Monday, June 18, 2007

Daily Notes
- Went kayaking today in the Hudson River. It's free!

- I wonder if Gail and John will spend the entire time at AX or if they'll go to the beach/play tourist at all. I'll probably tag along with them

- I spent a lot of time researching credit card offers. I've been using a debit card for years--ugh, I could have earned SO many frequent flier miles had I used a CC instead. The Starwoods card by AMEX is the best deal I found.

- I worked on high resolution wallpapers today... think we're going to start with just two new resolutions:

1280 x 1024 and 1280 x 800

Both new resolutions will be optional...

This takes us from about 66% penetration to 87% penetration among visitors.

I always like to test on a small scale first before any big roll-outs. I have no idea what % of people will upload or even download different resolutions. Based on the #'s we'll make our next move into adding other resolutions. There are also disk space issues to consider.

As you all know Massin is deployed 100% on reviving Art Of Otaku: Sessions, so the last 4-5 new features on theO have all been my own coding...

It's not optimal, since he's a much better software engineer than I am, and I can add much more value doing marketing stuff, but it works. I have learned a few nice tricks just from looking at his code.

I made an email sign-up form on the Convention meetup page...join!

- After high resolution is online, I'm going to dedicate myself completely to the new TheOtaku.com. Front and backend web technology has advanced so much in the last few years that we have a ridiculous amount of work to do...

- With the new TheOtaku I also want to introduce shortly after launch (FINALLY!) a subscription program. It will be cheap ($2.50 a month) and will add a ton of value. Most importantly: It will provide backup in case the online ad industry experiences a big drop.
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