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Friday, March 30, 2007
Future Shock
Progress on theOtaku.com continues at a lightning pace! I am pleased with what has been achieved so far. Most of all, I'm very eager to produce something that will really allow the site to grow in new and exciting ways.
Implementation will be the tough part, but hopefully everything will go well. Adam is supporting me 100%, which is a great feeling.
I also realized today, 2007 will essentially mark my seventh year as part of this network. My very first involvement began in early 2000. Isn't that incredible? In all this time, I have known so many people and seen so much change - it is truly amazing to be part of an online community for so long. This is especially true when you are involved in helping to build that community.
This line of thinking also led me to a broader idea...that of history.
When I think about the amount of contributions I've seen on various levels and the relationships that have been forged through this network, I realize that for many, theOtaku/OB/myO have been very personal. But at the same time, it can be so easy to erase that history - all you have to do is delete a post or even delete a few folders off a server and the history is gone forever.
This is why I felt it was so important to back Charles' briliant Otakupedia concept. If nothing else - even if OtakuBoards were to die tomorrow - I find it so important to preserve our history as much as possible. I kind of feel that those relationships and contributions deserve a permanent home on the Internet, whether or not the site itself continues to run.
Anyhoo, nothing too interesting there...just a few random thoughts I've had today.
Solo: The thing with PS3 in Europe is, Sony's shipment was very high for that region (including the UK). So although there are still systems left on shelves, the actual sell-through is actually record breaking.
And I hate bundles usually. Yuck.
SunfallE: I think the new version of theOtaku will be much easier for everyone to use. It will also give the site a much-needed fresh coat of paint!
Nehszriah: I should mention that the layout will essentially be the same as our previous version (where we had the big banner and the funny logo). That is to say, the positioning of page elements will be largely the same.
However, the site will actually look quite different. The images used will be entirely new and we're streamlining navigation. We're also adding visual icons to a lot of areas and hopefully through these improvements we can make the site a bit easier and more fun to use.
Hal: Cool, I will try to remember to call you Hal. I have a lot of names to remember, so please excuse me in advance if I ever forget!
Darren: No worries, Darren you shall be then!
molletta: Yeah I think we can improve the feel of the site, even just through colour and graphics improvements.
But yeah, I don't think he was exercising good customer service. All he achieved was annoying everyone else due to his delaying...and causing me great discomfort listening to his rubbish. Not good at all!
Crystia: Eh, I don't think my graphics are of an outstanding quality or anything - far from it. I think my main skill, if anything, is managing projects. Time is always a factor, but I'm focusing 100% of my development time to theOtaku.com right now.
Alex: For the first part of your post, I agree. I think they are under a lot of pressure to move systems.
The thing that annoys me about it, though, is that this should not be a big problem in Australia. Australia is a very technology-hungry country - PS3's price is actually not a huge issue for most people here. Many Australians buy the latest technology purely to ensure that they're as "up to date" as possible. When you add the fact that PlayStation is as big here as it is in the UK...I can't see Sony having many problems shifting consoles (as evidenced by PS3's record sales numbers in Australia thusfar).
The other thing that confused me was that he was going into this spiel before the console launched. I thought that made little sense really (except for the fact that he was also trying to get me to trade things in).
I totally agree about Blu-ray. Upscaling is one thing but producing movies in true HD is a long way away I suspect. When you consider that so few movie theatres actually have HD capability at this stage...I just don't see how it will filter down to the consumer market in a very long time.
Having said this, I have not seen a Blu-ray movie on an HD set. So I have no basis for comparison with DVD. Even if it were significantly better, though, I still don't feel it justifies the astronomial price tag.
Aaryanna: I think we had that tagline a couple of years ago...it would probably have been around 2004 or something.
Hot pink, you say? Check.
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