A short note to update everyone. Things may seem ‘quiet’ but Juggernaut has been working on a new concept to enhance OJar. He has taken ideas from the existing site, ideas from some other sites and has really come up with some new concepts that are very exciting. Imagine elements of myspace/hotornot/blogging/wikipedia combined with things…
"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…
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 invited 6 people to a teleconference to begin a dialog about the future direction of OJar. There were many more I would have liked to invite but I wanted to get a good mix of individuals into a very small group. Old-timers, newbies and a few “trouble makers” in the hope of getting the…
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….
Thought for the day: “As the roots rot and the tree falls, a vast array of new saplings appear.” – 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…
Let me start by saying that using this blog is helpful for me because it will be used to create the slides needed for the first conference call. In this post I will describe the problem which I call the ‘OJar Paradox’. Stated in the most simple of terms, “those that need help the most…
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…