Comments on: Do I need a face lift? http://whitscott.com/2008/05/22/do-i-need-a-face-lift/ Tue, 01 May 2012 23:43:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Thomas Crampton http://whitscott.com/2008/05/22/do-i-need-a-face-lift/comment-page-1/#comment-333 Thomas Crampton Fri, 23 May 2008 02:35:47 +0000 http://whitscott.com/?p=78#comment-333 Whit, Honored to be considered an "important" blogger. I've been doing a redesign on my own blog and giving the role of the blogs a lot of thinking lately. For your case, here's my thoughts: Yes, you should include your latest work on the blog, even if it is not about you. This allows people to see what you have been up to. This does not mean that your blog gets dominated by the videos you do, but they become an integral part. Your blog is thus "alive" each time you produce a new video, but not dominated by your work. How to accomplish this? While I like the Friend Feed concept, it doesn't quite do it for me. Things get lost and confused in the single list approach. I could see you combining work and personal in a front page format along the lines of the revolution themes for wordpress: http://www.revolutiontheme.com/. Using one of these themes, or something similar, your videos for work could be in one feed and your personal blog items in another feed that is parallel on the same front page. This is not unlike what you did on Netvibes, but more blog-like. I also encourage you to look at Joi Ito's latest posting about his blog. There is something interesting in flipping the social networking concept inside out. http://joi.ito.com/weblog/2008/05/20/my-new-look-and.html Good luck with the redesign and I look forward to seeing what you do! You do great video editing, by the way. Tom Whit,

Honored to be considered an “important” blogger.

I’ve been doing a redesign on my own blog and giving the role of the blogs a lot of thinking lately.

For your case, here’s my thoughts:

Yes, you should include your latest work on the blog, even if it is not about you. This allows people to see what you have been up to.

This does not mean that your blog gets dominated by the videos you do, but they become an integral part.

Your blog is thus “alive” each time you produce a new video, but not dominated by your work.

How to accomplish this?

While I like the Friend Feed concept, it doesn’t quite do it for me. Things get lost and confused in the single list approach.

I could see you combining work and personal in a front page format along the lines of the revolution themes for wordpress: http://www.revolutiontheme.com/.

Using one of these themes, or something similar, your videos for work could be in one feed and your personal blog items in another feed that is parallel on the same front page. This is not unlike what you did on Netvibes, but more blog-like.

I also encourage you to look at Joi Ito’s latest posting about his blog. There is something interesting in flipping the social networking concept inside out.

http://joi.ito.com/weblog/2008/05/20/my-new-look-and.html

Good luck with the redesign and I look forward to seeing what you do!

You do great video editing, by the way.

Tom

]]> By: cait http://whitscott.com/2008/05/22/do-i-need-a-face-lift/comment-page-1/#comment-331 cait Thu, 22 May 2008 21:47:02 +0000 http://whitscott.com/?p=78#comment-331 well I'm not like these other genius web folk in giving advice. But as a regular reader, video watcher and photo browser... I would like to say that I enjoy every time I come on this site. I like reading about what your doing and I especially like looking at and even more especially like WATCHING what you are doing. Your videos are really what I come on here for. could there be more of a focus on your videos. Such as how you did some of the filming or why you specifically wanted to film something. why you chose the music you did and I would also like to see the seesmic videos posted here. Maybe some roughly edited shorts on silly things that happen at work? Non the less I love the site and I love your work so keep at it! well I’m not like these other genius web folk in giving advice. But as a regular reader, video watcher and photo browser… I would like to say that I enjoy every time I come on this site. I like reading about what your doing and I especially like looking at and even more especially like WATCHING what you are doing. Your videos are really what I come on here for. could there be more of a focus on your videos. Such as how you did some of the filming or why you specifically wanted to film something. why you chose the music you did and I would also like to see the seesmic videos posted here. Maybe some roughly edited shorts on silly things that happen at work? Non the less I love the site and I love your work so keep at it!

]]> By: Whit Scott http://whitscott.com/2008/05/22/do-i-need-a-face-lift/comment-page-1/#comment-330 Whit Scott Thu, 22 May 2008 20:12:35 +0000 http://whitscott.com/?p=78#comment-330 I have a tumblr blog at http://whitscott.tumblr.com/ but i'm not sure that It's answering my question. Visually, I think something better can be made. Why do we keep scrolling down? Who invented the scroll down? Love Tumblr though... Best so far is probably Netvibes. Pretty close to what i'm looking for, but maybe not it. http://www.netvibes.com/whitscott I want it here, my site I love, it's mine, it's not like others, but it can be taken to the next level. Glad you saw this drew. I have a tumblr blog at http://whitscott.tumblr.com/ but i’m not sure that It’s answering my question. Visually, I think something better can be made. Why do we keep scrolling down? Who invented the scroll down? Love Tumblr though…

Best so far is probably Netvibes. Pretty close to what i’m looking for, but maybe not it.

http://www.netvibes.com/whitscott

I want it here, my site I love, it’s mine, it’s not like others, but it can be taken to the next level. Glad you saw this drew.

]]> By: brookr http://whitscott.com/2008/05/22/do-i-need-a-face-lift/comment-page-1/#comment-329 brookr Thu, 22 May 2008 19:04:13 +0000 http://whitscott.com/?p=78#comment-329 Tweaking, perhaps, but not so much lifting. You have one of the better designed blogs of what i read regularly. Tumblr is the answer... It should pull in all your content from any source, and show it chronologically. Keep the blog a blog tho, so you can continue writing about friends, thoughts, ideas, plans when the mood strikes. Tweaking, perhaps, but not so much lifting. You have one of the better designed blogs of what i read regularly.

Tumblr is the answer… It should pull in all your content from any source, and show it chronologically. Keep the blog a blog tho, so you can continue writing about friends, thoughts, ideas, plans when the mood strikes.

]]> By: drew http://whitscott.com/2008/05/22/do-i-need-a-face-lift/comment-page-1/#comment-328 drew Thu, 22 May 2008 17:13:40 +0000 http://whitscott.com/?p=78#comment-328 I think you do need a facelift, Whit. Le sigh. The answer to your site is probably Tumblr. This website service aggregates all your online services into one website view. Check out: http://blog.phiffer.org and http://secretenemyhideout.com/ We could move your blog to blog.whitscott.com and you could still write long entries there if you have a hankering to do so. The blog entries would get fed into the Tumblr site (at whitscott.com) as well. I would assume we could pipe your Seesmic feed into Tumblr as well. I think you do need a facelift, Whit.

Le sigh.

The answer to your site is probably Tumblr. This website service aggregates all your online services into one website view. Check out:
http://blog.phiffer.org and
http://secretenemyhideout.com/

We could move your blog to blog.whitscott.com and you could still write long entries there if you have a hankering to do so. The blog entries would get fed into the Tumblr site (at whitscott.com) as well.

I would assume we could pipe your Seesmic feed into Tumblr as well.

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