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Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Big Events
So OtakuBoards is about to host its first ever anime-centric event. Seems a little weird to have taken so long, doesn't it? But I am happy to see the positive response coming from the community.
I just hope that the technical problems we've had with emails won't continue to cause issues for new members, but we'll see how it goes.
Many new things have been happening behind the scenes lately, not just in terms of events and theOtaku's new design.
I've reached a decision related to the next version of OtakuBoards that will make it much easier to develop (and which should, hopefully, give us more options in terms of skins and stuff). It's kind of a weight off my shoulders, compared to the previous plan (which was more complex and which would use much of OB's existing code). The idea now is to largely start fresh with totally new code - I think we can probably do this more effectively and more quickly than the other way.
Other than that I've been thinking about blog options. I am not sure whether to maintain a blog here at myOtaku or whether to build a custom blog at OtakuBoards (it'd be something like OtakuBoards.com/james or whatever). I would sort of like to expand the scope of what I can do at the blog and utilising third party software might be a good option. Any thoughts?
Oh, and happy easter everyone! I got bombarded with chocolates at work today which was nice, although I think it will take a long time to eat 'em all. ~_^
Solo: I thought it was interesting that PS3 sales dropped 82% in the second week (rather than having a nearly month-long consistent launch sell-through. This is no real indicator of a longterm trend but it's interesting nonetheless.
Sony are producing consoles at a loss, Nintendo aren't. The two are like apples and oranges though, they are very different.
snow fox: Ah so you were a visitor at World of Color? Interesting. You must be one of the few who are still left!
I am really looking forward to seeing your contributions to theOtaku.com's redesign. And I would love to have your help with the new OB too! You're my favourite myO artist. ^_^
Nehzriah: If you want to log in under Nehzriah, just send a PM to me at myO and we will try to sort your account out. That way you don't lose any of your posts and stuff.
indifference: Thanks for the kind words. I really like a clean and organized design, but this comes from a history of developing layouts that are useable...sometimes I like detailed and very visual designs. Just depends on the site.
Hal: Yep, I think that knowing the past is important for future developments. I have been around for a very long time as an administrator/site director so I have seen thousands of members come and go and I've been deeply involved in helping to build the network.
Still, I always think we can do more. We are only ever limited by physical resources, unfortunately.
SunfallE: Thanks much! Seven years is kind of amazing...I feel like I've been here a decade (I suppose I almost have - it'll be weird if I'm still around after 10 years).
Charles' work on Otakupedia is brilliant and I'm so thrilled that he accepted the Curator job. It's really the unfolding of a dream I've had for the site for a while.
master hiko: I might provide a tiny sample before it launches just to whet your appetite. We'll see.
I'm glad you're in support of Otakupedia - I think it's such an important project for the network. I hope to see more submissions from members! I would really like to see articles about theOtaku.com and its history too. Hopefully some longstanding members would like to contribute to that.
Aaryanna: Even two years is still a very long time on the Internet. In this environment web creators literally have a matter of seconds to catch people's attention - and keeping it is the hard part! So keeping it for a matter of years is pretty remarkable.
I felt sad when Charles left too, I would hate to see him leave for good. I'm really so happy that he's back in a position he's enjoying.
You have a good week too!
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