Social Network Engineering - 101
or How NOT to Engineer your user interface.
Heh, I have been busy catching up on technology of late. The world has been evolving with out me again. The Discus and Bloxom stuff I did looks so dated now. And indirectly that is how I landed here for a respite. But, like all journeys, you don't arrive instantly at the final optimal destination without a few detours, errors in judgment. And the center of gravity of the Universe has yet again shifted under your tired feet anyway. The Voyage to the Land of Vox had stop-offs and restovers in the World of MySpace (pullleeezze) and Blogger (not) plus the previously mentioned Bloxom which I used to create embedded journals on websites. And, of necessity, there was exploration of the nearby landscape - Photobucket and YouTube among others. You almost can't work without online 'repository sites' nowadays. In search of the 'Doubletree Hotels - Branches' television ad, I had reason to 'point' to a YouTube Space. Mostly so a friend could enjoy that catchy Dinah Washington 'Relax Max' tune and the very different (and fifties-ish) Branches-mobile imagery. "Well, as long as I'm here, lets just create an account" I heard my brain saying to my fingers. So Mr Jeex registered himself on YouTube. Well - Here's the Cheery News I got - (Note to self - don't steer seriously depressed friends to YouTube - they may never come back)
You Have NO Favorites
You Have NO Subscribers
You Have NO Friends
Lets go to that brainstorming session -
Hey Guys and Girls - lets make the UI a joyful place, so, you know, people will want to dig right in...
Who wants to build the Welcome Screens?
Ok - Borgdork - you got it...