years, especially not in the technology realm. Founded in February 2000, CGHM actually predates Facebook (2004) and Wikipedia (2001), even if it's not quite as successful as those Internet behemoths. A nice visual home page is a great birthday present.

Q: Yeah, but what does it accomplish?

A: One could argue that information was more accessible before this change. I would argue that this actually improves access to what CGHM now has to offer. The truth is that it's been years since CGHM was all about the individual websites and not focused on CGHM itself, namely the articles. This home page will highlight the different sections of the site and give more exposure to things that would go overlooked if only the most recent article was up there.

Just type in something to search for and prepare to be wowed. Or follow one of the big links on the left. Or wait for a recent article that sounds interesting to appear at the bottom.

Q: But why is this really happening?

A: It's no conspiracy. But there's some truth to the fact that I haven't been able to keep up the pace of the articles, and probably won't be able to in the future, so this will serve as a way of directing people to what already is here, rather than having them sit and wait for what is to come.

Those answers should suffice for most people, but if you're really curious, there are more after the break.