A Thousand OJar’s?

This isn’t about OJar changing but I am hoping this will answer a riddle for some. Why do some people create trouble on a forum? Kids scream, “Mommy look at me” when they don’t feel the love. People going through a breakup/divorce need love so they assume that any attention is a substitute for love….

"Amid the turmoil and tumult of battle, there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all; amid confusion and chaos, your array may be without head or tail, yet it will be proof against defeat." The same idea from a different framework: Web 2.0 (or, community driven sites) work because enough people…

Over the weekend I was busy helping at a trade show booth and a couple of things struck me which may be helpful to people on OJar and also the direction of the site in general. First, let me say thank goodness for e-mail and Instant Mesg. as I have lost my voice which may…

Three ideas occurred to me today. Sometimes good ideas happen in the oddest of places like the supermarket. Yeah, odd I know. 1) If we all decide to move forward there should probably be a few different groups given the skills everyone is offering. So for example we could have a content, technical, business development…

I have asked Joe (Juggernaut) to lead a dialog with OJar members about potential visual metaphors (look-and-feel) for OJar if it had more topics. – How would the home page appear? – Navigation? – Colors? – Layout? – Visual Cues? If you have ideas please contact him. Thanks, Michael

I remember hearing this phrase at a conference once, “If You’re Not Growing, You’re Dying” and at the time I filed it mentally under, “load of crap!”. OK, yeah I have a cynical streak but who hasn’t right? Well I was talking to Chris (OJar-Chris) tonight about the possible future plans for OJar and this…