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Sunday, September 17, 2006
Over the horizon and towards the sun.
Thanks to everyone who commented on that last post. I kind of assumed that since I'd been away for so long, people would just stop checking the page. It's nice to know that my often-boring ramblings actually do interest some, haha.
In any case, I'm not really sure what to say about the last couple of months. I can only really say that I've been busy - my job has kept me on my toes, for sure. Right now I am pretty much doing the work of three people, as a result of several staff members resigning. It's been very bittersweet; I am being relocated to our national head office (which is in Melbourne, back home), but on the other hand, I've been given very little notice and the company is not assisting with relocation costs. I will earn more money down there, but that doesn't really help when it comes to breaking a lease in the short term, I suppose.
It's just been a situation where I spend all day at work, I get home late...and what little free time I have left I dedicate to my partner. Unfortunately that really leaves no time for me as such - at least, no time for myOtaku and things like that.
When I move I should have a bit more free time though and over the next couple of weeks I'll have a little bit more time to spend on here. So that will give me the chance to kind of get to grips with everything and work out what I'm going to do.
As far as this network is concerned, I think my role has pretty much changed for good. I just don't have the time to dedicate to it anymore and even when I do, I'm wanting to invest time in developing a new myOtaku and really pushing this side of the network. Adam really isn't interested in that - we just have somewhat different focuses at the moment. And that's not a bad thing necessarily; I think Adam is doing what he feels is most suitable and he's also doing what he enjoys. And that's fair. Afterall, if nobody were having fun here, what would be the point?
But I suppose the end result is that you guys will probably not be receiving the new version of myOtaku that I had been talking about some time ago. If you want to know what it would have been like, I would suggest checking out Vox. Layout-wise, Vox is really nothing like what myOtaku would have been...but in terms of what it does, I think a lot of those ideas are things we'd have included about a year ago.
Of course, when a good idea just sits there, someone else is bound to snatch it up. I think a lot of people were thinking along the same lines. So it was only a matter of time before there was a bigger push into blogging sites that handle things through a WYSIWYG-style editing system, without any need for HTML knowledge.
Right now my only focus is OtakuBoards. And I have precious little time even for that. This is why I don't think it's in anyone's interest for me to really spend time working on any other parts of the network - OB has been around forever and I have invested countless hundreds of hours on it over the years. It's still far from where I want it to be, but if I'm going to spend any time working online, I think OB should be the priority.
I also think that I'm going to have to try to make more time when I'm in Melbourne. And if the money situation works out well enough, I will be in a position to actually finance online projects myself. Being able to essentially put my money where my mouth is will make a big difference, I assure you.
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